Statue of Liberty And Immigrants

 Statue of Liberty

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For some reason, people have difficulty structuring their arguments when arguing against supporting the currently proposed immigration revisions. This lady made the argument pretty simple. NOT printed in the Orange County Paper ....

 

Newspapers simply won't publish letters to the editor which they either deem politically incorrect (read below) or which do not agree with the philosophy they're pushing on the public. This woman wrote a great letter to the editor that should have been published.  Now, with your help, it will get published via cyberspace!

 

From: "David LaBonte"

 

My wife, Rosemary, wrote a wonderful letter to the editor of the OC Register which, of course, was not printed. So, I decided to "print" it myself by sending it out on the Internet.
Pass it along if you feel so inclined.
Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange County Register:

 

Dear Editor:
So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because the people now in question aren't being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of entry.

 

Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like Mr. Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented. Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home.

 

They had waved good-bye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity.

 

Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My father fought alongside men whose parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France and Japan. None of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan. They were defending the United States of America as one people.

 

When we liberated France, no one in those villages were looking for the French-American or the German-American or the Irish-American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl.

 

And here we are with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags.

 

And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty, it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the United States just yet.

 

(signed)
Rosemary LaBonte

KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING. FOR THE WRONG THINGS TO PREVAIL THE RIGHTFUL MAJORITY NEEDS TO REMAIN COMPLACENT AND QUIET!! LET THIS NEVER HAPPEN!! http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/newimmigrants.asp
I sincerely hope this letter gets read by millions of people all across the nation!!

NaturalNews: Health Ranger reveals brush with personal poverty (and a warning about financial chaos)‏ Plus More

Dear Lisbon Reporter and NaturalNews readers,

You may not have suspected this, but there was a time in my life when I was living in poverty.
In today's story, I share intimate details about my history, revealing key strategies for financial survival in a world headed into global chaos.
This may be one of the most important personal accounts I've ever published:
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Fostering Innovation, Creating Jobs, Driving Better Decisions: The Value of Government Data‏

Studies from the EU, the U.S. and the World Bank show the value of open data in stimulating economic development.

So, why are the people of Lisbon and other places in Maine having to jump hoops to obtain information that will benefit everyone when it is made public?

 

Dwight Hines

IndyMedia

Livermore

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Fostering Innovation, Creating Jobs, Driving Better Decisions: The Value of Government Data

by Sabrina I. Pacifici on Jul 19, 2014

“This report finds: Government data potentially guides trillions of dollars of investments each year. Government data helps governments to better target scarce resources, businesses stay competitive, and individuals stay informed about the communities in which they live. As the real world examples in this report demonstrate, individuals, businesses, other organizations, and governments use Government data to help make better informed decisions that are better, faster, and more plentiful because of the ready availability and high quality of Government data. The cost of Government data is small relative to its potential benefits. Since 2004, the Federal Government’s principal statistical agencies have spent an average of $3.7 billion annually on data collection, processing, and dissemination. This expenditure amounts to about three cents, per person, per day, and is only 0.02 percent of our roughly $17 trillion dollar economy. Government data is uniquely comprehensive, consistent, confidential, credible, relevant, and accessible. Acting alone, the private sector would likely provide only some of the types of data produced by the Government. The Federal Government is uniquely positioned to provide comprehensive, consistent, credible, relevant and accessible data, all while protecting confidentiality. Government data is used directly to support decision making, indirectly through commercially available value-added products, and as a benchmark and standard for private data products. Thus, the Government and the private sector complement each other.”

 https://docbea.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/fostering-innovation-creating-jobs-driving-better-decisionsthe-value-of-government-data714.pdf

Lisbon, Maine FOAA Costs and Fee Waiver problems, suggested solutions‏

July 20, 2014

Dear Readers:

After reading the posts by Mr. Fillmore and other residents of Lisbon about the Town Attorney’s “legal opinion” about who qualifies for a fee waiver for Maine FOAA requests, I posted a statement that the Town Attorney does not understand 1) recent developments in information law, and 2) the town attorney does not understand the search and copying capacity of computers or he would realize the costs the town calculates for searching and retrieving and making electronic copies of the requested information are outlandish. 

