The Maine Wire: “Baldacci says paying hospitals with liquor contract was his idea” plus 2 more

Baldacci says paying hospitals with liquor contract was his idea Posted: 09 Apr 2013 08:16 PM PDT Gov. John E. Baldacci took to radio Tuesday morning to correct Republican “half-truths” and “misstatements” concerning Maine’s nearly $500 million hospital debt, but wound up spinning his own false yarn. On the Voice of Maine’s George Hale and Ric Tyler Show, Baldacci echoed comments made at a press conference last week that ads run by [...]

Maine Democrats Kill Agenda 21 Ban Posted: 09 Apr 2013 07:51 PM PDT AUGUSTA – Maine Democrats maneuvered during Tuesday’s meeting of the Judiciary Committee to kill a Republican-backed ban on implementation of United Nations “Sustainable Development” Agenda 21 in Maine. Rep. Ricky D. Long (R-Sherman) introduced L.D. 220, An Act To Ban the United Nations Agenda 21 in Maine.  in order to prevent any state actor from [...]

Sirocki: Controversial Activist Group Gets It Wrong on Taxes Posted: 09 Apr 2013 06:28 AM PDT By Rep. Heather Sirocki - Here in Maine, we value our privacy and our laid-back lifestyle.  That’s why it came as a surprise to me that the Maine People’s Alliance (MPA), a controversial liberal activist organization, has deployed political salespeople to knock on our doors at night.  At 7:30pm on Valentine’s Day they knocked on my [...]