Last week, Maine’s legislature failed to use the opportunity to right some wrongs and put forth a set of solid fiduciary – not arbitrary – reasons to withhold the issuance of voter-ratified bonds. If you haven’t been following this issue, Maine’s chief executive was withholding voter-ratified bonds from being sold in exchange for approval of […]

My advocacy work for the last 27 years in Maine focused on abolishing nuclear weapons, addressing the calamities of climate change, educating our state and federal elected officials about the injustice of the inflated U.S. military budget, and more. During these years of activism, I can count on the fingers of one hand the number […]

When the committee chairman asked for the vote all 12 legislators, six Republicans and six Democrats, raised their hands voting unanimously to proceed with the investigation of Gov. Paul LePage’s alleged threat to withhold state funds from a private school unless it withdrew a job offer to House Speaker Mark Eves to become its next […]

When the committee chairman asked for the vote all 12 legislators, six Republicans and six Democrats, raised their hands voting unanimously to proceed with the investigation of Gov. Paul LePage’s alleged threat to withhold state funds from a private school unless it withdrew a job offer to House Speaker Mark Eves to become its next […]

During the Windham Town Council meeting on July 14, there was a discussion item on the Windham tax assessor’s use of Google Earth to ensure Windham property owners were honestly reporting what is on their property and did they report any construction that required permits and/or an increase of property taxes. The tax assessor did […]