Thoughts About the Text of Maine's Latest Bill to Create a State Electricity Monopoly

Constitutional considerations that are routinely ignored but are arguably actionable and costly.

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Regarding my last post about the Green Party convention, as it turned out, one needed to be a registered Green to attend the convention, although the Facebook Page said anyone on Facebook, which should have said any registered Green Party member on Facebook because if it had said that, I would have made the effort to go to my town office and change my registration. So I did not attend the Green Party online event- but I will make a point of registering now.

Meanwhile, I signed the petition online objecting to the proposed government take over of Maine’s electric grid. I have written to Representative Holly Stover before, but as an individual, I have never received a response, so it seems that to get a response, there has to be a petition signed en masse.

The petition text reads: 

I am a concerned citizen, residing in the 04537 ZIP code:

The proposed government takeover of Maine's electric grid is risky business, and a handful of politicians in Augusta shouldn't be a…