There is a lot of news in the world and most does not come from government. There are more people than there is people in government. Covering government is coveting 'a power structure' as if it is a threat and more important than the experience of the people.
June 20, 2013
By Jessica Hall
Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine (click here) rose more than 17 percent in May, outpacing the national rate of 12.7 percent....
I am saying it is good for people to be blind to their government's activity, but, there are methods to find out information, including the Freedom of Information Act, but, sometimes it means rather than sitting in their easy chair, citizens actually have to attend meetings of their government. Take my word of it, while it is very dry humor and boring the majority of the time, it is an interesting experience.
But, in relation to the Portland Press Herald. The paper now has to cover the people. The people at work, at play and with the realization they do not have journalists covering their 'of by and for' the people elected state government. The Portland Press Herald has an opportunity to stop looking at the government through the eyes of power and look at the 'condition' of the people neglected by their government. It is sincerely real news the people want to read. Promise. The people reading the Portland Herald Press will also be able to measure their circumstances with that of others when the paper starts to report comparisons to other states with governments unafraid of the people.
In relation to Scottsdale Lake, this is a matter of incompetent government. The Environmental employee openly admitted the loss of the lake volume was due to incompetency. The legal case is made.
...Gov. Paul LePage (click here) has pledged to make the state more business-friendly and to reduce red tape. But in many cases, the Department of Environmental Protection has been scuttling laws in ways that benefit Aho's old clients or those of past and present clients of another lobbyist embedded in his office: Ann Robinson, a top lobbyist at the Preti Flaherty law firm, who moonlights as the governor's regulatory reform adviser and has drafted and promoted policies that would benefit her clients.
Internal documents and interviews with about two dozen current and former DEP employees reveal how the administration has systematically sedated some of Maine's environmental laws....
...Gov. Paul LePage has pledged to make the state more business-friendly... is a lie. He has not made the state more business friendly, he is paying off cronies. How much money did his campaign or him personally receive from these folks? I'd start there to look for corruption. But, let's just admit the LePage administration is incompetent. Let's look at that as the reason for the lawsuit to all parties including the power company.
Does he own stock in the power company, because I am quite confident his Environmental jerk does.
That said, the Maine economy relies on tourism. In this region, the electric company exists because there is tourism. The electric company is causing their own failure to exist. If there is no reason for the tourists to come, there is no reason to keep the lights on.
...John Maynard Keynes verified the concept of the “multiplier effect” in his economic studies in the 1930s. The concept has perhaps the greatest applicability in the tourism industry.
Tourists spend money on travel, lodging, food and beverage and in retail stores thus creating direct income, government revenue (taxes) and employment. There are more effects such as money spent on supplies, inventory replacement, and all the other products and services that supply the place where the tourist spends. All of these subsequent places are classified as indirect or multipliers of the original dollars spent.
Numerous studies have been conducted that reveal for every dollar a tourist spends anywhere from $3 to $10-plus additional dollars of expenditures are generated into the economy....
Things haven't changed that much in three years and the housing increases in Maine will go away too, if the people that work in the tourism industry don't have jobs and/or income anymore.
So, the state's governor is not only incompetent, he is corrupt beyond imagination. His environmental person already stated she was to incompetent to realize the need for the protections of Scottsdale Lake. Please don't tell me that woman didn't know this was an issue. That would be a lie. She is protecting her own interests by being incompetent and the interests of her friends.
So that brings me back to the Portland Press Herald and it's burgeoning relationship with the people. As they suffer together (the paper and the people), they will now know they are not alone when others in the area suffer, too, at the hand of an incompetent and potentially corrupt state government.
The PPH and the people will be partners to build a consensus to what defines excellent government of, by and for the people. I do mean excellent. Every person in Maine deserves the government their taxes pay for and this may be the first time an opportunity has manifested to empower some of the most aggrieved in Maine.
I am excited for them and the other political parties have a real role here to bring about their opinions to what the people are suffering through. There is even a role for unions and public employee unions. Empowerment is their speciality.
