Mainers might be more willing to bear compromises with the pristine quality of their environment if they felt they’d be core beneficiaries.
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Commentary: Emergency wage is not sustainable for Portland’s small businesses
Hazard pay of $18 an hour – a minimum wage that’s the highest in the nation – is hurting the very people it’s meant to help.
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Maine Voices: Government by referendum is almost always a bad idea
Approval of Portland’s rent-control and minimum-wage proposals shows what happens when the public decides issues without asking many hard questions.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Investment follows business-friendly policies
New minimum-wage and rent control ordinances in Portland will discourage business formation.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Portland referenda could echo around Maine
Four citizen-initiated ordinances passed by voters in one city show the growing chasm between moderate Democratic leaders and their more progressive base.
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Maine Voices: New plan to kill CMP corridor will have unintended consequences
The latest referendum push wouldn’t just block this project but would also create hurdles for other clean-energy proposals.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Question C would be a bad new deal for affordable housing in Portland
The ordinance would put at risk hundreds of units currently in the pipeline, rewrite the rules and ultimately worsen the crisis.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Voting ‘yes’ on Portland’s Question C is the most rational choice
A Green New Deal for Portland will encourage affordable-housing development by requiring sustainability practices that would slow warming.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Landlords shouldn’t fear tenant protections
Five referendum questions in Portland would make the city a better place for everyone.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our Endorsement: Portland should vote ‘no’ on Questions A, B, C, D and E
These are complicated issues that can’t be decided on up-or-down votes.