Unsurprisingly, the new increase in state revenues to Maine cities and towns won’t do anything to lower property taxes.
Jim Fossel
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Jim Fossel: Popular-vote compact won’t work
If successful, this proposal could send Maine’s votes to a candidate who wasn’t even on the ballot.
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Jim Fossel: Maine Democrats have not learned their lesson
Expensive programs and tax increases will alienate moderates.
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Jim Fossel: Centrists are having trouble finding enough middle ground
The left is pushing the Green New Deal, while the right wants to affirm Trump’s emergency declaration.
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Jim Fossel: Mills budget proposal kicks off dynamic process
The budget might be in balance now, but it’s based on assumptions that will need to be tested.
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Jim Fossel: State of the Union still divided
The difference now is that Democrats control the House.
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Jim Fossel: CMP has issues, but bill to make it a public company goes too far
Forcing a private corporation to sell its assets through eminent domain is ill-advised.
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Jim Fossel: Lesson learned, or is next shutdown 3 weeks away?
Disrupting the nation to win a policy debate is no way to run government.
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Jim Fossel: Maine’s Republican Party has work to do
The party is split among several factions, and needs to find someone who can bring them together.
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Jim Fossel: Good start, governor, but there’s more to do
How Gov. Janet Mills handles the budget, particularly Medicaid expansion, will say a lot about how well she’ll work with Republican legislators.