Reading the town attorney’s “legal opinion” makes me wonder how an attorney can bill the town for any professional legal services for his “opinion” that is without facts and without cites (verifiable references) to the relevant governing laws of Maine and the United States.  The residents of Maine need to know what facts and laws the town attorney uses to support his “legal opinion,” if any. By failing to provide any objective measures, based on research methods recognized and accepted by the Maine and Federal courts to support his “legal opinion”, the residents of Maine are forced to accept that Aristotelian logic and argument is alive and well in Maine, and forced to pay good money for “legal opinions” that are not just in error but cross over into the realms of incompetent counsel and simple fraud.  Sham “Legal opinions”  are a harmful insult to the people who pay for such shoddy work and an insult to all those attorneys who burn the midnight oil, if necessary, to gather appropriate support for their advice to corporate and local government’s managers.

So, rather than just harangue the poor attorney into taking some remedial law courses, or hiring a researcher to do the required work for a true legal opinion that shows he earned his fees, I'm going to write about my recent experience with the Honorable Eric Wright, Esq., Staff Attorney, Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection, Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, State of Maine, along with relevant documents attached as PDFs. In fact, Mr. Wright showed excellent legal skills in a timely manner in dealing with an aberrant debt collection agency that made almost as many errors as did Lisbon’s town attorney.  Mr. Wright is clearly qualified to be awarded an official, true replica of the Maine Dove. 

 

   A-Mystery of the Andersonville Dove - Andersonville National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

So, should you experience any problems with a fact- and legal-challenged debt collection agency, you will have a good idea of who to contact in Maine and D.C., and what a solid legal opinion should at least look like and what it should accomplish.

First, I received a bill for supposed money due on a medical exam taken years ago.  The bill was from a debt collection agency different from the one that tried to collect money years ago for the same false claim.  I immediately replied to them and wrote the Maine Attorney General to let them know what was happening. 

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. I figured the Attorney General would have a database of companies that were not getting their facts straight.  There is no such database but the Office of the Maine Attorney General responded quickly telling me that they had forwarded my complaint to the Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection. Within a day of that letter, I received a phone call from Mr. Wright, who had read my complaint and needed more details.  

I felt odd answering questions from someone who worked for a State of Maine Bureau that was unknown to me.  As Mr. Wright asked me questions, good pithy questions, I realized the specific answers he would craft into a fact-based, law-defined position to sculpt the best approach to resolving my problem.  After the phone call ended, I figured he had gone through the motions and i’d not hear from him again.   

I was wrong.  Within a few days, Mr. Wright sent me a soild legal opinion of the State on my position that not only referenced Maine statutes but how those statute applied to this case.  Mr. Wright’s letter was the nicest “cease and desist” letter I’ve ever read.

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  Responding to Mr. Wright’s letter, the debt collection agency sent me a letter withdrawing from their claim,

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.  A few days later, Mr. Wright sent another letter that clarified his original legal opinion and even identified how we needed to tweak the present laws to improve them. 

   4 WrighttoMe CtechHines 7-14-14Gmail Complaint No. 20373

In the meantime, I felt so ignorant of what was going on, I started googling.  The feds do have a database, rather extensive, about financial complaints that includes debt collections. 

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  I downloaded the entire CFPB database and searched to see if my errant debt collector had complaints filed.  They had a few.

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On a googling roll, I searched to see if there were court cases against the debt collector.  There was.  A fat juicy class-action suit. 

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  I contacted the attorney for the case and asked to join.  It looks good and even though the debt collector is going to leave me alone, they need to be held accountable for their actions so they don’t cause more harms to people who are vulnerable.  The problem of errant debt collectors has grown to the point where ProPublica (an investigative reporting group) is conducting a special study and wants you to contact them if debt collectors are giving you grief.

   8-Have You Ever Been Sued Over a Debt Help ProPublica Investigate Collection Practices - ProPublica

So, please know that you have an incredible number of different methods to protect yourself and your finances in our system of justice.  Be aware that legal innumeracy is a recognized weakness in some lawyers

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, but Maine has an excellent law that allows you to obtain financing for lawsuits, so you don’t have to hire someone like the Lisbon Town Attorney.

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Know for sure that I am not an attorney, and I have doubts about some  of those who claim they are, but have lost their common sense. I hope my experiences help you as you work for access to information you’ve already paid for, to better understand your government and discover how to increase efficiencies.

Dwight Hines

Lisbon School Department Press Release‏

Lisbon - The students and staff at the Philip W. Sugg Middle School are mourning the loss of one of their students who was killed in an unfortunate ATV accident. The Lisbon Crisis Response Team (CRT) has developed an action plan to assist students, parents, staff, and community members with this tragic loss. 

Counselors from the Lisbon School Department are on-call as needed and Tri-County Mental Health Services will be available for anyone requiring support after regular school hours. Tri-County Mental Health Services can be reached at (207) 783-4680. We would like to extend our sincerest appreciation for the outpouring of support we have received.

