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…
As a state representative, I can tell you that CMP is NOT telling the truth. CMP is talking out of both sides of its mouth. CMP’s army of lobbyists are back at…
Greed and hypocrisy rule the likes of Iberdrola and Avangrid, CMP’s corporate owners. We know natural gas and wind are part of their “competitive” and highly lucrative global portfolio. Obviously, the Clean…
It’s easy to understand why some politicians would want to legalize prostitution. The two occupations share an astonishing number of similarities. I’ll leave the more lurid aspects of those overlapping job descriptions…
The most compelling argument against the hydroelectric project behind the Clean Energy Corridor has been disproven. Even as it was offered MIT professor Hager’s testimony regarding methane emissions from the reservoirs used…