POLAND — Friends of Ricker Library will host the annual Poland Candidates Night from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, in the Conference Room of the Town Office. Candidates for selectmen and school board will be introduced. Moderator Leo Ferland will lead a panel discussion titled “Poland: 2016 and Beyond.” Audience members may participate. […]
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Trump would mess up America
I will be awfully glad when the elections are over so that the politicians will be off the television, especially Donald Trump. I wouldn’t vote for Trump for dog catcher. I love dogs. Anytime I see him on television, I change channels or turn the television off. I cannot imagine what a mess this wonderful […]
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Maine People’s Alliance plays new, aggressive role in elections
LEWISTON — The ink on the post-Election Day newspapers was barely dry and the ecstatic news releases declaring victory for Maine Republicans for the second year in a row were already streaming in. Maine GOP Chairman Rick Bennett declared the night’s events “historic.” It’s true, Republicans appeared to capture two seats in the Maine House […]
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Petitioners didn’t disclose all
On Election Day, I was at Auburn City Hall all day collecting signatures for the referendum to increase the minimum wage in Maine. I shared the table with a group who was collecting signatures for the legalization of marijuana and the welfare reform referendums. The petitioners’ explanation of the marijuana issue was pretty straightforward, it […]
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Maine SOS says filming signature gathering at polls not illegal
PORTLAND — Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said Tuesday morning he has received several reports of a group videotaping signature gatherers and signers at polling locations but said there is nothing illegal about it. Dunlap said he has warned several people making the videos that they should be careful about showing details of people’s signatures […]
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Maine State Chamber of Commerce opposes Question 1
AUGUSTA — A top Maine business group said Wednesday that it opposes Question 1 on the November ballot, saying the election reform effort’s funding mechanism — rolling back corporate tax breaks — would harm the state’s business climate. The Maine State Chamber of Commerce is the most prominent group to oppose the question since supporters […]
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Maine Small Business Coalition joins campaign finance reform push
LEWISTON — A group of local business owners threw their support Thursday to a statewide ballot effort aimed at reforming Maine’s campaign finance and political advertising disclosure laws. All are members of the Maine Small Business Coalition, which represents more than 4,000 small businesses from across the state. They said the coalition supports a yes […]
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J. Turner: The silence is deafening
Once again, We the People Maine, whomever they may be, are promoting the idea of taking away the constitutional right of corporations to exercise free speech. Calling corporate campaign contributions “dark money,” the organization wants the U.S. Congress to call a Constitutional Convention to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” ruling of 2010 affirming […]
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Maine committee votes to tighten campaign finance laws
AUGUSTA — A legislative panel Wednesday rejected a bill that would change the way Maine replaces a U.S. senator in the the case of an absence. On a nearly unanimous vote, the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee shot down a bill offered by state Rep. Matt Moonen, D-Portland, that would have stripped from the […]
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Lawmaker says bill is not about Collins running for governor
AUGUSTA — State Rep. Matt Moonen, D-Portland, said Monday that a bill he’s authored to change the way the state selects a replacement U.S. senator in the event of a vacancy has nothing to do with gubernatorial politics. Moonen’s bill was the source of speculation that Democrats were concerned U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, might […]