Richard A. Green

Superintendent of Schools

Lisbon School Department

19 Gartley Street
Lisbon, ME 04250
Phone: 207 353-6711
Fax: 207 353-3032

Our sincere condolences to All involved

 

Why Submitting FOAA Requests Have Been Necessary In Lisbon!

WHAT IS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM?

 When I filed to have my Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) fees waived, I knew that this request would be denied; not because it wasn’t right but because it would  set a precedent.  The reaction from the Councilors was what I was really interested in seeing.  The majority of the Councilors were seriously concerned about the problem but did not want to set a precedent and I do not blame them.  Had I been in their shoes, I too would have voted to deny the waiver.

Even today, I doubt that anyone understands what really created this situation.  You see, Maine law states that the people have a valid right to submit, as many Freedom of Access Acts (FOAA) as necessary, to understand how the government is spending our tax dollars; whether it is local, state or federal.  The term used is “Transparency in Government”.  The Town Attorney, Roger Therriault, stated in his legal opinion, “…the imposition of costs is the only control that the Town has where request for voluminous and require significant staff time and effort.” 

This legal opinion is false and undermines the law.  The correct and proper way to control Freedom of Access Acts (FOAA) is for government to ensure that all the facts are presented to the people.  This is called transparency.  There would never be a need for anyone to submit a FOAA if all the facts were presented.  The only need for a FOAA is to fill in missing information or as Mrs. Barry stated any of the 5 “W” is missing.  The five “W” are:

    Who’s involved and what are their responsibilities?
    What’s going too happened?
    When is it going to happen?
    Where is it going to take place?
    Why is it going to take place?
    How much is it going to cost each party involved?

As you can see, I added a “How” because the taxpayers need to know how much the project is going to cost them.

During Ryan Leighton’s presentation, he only provided a one page memorandum.  The council was told this was a UNITIL project but there was no UNITIL proposal and no representative to brief it.  When I submitted a FOAA to answer the above cited questions, I was told there were over 200 pages pertaining to this project.

My father use to tell me “The spoken word is like the wind, everywhere, but the written word is here to stay.”  This to me is solid advice.

TOTAL TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR FOAA’S, NOT COST!!!!!!!

Larry Fillmore

Re: Weaving the Web of Deceit - Significantly, Precedential, and Tangentially‏‏

Ms. Barry makes good points about high charges for information from the Town of Lisbon.   I think she is correct in her interpretation of the inadequacies of the "legal memoranda" prepared by the town attorney.  It would be wise to file a formal complaint about the inadequacies with the Maine Bar because the attorney is taking money for his inadequately researched opinion that inflicts real harms on the people of Lisbon and others.  (It would not take more than few minutes, if the attorney is computer literate, which he obviously is not and that is one ground for a complaint -- give opinion that is in error  - the charges for obtaining the information are arbitrary and capricious and can not be supported by reality).

The Reporters' Committee for a Free Press, and many other professional groups have litigated who is and is not press, and the attorney is in error on this opinion as well.  He needs to read Maine history of posting of information on trees, etc., and how those acts are protected.  The attorney is required to exercise some diligence in creating an opinion and the town needs to request a refund for this shoddy legal work by Lisbon's attorney.

Note below that petitions are being circulated now in other jurisdictions over excessive fees.

The court's excessive new search fees hamper public records access and the burden falls disproportionately on the poor.

So I've signed a petition to the court and Leah T. Wilson, Executive Officer, and I encourage you to do same.

Click here:
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/ask-the-alameda-county?source=s.em.mt&r_by=844410

Dwight Hines

IndyMedia

P.S.  Is the Lisbon town attorney advocating that we allow local or state governments determine who is press and who is not?  Well, they do that in many countries and not many people want to live in those places. Besides, any power held by the town attorney's opinion of who is press is derived totally from the power granted to the people.

BrasscheckTV: Government lied and US sailors fried‏

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The government lied and the sailors fried.
 
One of the most censored stories
in America today. 
 
The US sailors put in harms way
at the  Fukushima nuke plant disaster. 
 
