Portland is fortunate in having two good candidates running for City Council in District 1. A crucial difference is the governmental experience Anna Trevorrow has in the education of our children, our city’s most precious asset. Ms. Trevorrow has served on the Portland school board as member and chair and is chair of its Finance […]

Brandon Mazer would serve Portland well as an at-large city councilor. His motivations are genuine in keeping Portland a vibrant, diverse and sustainable community. He understands the City Council has to ensure limited resources are deployed to gain maximum effect to our community – not used to settle scores or gain headlines. As Planning Board […]

Question 3, the food sovereignty amendment, does nothing tangible to “support healthy local food initiatives,” create food security, or provide for the hungry. Question 3 does nothing to create planning for a “healthy food system that is resistant to disruptions created by volatile weather, supply chain troubles or uncertainty,” nor does it magically create local […]

I’d like to clarify some points made in City Councilor Belinda Ray’s Oct. 18 Maine Voices column  about Homeless Voices for Justice and our position on the November referendum relating to shelter size in the City of Portland. Homeless Voices for Justice has taken an official “no stance” position on the measure. This decision reflects […]

As a former Maine state legislator, I have witnessed how the wrong language in a bill can kill it before it even gets started. Although often unintended, amendments can’t undo the wrong. The bill is deemed unworthy of consideration, when if properly written might have met a different fate. That is the conundrum we now […]

I read with skepticism the coverage of  immigrant “new Mainers” who are suffering from the housing shortage. I live in midcoast Maine, where the influx of “new Mainers” is made up of people who moved here from other states and have been buying up neglected properties sight unseen. Their biggest complaint is lack of tradesmen […]

Because the freedom to vote is essential to a healthy democracy, I contacted Sen. Susan Collins, urging her to support the Freedom to Vote Act. I wrote, “I know you wholeheartedly embrace democratic values and represent a state that is in the forefront of ensuring Mainers can vote easily and safely. Your colleagues, Senator (Joe) […]

Greetings from Arizona regarding your clear-thinking Rep. Jared Golden. I want to thank him for standing firm with our senior U.S. senator, Kyrsten Sinema, in the belief that while the nation does need the bipartisan infrastructure investment, which the Republicans agreed to and was promised by Democrats to be voted upon first, it does not […]