Every day the criticism levied against the Clean Energy Corridor and those involved sounds more like a soap opera than the day before. (That would be a poorly developed soap opera mind…
If there’s one thing everybody in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District can agree on, it’s … nothing. The sprawling blob that takes up most of the state is composed of dozens of disparate…
Before I start let me remind you that the Corridor would cross Maine’s public reserve lands in Johnson Mt and West Forks Townships. Anytime development that has the potential to significantly alter…
California PG&E has finally decided to bury 10,000 miles of power lines to prevent further fires. The current fire caused by power lines has exceeded 100,000 acres. The Baxter State Park fire…
Recently Senator Russell Black and I (separately) visited Segment 1 of the CMP Corridor to see first hand the environmental damage that is being done in the construction of this project. Last…
Maine’s policy on casinos is easy to explain. There isn’t one. The state’s two gambling emporiums (emporia?) came into existence after expensive referendums (referenda?) pushed through by local front groups for big,…
Nobody likes being deceived because it isn’t honest, and most people value honesty. In politics especially, we expect our representatives to tell us the truth or at least not conceal it. In…
If Maine’s environmental integrity wasn’t at stake I would be laughing in my Moxie. I mean, the whole NECEC debacle is just a perverted comedy of errors. Here we have a company…
Old folk are supposed to give the young a reason to live when times get tough. They tell stories, invent games, and act the fool because they’ve learned that life goes on…
Amending the state Constitution is like pumping out the septic tank. Sometimes, it has to be done, but the less often, the better. Since Maine became a state in 1820, it has…