I think Sen. Eric Brakey’s bill making the wearing of seat belts optional is fine, as long as I have the option of not having to pay for the extended rehabilitation he or others will need when they are involved in a crash without seatbelts on. After all, if people have the choice to wear […]
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M. Larson: Decision is costing Maine money
Thanks to the Sun Journal for the informative piece about the Affordable Care Act in Maine (Dec. 28). It is encouraging that the ACA has been the catalyst for positive changes in the delivery of health care that it was meant to be. Gov. Paul LePage likes to tout that he paid debt owed the […]
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M. Larson: Environment jeopardized
The Maine Legislature will soon vote on the Board of Environmental Protection’s final version of rules relating to open pit mining in Maine. In spite of last fall’s public testimony overwhelmingly in opposition to weakened rules, the BEP has offered final rules that make environmental degradation more likely and that ensure that Maine taxpayers will […]
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M. Larson: The majority need the help
I listened with astonishment to the MPBN program, “Maine Calling,” recently as Rep. Ken Fredette, the minority leader in the Maine House of Representatives, spoke of seeing people in a grocery store who are “able-bodied” individuals with carts full of “name brand” items who he believes are abusing the welfare system, specifically TANF (Temporary Assistance […]