Carter-Aimed Bills Assure Over Taxation Forever
Helping to lead Maine to its #1 ranking in state and local tax burden hasn’t been enough for Governor Angus King. His latest move is to make sure we keep our #1 position by taking away our last chance to ever directly reduce taxes. He wants to strangle the initiative referendum process which is guaranteed to Maine citizens in the Maine constitution.
Read MoreThe Fleecing of Northern New England
Last week the news broke that nearly 300,000 acres of Champion land in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire will come under the control of a green cartel headed by The Conservation Fund of Arlington, Virginia.
Read MoreMr. Crandall goes to Vermont
Why did Tom Crandall make the effort to get in his car at 4 a.m. yesterday to drive to Montpe lier for an Act 60 meeting, and then turn around and drive home all in the same day?
Read MoreA Conference on the Northern Forests and the Stewardship Act
Conference Dates: June 25-27, 1998
Read More‘People First’ vs. ‘Earth First’ in Lincoln, Maine
A photo gallery of real people confronting unbelievable greens.
Read MoreSmall Town Says ‘NO!’ to Gangs of Green Radicals
Lincoln, Maine wants environmental goon squads to stay home and leave them alone.
Read MoreSongs to Revolt By (in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont)
I got a notice this week from Jeff Pascoe over in Vermont that the Act 60 website has added an “Act 60 Song.” Act 60 is the new school funding law with a state property tax that Vermont finds revolting, just as Maine did over 20 years ago. A good revolt needs a song. Remember Yankee Doodle? Well, in Maine in 1976 we produced a song during our state property tax battle too. We had it recorded at Noel Paul Stookey’s studio in Blue Hill (Paul of Peter, Paul and Mary), and he provided the music mix. In fact, we had written two songs, because we produced a two-sided, 45 rpm record with a dust jacket that explained what all the fuss was about. Those words, written by a talented wordsmith in the cause, stir my blood still. Here’s an excerpt, and I...
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