It is time the people of Maine come to understand how this huge mistake on election day happened, take responsibility for it and move beyond that horrible event to the government they deserve. I wish them all success.
June 20, 2013
By Jessica Hall
Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine (click here) rose more than 17 percent in May, outpacing the national rate of 12.7 percent....
I am saying it is good for people to be blind to their government's activity, but, there are methods to find out information, including the Freedom of Information Act, but, sometimes it means rather than sitting in their easy chair, citizens actually have to attend meetings of their government. Take my word of it, while it is very dry humor and boring the majority of the time, it is an interesting experience.
But, in relation to the Portland Press Herald. The paper now has to cover the people. The people at work, at play and with the realization they do not have journalists covering their 'of by and for' the people elected state government. The Portland Press Herald has an opportunity to stop looking at the government through the eyes of power and look at the 'condition' of the people neglected by their government. It is sincerely real news the people want to read. Promise. The people reading the Portland Herald Press will also be able to measure their circumstances with that of others when the paper starts to report comparisons to other states with governments unafraid of the people.
In relation to Scottsdale Lake, this is a matter of incompetent government. The Environmental employee openly admitted the loss of the lake volume was due to incompetency. The legal case is made.
...Gov. Paul LePage (click here) has pledged to make the state more business-friendly and to reduce red tape. But in many cases, the Department of Environmental Protection has been scuttling laws in ways that benefit Aho's old clients or those of past and present clients of another lobbyist embedded in his office: Ann Robinson, a top lobbyist at the Preti Flaherty law firm, who moonlights as the governor's regulatory reform adviser and has drafted and promoted policies that would benefit her clients.
Internal documents and interviews with about two dozen current and former DEP employees reveal how the administration has systematically sedated some of Maine's environmental laws....
...Gov. Paul LePage has pledged to make the state more business-friendly... is a lie. He has not made the state more business friendly, he is paying off cronies. How much money did his campaign or him personally receive from these folks? I'd start there to look for corruption. But, let's just admit the LePage administration is incompetent. Let's look at that as the reason for the lawsuit to all parties including the power company.
Does he own stock in the power company, because I am quite confident his Environmental jerk does.
That said, the Maine economy relies on tourism. In this region, the electric company exists because there is tourism. The electric company is causing their own failure to exist. If there is no reason for the tourists to come, there is no reason to keep the lights on.
...John Maynard Keynes verified the concept of the “multiplier effect” in his economic studies in the 1930s. The concept has perhaps the greatest applicability in the tourism industry.
Tourists spend money on travel, lodging, food and beverage and in retail stores thus creating direct income, government revenue (taxes) and employment. There are more effects such as money spent on supplies, inventory replacement, and all the other products and services that supply the place where the tourist spends. All of these subsequent places are classified as indirect or multipliers of the original dollars spent.
Numerous studies have been conducted that reveal for every dollar a tourist spends anywhere from $3 to $10-plus additional dollars of expenditures are generated into the economy....
Things haven't changed that much in three years and the housing increases in Maine will go away too, if the people that work in the tourism industry don't have jobs and/or income anymore.
So, the state's governor is not only incompetent, he is corrupt beyond imagination. His environmental person already stated she was to incompetent to realize the need for the protections of Scottsdale Lake. Please don't tell me that woman didn't know this was an issue. That would be a lie. She is protecting her own interests by being incompetent and the interests of her friends.
So that brings me back to the Portland Press Herald and it's burgeoning relationship with the people. As they suffer together (the paper and the people), they will now know they are not alone when others in the area suffer, too, at the hand of an incompetent and potentially corrupt state government.
The PPH and the people will be partners to build a consensus to what defines excellent government of, by and for the people. I do mean excellent. Every person in Maine deserves the government their taxes pay for and this may be the first time an opportunity has manifested to empower some of the most aggrieved in Maine.
I am excited for them and the other political parties have a real role here to bring about their opinions to what the people are suffering through. There is even a role for unions and public employee unions. Empowerment is their speciality.
It is time the people of Maine come to understand how this huge mistake on election day happened, take responsibility for it and move beyond that horrible event to the government they deserve. I wish them all success.
