Note: Please see edits below. Maine Democrats are celebrating tonight, but I think they have a serious problem. Let me back up. Politics is fascinating. Don't puke just yet, at least not until you consider that observing politics offers the best of everything: intense drama, fierce competition and hilarious moments of human folly, all wrapped in a … Continue reading Automatic for the People
Category: LESSONS IN MEDIOCRITY
Rambling discourse, half-assed analysis and lots of sarcasm from the guy who still buys ink by the barrel in Biddeford
Constant Craving
Much has been said about Maine's quality of place, a subject that hit me like a brick this weekend as I once again travel the roads of rural Maine. But what is the value of a quality place without a quality life? GrowSmart Maine describes quality of place as: ". . . our majestic mountains, … Continue reading Constant Craving
Ain’t no cure for the summertime blues
Mike Michaud. Eliot Cutler. Larry Gilbert. Joanne Twomey. Whaaattt? Every year it seems as if the NHL playoffs stretch closer to summer, as if football starts sooner --- and like everything else, those who love politics and speculating about those playoff games, the political season no longer seems to have a beginning or an end. We used … Continue reading Ain’t no cure for the summertime blues
Street fighting man
While many of us were obsessing this week about whether Big Brother is monitoring that silly cat video we posted on Facebook or whether the IRS will now audit Tim Tebow, Maine's newest senator quietly announced that he was consolidating two of his southern Maine field offices. Although the news of Senator Angus King closing his … Continue reading Street fighting man
Let it be
Like many of us, Governor Paul LePage is frustrated by welfare abuse, but one of his most recent proposals to reform an undeniably flawed system is misguided and completely misses the mark of an otherwise noble goal. Among his many other initiatives to rein in government spending and reform Maine's welfare system, LePage sponsored LD 1411, a … Continue reading Let it be
Update: the long and winding road
I am pleased to report that State Sen. David Dutremble (D-Biddeford) has gone where few politicians go. Just a short while ago, Dutremble commented on my Facebook page to concede his faux pas. Randy, I don't say this often but you are right! I should have spoke with Rep. Casavant on my position first before … Continue reading Update: the long and winding road
Killing me softly
At the risk of provoking law enforcement officers, irate taxpayers, members of Maine's Legislature and people who suffer with a mental illness, I want to congratulate Tux Turkel and a his team at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram for an exceptional article in this morning's paper. At the crux of the story is the number … Continue reading Killing me softly
I get knocked down, but I get up again
Here's a post-2012 Election tip for my friends in Biddeford: Don't bet against Mayor Alan Casavant. Sure, I know...Casavant narrowly lost his bid for a fourth and final term in the Maine House of Representatives for the District 137 seat on Tuesday night. While Republican Bill Guay certainly deserves a lot of credit for his win, … Continue reading I get knocked down, but I get up again
Just around midnight
Within 24 hours the family feud will be over but political tensions in Biddeford will likely remain high long after the ballots from the June 12 Primary Elections are counted. For the first time in more than 25 years, incumbents in each of the city's three legislative districts are facing primary challenges. Now for a few predictions … Continue reading Just around midnight
First blood
Hell hath no fury like a politician scorned, or so they say.... Enter State Senator Nancy Sullivan, the self-righteous, semi-retired English teacher who desperately wants to keep her state health insurance and can't accept the terms of Maine's term limits law. Sullivan is being forced from the senate because of term limits, so now she wants … Continue reading First blood
