Gov. Paul LePage’s effort to tax electric cars is just another of his ways to avoid real issues and pin hurt on a gleaming industry. It is an extreme agenda that does little to solve issues and causes greater divide of a fractured government. I reduced my toll on the earth by 40 percent by […]

At a time when caring for the environment is becoming more crucial, we are seeing the deliberate deconstruction of laws by the part of the government that had the most potential. Scott Pruitt, famous for fighting against the EPA before becoming its leader, has worked vigorously to dismantle some of the most important progress we’ve made in […]

Columnist John Balentine has a point (“Here’s Something: LePage is right: No free ride for owners of electric vehicles”), but he misses “the point.” It costs money to maintain and improve our transportation system. The federal fuel tax has not increased since 1993 (who opposes higher taxes?). The state tax has been frozen for seven […]

Regarding last week’s story concerning comments made by Cumberland Town Councilor George Turner (“Cumberland councilor explains remark linking diversity, crime”), I wasn’t present for that meeting, and while the statement he made was unfortunate at best, most of us who spend long hours in front of a microphone wish we could take back some of […]

Bath Iron Works Vice President and General Counsel John Fitzgerald has stated numerous times that BIW must remain profitable for General Dynamics to continue to invest in them. Over the past 20 years, General Dynamics has invested $400-$500 million in BIW. Fitzgerald was recently quoted saying that GD was investing an additional $100 million, whether […]

Bath Iron Works Vice President and General Counsel John Fitzgerald has stated numerous times that BIW must remain profitable for General Dynamics to continue to invest in them. Over the past 20 years, General Dynamics has invested $400-$500 million in BIW. Fitzgerald was recently quoted saying that GD was investing an additional $100 million, whether […]

Thanks to Orlando Delogu for his information and clarity that proposed legislation LD 1781 is a bill to oppose (“Policy Wonk: 10 reasons why BIW tax break is a bad deal”). This bill commits to give $3 million a year for the next 10 or 20 years from Maine’s tax dollars to General Dynamics, owner […]

Thanks to Orlando Delogu for his information and clarity that proposed legislation LD 1781 is a bill to oppose (“Policy Wonk: 10 reasons why BIW tax break is a bad deal”). This bill commits to give $3 million a year for the next 10 or 20 years from Maine’s tax dollars to General Dynamics, owner […]

Watching students running from their Florida high school on Valentine’s Day as a deranged young man killed 17 of their classmates and teachers with an AR-15 brought tears to my eyes. They were tears of sadness, but also of frustration. Apparently there is just nothing we can do about gun violence in America. If 20 […]

Watching students running from their Florida high school on Valentine’s Day as a deranged young man killed 17 of their classmates and teachers with an AR-15 brought tears to my eyes. They were tears of sadness, but also of frustration. Apparently there is just nothing we can do about gun violence in America. If 20 […]