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Fukushima relief sailors sick with radiation
A highly censored story in the US

Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, joins Thom Hartmann. U.S Navy sailors onboard the USS Ronald Reagan were some of the first Americans to respond to the tsunami and nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan in 2011. Now - they're suing TEPCO - the company in charge of the stricken Fukushima Daichii nuclear power plant. At least 71 sailors on the USS Ronald Reagan have reported radiation sickness - and are suing TEPCO - alleging that the company knowingly downplayed the dangers of nuclear radiation at the Fukushima site. Of those 71 sailors - at least half have some form of cancer - according to the lawyer representing them. And other sailors are dealing with thyroid and reproductive health problems. So - did TEPCO knowingly mislead the world about the radioactive dangers at Fukushima immediately following the devestating tsunami - and could this lawsuit be the first of many to come?

 

 It took two years for people to learn this

Thanks to the bullshit coming out of Japan and the US about Fukushima, hundreds of US sailors sat in a radioactive contamination flume for days.

Everything - the air and the water they they were drinking, cooking with and bathing with - was contaminated.

71 sailors have reported radiation sickness so far.

The government is denying any responsibility and not providing them with medical care.

- See more at: http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/energy/fukushima-relief-sailors-sick-with-radiation.html

It took two years for people to learn this

Thanks to the bullshit coming out of Japan and the US about Fukushima, hundreds of US sailors sat in a radioactive contamination flume for days.

Everything - the air and the water they they were drinking, cooking with and bathing with - was contaminated.

71 sailors have reported radiation sickness so far.

The government is denying any responsibility and not providing them with medical care.
- See more at: http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/energy/fukushima-relief-sailors-sick-with-radiation.html#sthash.nQ9LqeW0.dpuf

Weaving the Web of Deceit - Significantly, Precedential, and Tangentially‏

Beginning in May 2014, a concerned citizen who keeps us informed through the new media of a Web Site called Lisbon Reporter, attended a scheduled town meeting in which a Memorandum was read by the Town Manager Olmstead, requesting public funding for the Unitil and BHA project, without any supporting documentation on the 5 "W's".

Under the Maine FOA law, requests were initiated involving requests for the 5 W's, resulting in an administrative ruling of costs that are prohibitive to those of us on fixed incomes.

Appears that is the intent of the imposition of these high costs, to squash and control the public's access to governmental activities involving the Public Purse and obligations to private companies operations.  These penalties are not in keeping with the spirit and the intent of our Representative Republic, of the public being informed with accurate and COMPLETE information.

The nub of the problem is the Town Council's advisors.  The legal advisor and his cabal, are of the opinion that these requests are extra burdensome for the municipal employees, and are silent on the taxpayer exposures to these seat of the pants proposals written on Memorandum, without any supporting attachments to support the request.

The town's legal advisor and cabal from MMA and other unnamed sourced areas of policy making regarding local government FOA requests,  may be unaware of the new media sources available and now being used by members of the public and town council member's themselves.

According to the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and the Maine Press Association's By Laws there are 5 members of the official press community.  These are regular, associate, affiliate, individual, and student members.  Further they are categorized as freelance writers, editors, authors, columnists, photographers and yes the dreaded BLOGGERs, (the list continues.....)

So in order to not to impair my choice of filing a violation of ethics of a member of the Maine State Bar association, who willing and knowingly consorted with other fellow attorneys to render opinions that our Founding Fathers found so obnoxious that they rebelled against the crown, it is for clarity that I submit the above so that the one venue of obtaining my news is not impinged by an attorney who clings to the past, and refuses to step into the future to protect the citizens and their government from onerous decisions prejudicial to the general welfare.

In Liberty

Debbie A. Barry

Lisbon Falls Maine

BrasscheckTV: The shocking truth about the NSA‏

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The shocking truth about the NSA
 
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But they do two bad things very
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 NSA: Thieves, liars and fools
NSA has NO IDEA what Snowden took

 Perhaps THE most incredible of Mr. Binney's revelations is that NSA has NO IDEA what Snowden took. Mr. Binney explains why.

 

 

 
Bill Still interview NSA’s Bill Binney
Mind boggling. That’s the only way to describe it.

The world’s best funded spy agency, the NSA:

1) had no system in place to monitor what it’s employees and contractors were doing
2) has no way to track what Snowden actually took in the way of data

In short, they know NOTHING.

The Government Accounting Office does not audit the NSA. No one has any idea how the NSA spends the money they get. In fact, even the amount of their budget is black.

“Domestic spying has contributed NOTHING to dealing with terrorism. It’s done absolutely zero.”

