This afternoon, a very important person in my life, Aaron Sterling, lost a life long and difficult battle with a horrendous disease, Cystic Fibrosis. Aaron was originally from Skowhegan, and my first encounter with him was at the University of … Continue reading
Lost in all the kerfuffle over congressional redistricting has been a rather interesting tidbit of news. Gov. Paul LePage has asked his cabinet to institute a new (for Maine) way of drawing up state budget numbers, something called “zero-base budgeting.” … Continue reading
The redistricting squabble has shown no signs, as of yet, of lessening. Yesterday, the redistricting commission held a public hearing, and invited Maine citizens to step up to the mic and give a piece of their mind to the lawmakers … Continue reading
You would think, after listening to the Democrats scream bloody murder at the unveiling of theRepublican congressional redistricting plan, that it represented some kind of unprecedented power grab, intended to crush the Democratic party forever. I suppose I can understand … Continue reading
In early April, then-Rep. Cynthia Dill introduced legislation in the Maine House that would have instituted a recall provision in Maine. This would have given Maine people the ability to essentially call for a “vote of no confidence” in the governor, legislators … Continue reading
NOTE: The following article originally appeared in the Bangor Daily News, as the first of Matthew Gagnon’s weekly opinion columns for BDN. With due respect to everyone involved in the same-day voter registration squabble, you’re all getting on my nerves. … Continue reading
Today, Chris Cilliza of the Washington Post published 2011′s list of the best state level blogs. The list was built from submissions from the reading public, with the results compiled and put into list form. Pine Tree Politics was this … Continue reading
Tarren Bragdon announced in April that he would be leaving his position as CEO of the Maine Heritage Policy Center to start up a similar organization in Florida, leaving a gaping hole in conservative policy leadership in Maine. Maine Heritage is … Continue reading
Rather than blathering endlessly about phantom issues invented to simply raise money, I have a suggestion for challengers to Senator Olympia Snowe. Ask her about where she stands on a potential threat to nearly a thousand Maine workers. The welfare … Continue reading
Today, on the heels of the United States Senate vote on the debt ceiling increase, I received a fundraising email from the Scott D’Amboise for Senate campaign. I’m pretty used to dishonest and mind-numbingly stupid emails from politicians seeking office, … Continue reading
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