The Paycheck Protection Program is a good model for how COVID assistance should work.
Jim Fossel
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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.
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Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills should work with Maine Republicans on economy
In times of crisis, leaders need to bring people together, not drive division.
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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.
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Jim Fossel: Courts should review referendum questions
Voters should know whether the referendum questions they are considering jibe with the state’s constitution.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jim Fossel: Maine Legislature still has a lot of work to do
Current rates of spending won’t be sustainable, and lawmakers will have to come back to work before the 2020 election.
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Jim Fossel: Old-fashioned democracy threatened by novel virus
The New England town meeting form of government has survived for centuries, but it may not outlive the coronavirus response..