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Last Updated: Oct 23rd, 2006 - 13:05:15 |
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Maine
If this is going forward....
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| Clayton and Clayton Weeks |
Yesterday we reported on one of the League's Baldacci/Castro pictures making it onto YouTube, the popular internet video site. Today we received a visit from Clayton and Clayton Weeks. They are father and son, and hail from the late Senator Ed Muskie's neck of the woods. They live in the Rumford/Mexico area...READ
Oct 18, 2006, 16:02
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Maine
Elementary School board Approves Sending Church Messages Home with Parents
The Christian Civic League of Maine came to the aid of an Angel this month. Angel Merchant, the Sunday School Superintendent of the Otis Baptist Church encountered some difficulties with her local elementary school. At the beginning of the school year the principal of Beech Hill Elementary School forbade Merchant from distributing flyers advertising church programming. The school had allowed such distributions in the past. This longstanding practice was reversed by the principal who later was backed by her Superintendent...READ
Oct 18, 2006, 09:06
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Maine
Tax Limitation Measure's Supporters Gather in Augusta
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| Approximately 60 people gathered to support the measure |
Taxpayer Bill of Rights supporters gathered in Augusta at 10 a.m. this morning for a press conference. The controversial measure is championed by Mary Adams, a long time conservative economic activist in Maine. She rallied volunteers to gather the required number of signatures to place the measure on the ballot on November 7, 2006. Adams used to write for the League's RECORD when Ben Bubar Jr. was leader of the League. She is from the small rural town of Garland.
The ballot question reads, "Do you want to limit increases in state and local government spending to the rate of inflation plus population growth and to require voter approval for all tax and fee increases?" A yes vote will enact the measure...READ
Oct 4, 2006, 12:45
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Maine
Money issues top Woodcock Agenda: Values and beliefs take a back seat
In an interview with CNN radio in Lewiston recently Republican Senator Chandler Woodcock pointed to his voting record while in the Maine Legislature to support his claim to being pro-life. With six weeks to go, the former public school teacher is running neck and neck with incumbent Governor John Baldacci in the polls. Baldacci must fend off two candidates who many believe are more liberal than him. This leaves Senator Woodcock with the potential of gaining many moderate/independent votes, in addition to his Republican base. Woodcock is the only center/right candidate in the race for Governor...READ
Sep 27, 2006, 07:26
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Maine
Newspaper decides to publish letter to the editor
On Friday it looked like a Maine weekly was going to censor the views of the League. To read the original story click here. The League received an email from editor Dave Grima at 3 p.m. on Monday indicating that the letter would be published, with only very minor changes.
Sep 25, 2006, 15:21
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