Just like Congress, the Maine Legislature has ceded too much power to to the executive branch and needs to take it back.
Jim Fossel
Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills has most to lose in COVID politics
Whether she opens the economy too fast or too slow, she will be held accountable in 2022.
Jim Fossel: Federal aid should come with strings attached
The Paycheck Protection Program is a good model for how COVID assistance should work.
Jim Fossel: Complex politics behind statewide corridor vote
Democrats and Republicans haven’t clearly split along party lines on a referendum aimed at blocking a western Maine power project.
Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills should work with Maine Republicans on economy
In times of crisis, leaders need to bring people together, not drive division.
Jim Fossel: Bipartisan commission should review COVID response
Oversight and accountability should be applied to the handling of this crisis, on the federal level and here in Maine.
Jim Fossel: Courts should review referendum questions
Voters should know whether the referendum questions they are considering jibe with the state’s constitution.
Jim Fossel: Governors will decide when to reopen the economy
The president has awesome powers, but canceling a state’s public health emergency is not one of them.
Jim Fossel: Telecommuting could outlast pandemic
Work habits may never return to the way they were before the COVID-19 outbreak – and Maine’s budget should recognize that.
Jim Fossel: Mills slow to keep gun shops open
When the definition of ‘essential business’ is in the eye of the beholder, a commitment to principle matters.