Politics & Other Mistakes: Cleaning house

Maine’s government contains over 300 boards and commissions – ranging from the influential, such as the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) and the Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC), to the obscure, such…

The “r” word

Last spring I wrote an article about Life Enrichment Advancing People, Inc. (LEAP). I told you about the wonderful work this group does for people with cognitive and intellectual disabilities in Western…

Politics & Other Mistakes: My new excuse

Charlie Colgan isn’t to blame for all the mistakes made by … uh … Charlie Colgan.

Colgan is a former state economist (a job for which there appears to be no penalty for…

Letter to the Editor: Sisk and TransCanada

The Sisk project is back on the LURC drawing board. The LURC commissioners rejected their initial proposal for 15 turbines but now TransCanada has been given another go at their ill-conceived plan…

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