So what is the function of the NSA? Apparently twofold:

1) To trash the Constitution
2) to steal an indeterminate amount of money from the US tax payer through fraud and gross incompetence

Those appear to be the only things their domestic surveillance program is doing.
- See more at: http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-surveillance-state/nsa-thieves-liars-and-fools-.html

NaturalNews: Superbug infections explode across U.S. hospitals; antibiotics useless‏

Dear Lisbon Reporter and NaturalNews readers,

Drug-resistant superbug infections are exploding across U.S. hospitals, with new infections skyrocketing 500% according to a published study.
Is "the plague of modern medicine" now upon us?
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Natural News lab tests confirm that juicing is safe! Heavy metals levels found to be near-zero in homemade juice:
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Update: Strawberries have been proven to block mercury from fish. If you eat fish, you may want to start the meal with strawberries first:
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Magnesium deficiency symptoms explained: Do you have any of these?
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Tragically, a Malaysia Airlines jetliner carrying 295 people has been shot down over Ukraine. Here's what we know so far:
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"One Decision" Lisbon H.S. SADD PSA (2014)

This video was made by a group of high school students from Lisbon, Maine to raise awareness the drinking and driving.
The video was edited and produced by Black Fly Media.
Thank you all for even watching!!!

Great Falls TV: Lisbon Town Council Meeting July 15th, 2014

Council Workshop and Special Meeting‏ July 22nd, 2014

AGENDA
TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014
LISBON TOWN OFFICE
7:30 P.M.

1. BUDGET WORKSHOP

2. ADJOURNMENT TO SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

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SPECIAL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014

 LISBON TOWN OFFICE

1. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE TO FLAG

2. ROLL CALL
___Councilor Bickford
___ Councilor Brunelle
___ Councilor Garrison
___ Councilor Lunt
___Councilor Metivier
___ Councilor Pesce
___ Councilor Ward

Town Clerk reading of meeting rules

3. GOOD NEWS & RECOGNITION

4. PUBLIC HEARINGS

5. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION FOR AGENDA ITEMS

6. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION RESPONSE

7. CONSENT AGENDA

8. COUNCIL ORDERS, RESOLUTIONS, & ORDINANCES
 
     2014-141 RESOLUTION − 2014-2015 Municipal Budget   Resolution
 
     2014-142 RESOLUTION − 2014-2015 Economic Development Budget Resolution

9. OTHER BUSINESS

10. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION NEW ITEMS

11. COUNCIL RESPONSE TO NEW ITEMS

12. APPOINTMENTS

13. COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS

14. EXECUTIVE SESSION

15. ADJOURNMENT
 
     2014-143 ORDER − To Adjourn

*Breaking: Harry Reid Tied to MASSIVE Bribery Case *Utah Busts 2 Ex-AGs on Bevy of Corruption Charges

Utah Busts 2 Ex-AGs on Bevy of Corruption Charges: Swallow and Shurtleff Arrested

(click on above link to read the full story)

 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is a shady operator. From changing the Senate rules which allowed him to increase the tax-raising power of the Senate Democratic majority, ties to shady lobbyists, and numerous scandals in Nevada, it is little wonder how a guy on a relatively modest public servant salary has become obscenely wealthy.

Read more: http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/breaking-harry-reid-tied-massive-bribery-case-video/

Symposium This Saturday in Ellsworth‏

This is definitely worth going to-----

THE CONSTITUTION COALITION

         Of Maine

Presents the Hancock & Washington symposium called

                                   IS WHAT YOU SEE A REALITY
                                                           AND
                                THE HOUSE OF CARDS IS FALLING

You are invited to a district symposium in Ellsworth, this meeting is targeted for legislators, opposing candidates and constituents who demand their protections of natural & unalienable rights which are guarantied and secured by the mandates of the U.S. and Maine Constitutions.

Location:  Veteran’s of Foreign Wars, East Main Street, Ellsworth Maine

Date: July 19th                                                              

Time: Noon to 03:00 P.M.

Visit Maine Patriots at: http://mainepatriots.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

The Maine Wire: “Listen: Robinson talks IRS scandal on WGAN” plus 2 more‏

• Listen: Robinson talks IRS scandal on WGAN
• Poliquin, Cain and Richardson report fundraising totals
• Poland officials furious with Dem Senator Cleveland for over-billing

Listen: Robinson talks IRS scandal on WGAN Posted: 16 Jul 2014 09:31 AM PDT Maine Wire Editor Steve Robinson filled in for WGAN Morning News host Mike Violette this week. In case you missed it, you can listen to Robinson talk about the IRS corruption scandal with co-host Ken Altshuler.

