The Commission to Study the Conduct of Elections in Maine is scheduled to hold seven additional public hearings across the state.
August 2012
Posted inOpinion
DANA MILBANK: GOP’s rage platform most conservative in modern history
Let us give thanks to our Judeo-Christian God for the Republican Party. It is the only thing standing between us and the triumph of Shariah law in our land.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
SAD 13 voters missing vital budget information
I don’t believe officials in SAD 13 are giving voters enough information for them to cast informed ballots about the proposed budget. We have no information about where last year’s carryover funds went and pages of necessary data were missing from the budget flier sent out on Aug. 14. The state is paying directly to […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Nation of Van Winkles deserve their government
If Rip Van Winkle woke from a 20-year sleep today, he would not recognize current political facts of life. Citizens’ common sense is deep asleep. While today’s citizens and states struggle with budgets to make ends meet, the federal government has spent taxes for three years without a budget. The people — a nation of […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Tax for Powerball winner?
The winner of the Powerball worth $337 million should pay no more than 14 percent tax. Mitt Romney can help the winner get over the rough spots with the IRS.
Posted inNews
ON MAINE POLITICS: SEAL’s team on Senate assault
Maine Senate candidate Chris Tyll, a former Navy SEAL, has planned a clever — and for most of us, exhausting — tour of the district he hopes to represent next year.
Posted inNews
NEMITZ: Elections conduct group meets at opportune time
The Republican-inspired Commission to Study the Conduct of Elections in Maine last week held the first of eight public hearings aimed at ferreting out fraud in Maine’s election system.
Posted inNews
Pivotal elections with GOP control at stake
Republican State Sen. Nichi Farnham has been running — literally — throughout Bangor and Hermon to convince voters in District 32 that she deserves a second term. Geoff Gratwick, her Democratic challenger, has been campaigning on his bicycle.
Posted inNews
TRUTH TEST: King did boost research, but Maine lagged
“One of my proudest achievements as governor was significantly increasing state funding to R&D (research and development), which happened in the last two or three years I was in office.”
— Angus King, at a town hall-style event in late July at Husson University in Bangor
Posted inPolitics
Colorful team of ad men shapes Romney message
They try to apply what they’ve learned in careers selling BMWs and beef to market the candidate.