A Meeting With The Greens

My conversation with Justin Beth Co-chair of the Portland, Maine Greens Party

Electing selectmen for a rural community during a time of urban to rural migration

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Monday I met with Justin Beth Co-chair of the Portland Greens Party. I updated him on what is going on in the Boothbay area. He identified that among the candidates running for selectmen in Boothbay, Teresa Bryer lives with two Green Party members. That is not much information to go on but the time between local selectmen candidates being announced and the election is extremely short. Voting takes place in less than a week, on Monday. May Third from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Boothbay Town Hall at Boothbay Railway Village.

According to the Boothbay Register, “The top two vote recipients earn the selectmen’s seats“. I am guessing that means we vote for one candidate and not two candidates for two open positions.

The Boothbay Harbor election takes place a week later. Mr. Beth says that he trusts local people about whom to support because we know the area better than central management does…