Maine’s off-year ballot might be confusing to new residents, but these referendums and local races are very important.
Jim Fossel
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Jim Fossel: Give help to those who need it most
The government should focus on supporting community relief efforts, not supplanting them with costly bureaucracy.
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Jim Fossel: School choice is not the problem in Portland
Educators should find out why families are choosing one high school over the other, not take away their ability to choose.
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Jim Fossel: Some pandemic crisis measures should be permanent
Local governments in Portland and Falmouth illustrate how – and how not to – navigate the new reality.
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Jim Fossel: Parties challenged to recruit 2022 Maine State House hopefuls
Personal attacks, partisanship, Augusta gridlock and intraparty squabbles all discourage would-be candidates.
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Jim Fossel: Don’t let NIMBYs block progress
Around Maine, selfish local objections stand in the way of much-needed infrastructure, energy and affordable-housing proposals.
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Jim Fossel: Republicans should be the party of local control
But the party of small government is all too willing to interfere on the municipal level when it’s in their interest.
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Jim Fossel: Some politicians follow the rules, others write their own
Maine political parties go wrong when they nominate safe candidates and run cookie-cutter campaigns.
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Jim Fossel: Biden at fault for Afghan chaos
You can both agree with the president’s decision to withdraw and strongly oppose the way he did it.
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Jim Fossel: Poliquin enters a new world in race for his old seat in Congress
Events of the last few years, from COVID to Jan. 6, will force the candidate to run on more than his record.