Poliquin, Cain and Richardson report fundraising totals Posted: 16 Jul 2014 07:53 AM PDT Candidates for Maine’s Second Congressional District reported fund raising totals this week. Republican Bruce Poliquin has an edge over Democrat Emily Cain, while independent candidate Blaine Richardson raised just $275. Cain, a Democratic state  senator from Orono, raised nearly $380,000 in the last three months. She has raised a total of $870,000 for her campaign. […]

Poland officials furious with Dem Senator Cleveland for over-billing Posted: 16 Jul 2014 07:05 AM PDT POLAND – State Sen. John Cleveland (D-Androscoggin) is taking fire from Poland’s board of selectman after he billed the town $12,725 for services estimated to cost about $6,900, according to a report in the Lewiston Sun Journal. Remarkably, the Sun Journal’s story does not mention that Cleveland is a Democratic elected official.  From the Sun […]

USA TODAY: Is that ID real? TSA agent doesn't recognize D.C. license

(Photo: Stan Honda, AFP/Getty Images)

Jolie Lee  USA TODAY Network

Newsflash, TSA: The District of Columbia is part of the USA.

A Transportation Security Administration agent told D.C. resident Justin Gray that his driver's license was not a valid form of identification.

Gray, who was trying to get through security at an Orlando airport Saturday, is also a Washington correspondent for WFTV-TV in Orlando and reported on his weekend experience.

Gray said his license was valid and up-to-date.

The TSA officer asked for a passport, which Gray said he did not have at the time. Gray was able to get through security and then complained to a TSA supervisor, reports WFTV.

 Continue reading the rest of the story here.

Submitted by: 'Gordie'

Lisbon Municipal Budget Fails To Pass!

FAILED AGAIN!!!!!!

Lisbon Council Chair Lisa Ward

At last night’s Town Council meeting, Councilors Lunt and Pesce stuck to their guns and voted NO on the Municipal Budget failing it again for the second time.  Congratulations to these true Councilors for trying to help the citizens they represent.

During Audience Participation portion of the meeting, I spoke on the Municipal Budget and asked why Chairwoman Ward did not pass any guidance to the Town Manager on some of the suggestions offered by both Councilors and citizens during the previous Council meeting and workshop.

Councilor Lunt suggested not replacing any police vehicles this year saving approximately $10,000.00 dollars via lease agreements. 

Councilor Pesce recommended a Personnel Assessment which could reduce manpower and save an undetermined amount.

Roger Cote asked why there were no cuts in the largest department in the budget.  The Police Department continues to grow every year and is up to $1,387,595.00.  That is correct over $1.3 million and no cuts!!!

I recommended cutting one Detective and at least one if not two of the three secretaries Chief Brooks has in the Police Budget.  The two called Secretaries are part-time personnel but will save at least $20,000.00 (Chief Brooks will still have his Administrative Assistant) and the Detective will save between $60,000.00 and $75,000.00 more dollars.

I suggested eliminating Professional Service this year saving $65,000.00.  Professional Development is still in the budget.

Richard Main recommended cutting the Legal budget by eliminating everyone calling the Town Attorney any time they feel like it.  This could save as much as $20,000.00.

Just the known savings is roughly $170,000.00 and that is not counting all the unknowns.  So every time Chairwoman Ward asks the questions asking for specifics here are some good ones.

Before any cuts can be made the Chairwoman has to tell the Town Manager how much to cut and areas to look into.  However, when Chairwoman Ward asked the Councilors who failed the budget the first time Councilors Lunt and Pesce’s suggestions were ignored.  Chairwoman Ward provided no guidance to the Town Manager after the previous Town Council meeting and provided no guidance to the Town Manager after the last Town Council Workshop.  After last night’s failed budget Chairwoman Ward asked again and neither Councilor Lunt or Pesce said anything and I do not blame them; she did not hear them before so what makes anyone think she would listen this time.

No cuts to the budget can be made unless the Council makes them or the Town Manager is directed to look into areas designated by the Chairwoman.  Chairwoman Ward has failed to discuss any suggestions brought out by Councilors or citizens and has provided no direction for the Town Manager.

Chairwoman Ward has scheduled another workshop for July 22, 2014.  I guarantee that any suggestions pertaining to the Police Department will be ignored by Chairwoman Ward because she will protect her mentor’s budget at all cost.  The citizens should be outraged at this Municipal Budget and Chairwoman Ward’s lack of concern for the people who have to pay ever increasing taxes.

Chairwoman Ward is stalling until the Council has no choice but to pass the Municipal Budget thus protecting the Police Department Budget for another year and screwing the taxpayers again.

Larry Fillmore