About 95% of the land is already on tax rolls, and the fiscal impact of taxing the others would be small.
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Maine Compass: Protect parks, and the arts
The range of experiences here is part of what draws people to Maine.
George Smith: Put me in the Blaine House
Everyone else is running, so here’s my platform.
Lisa Miller: Government, community both have a role in helping overcome small-town struggles
Government can’t do it all, but neither can neighborly giving.
Maine Compass: Presidential libraries a waste of money
While the costs of building them are
Jim Fossel: Kansas did supply-side economics the wrong way
Cuts in taxes have to be accompanied by cuts in spending.
Alan Caron: A defining moment for Susan Collins
Maine’s senior senator is at the pinnacle of her power. How she uses it will determine her legacy.
Charles Krauthammer: At stake in the Mideast is consolidation of the Shiite Crescent
The Iranian-Russian strategy is a nightmare for the entire Sunni Middle East. And for us, too.
Maine Compass: Health care must be accessible, affordable, comprehensive
Congress should not take away the hard-fought gains of the Affordable Care Act.
Maine Compass: Legislature should fully fund Commission on Indigent Legal Services
The independent state agency is out of money, and it’s the poor of Maine who will ultimately suffer.