The Lisbon Reporter

WELCOME TO THE LISBON REPORTER. In an effort to keep our community informed of what is going on at local and Federal levels of government, we decided to create this on-line newspaper. It is our hope that this on-line newspaper will help you stay informed so that you can get involved and take action for the benefit of our ENTIRE community. Thank you for visiting and please check back frequently for information about what is happening in LISBON/LISBON FALLS, MAINE USA

Monday, July 21, 2014

"Mainers need to read-- Tax Transparency 2013: Progress Report --OECD, 2013, See "Measuring Impact" chapter, and Maine's CTPC for Agriculture Impactss TTIP‏

Free download at

http://www.oecd.org/tax/transparency/GFannualreport2013.pdf

Related to Tax transparency:

Maine's Citizen Trade Policy Commission is doing an excellent job but it's hampered by the refusal of the US Trade Representative not disclosing the content of the negotiations for the Trans-Atlantic Trade & Investment Agreement or TTIP.

The recent Assessment of TTIP’s Impact on Maine’s Agriculture and Food System by Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and John Piotti, Maine Farmland Trust, is of interest here because Maine could be hit hard by benign neglect or rules that ignored our realities. Report available at http://www.maine.gov/legis/opla/CTPCDraftTTIP2014.pdf

If you don't have time to read it, give it to your favorite farmer, if he doesn't already have it.

Dwight Hines