Tornoe’s Toons: Preble Street
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Tornoe's Toons: Preble Street
Preble Street Looses Funding
The Preble Street Resource Center in Portland will be short more than $50,000 thousand dollars in funding over the next two years. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has decided to withdraw support for the agency’s homeless program. The Diocese … Continue reading
President Obama Should Have Listened to Rahm
Throughout his historic campaign for the White House, his cool and disciplined approach earned him the nickname No Drama Obama. It is unfortunate that he could not have applied this same image to his signature healthcare campaign. Instead, President Obama … Continue reading
Matt Gagnon on Drive Time Bangor 3.24.10
Today, Matt Gagnon of Pine Tree Politics called in to Drive Time Bangor to talk about about Donna Dion’s decision to continue her bid for Governor as a write-in, the healthcare bill, and his weekly rankings in the gubernatorial race. … Continue reading
Where Do The Greens Go?
With Lynne Williams out of the gubernatorial contest, the question invariably comes up, “where do the Greens go?” More to the point, the question really comes down to this: “who exactly benefits from the lack of a Green Party candidate … Continue reading
LePage’s Civil Union Flip-Flop: Updated 3/30/10
The GOP gubernatorial candidates gathered recently in North Yarmouth. The forum, led by Tarren Bragdon, CEO of the Maine Heritage Policy Center, covered a variety of topics. Bragdon asked candidates their position on civil unions in Maine. Nearly all of … Continue reading
LePage's Civil Union Flip-Flop: Updated 3/30/10
The GOP gubernatorial candidates gathered recently in North Yarmouth. The forum, led by Tarren Bragdon, CEO of the Maine Heritage Policy Center, covered a variety of topics. Bragdon asked candidates their position on civil unions in Maine. Nearly all of … Continue reading
Michaud Says Yes to Health Care Reform
The popcorn’s popped. The TV is locked on CSPAN, or your favorite political yak channel. Today is the day. The health care reform bill will be decided. Representative Pingree has already made her intentions on health care known. Rep. Mike … Continue reading
No Love for Anthem in Portland
Changes That Work, in conjunction with the Maine People’s Alliance and the Maine SEIU, have organized two protests against Anthem. The group is protesting Anthem’s recent rate hikes, adding 18%(reduced to 10.9% by the Maine Insurance Superintendent), then 23% rate increases … Continue reading
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