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This would have been a good opportunity for Portland Press Herald to contextualize Councilor Tae Chong's praise for the Portland police as being "vastly different than anything we have in the state of Maine and maybe the country" (we shared the link earlier) and for adding the Councilor's remarks qualifying his statement. The minutes from last night's workshop aren't on the city web site yet.
1 week ago ·
Councilor Tae Chong: "The police department we have in Portland is vastly different than anything we have in the state of Maine and maybe the country." ![]()
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Is it? ![]()
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Chance David Baker.
1 week ago ·
The Charter Commission is soliciting your input! ![]()
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Meeting is Zoom. Connection info is in the story. ![]()
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www.pressherald.com/2021/07/26/portland-charter-commission-to-will-seek-public-input-at-hearing/
1 week ago ·
Great for Presumpscot students and parents, for East Deering, and for Portland! ![]()
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www.pressherald.com/2021/07/21/portland-school-board-approves-bid-to-renovate-presumpscot-school/
2 weeks ago ·
Thank you, Anna Kellar: ![]()
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"The City Council is now at a fork in the road: One path would honor the letter and spirit of the law, and demonstrate that the council hears and listens to the manifest intention of thousands of their constituents, by simply placing the proposal on the November 2021 ballot. ![]()
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"The other path – continuing to block the measure from the ballot – shows that this council will continue to defer to unelected staff on fundamental matters of the democratic process – even after the current corporation counsel’s advice has repeatedly been proven wrong." ![]()
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City Council must put clean elections on the November 2021 ballot. ![]()
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ksnyder@portlandmaine.gov![]()
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tchong@portlandmaine.gov![]()
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www.pressherald.com/2021/07/20/maine-voices-city-should-let-voters-speak-on-publicly-financed-ele...
2 weeks ago ·
We agree. Except we think Portland, Maine can be not like Disneyland but Williamsburg. No, not Brooklyn. Williamsburg, Virginia.
3 weeks ago ·
Value work and workers at least as much as we say we value “job creators.” (Looking at you, City Councilors, some of you are literally paid to overlook workers, and Mayor.) Value *all* workers and *all* work. Restaurants, whose workers' exhausting labor put Portland, Maine on the map, is a great place to start. ![]()
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www.pressherald.com/2021/07/16/maine-voices-restaurant-worker-shortage-the-just-outcome-after-yea...
3 weeks ago ·
Like our 9 existing COUs, the Pine Tree Power Company will be governed by its CUSTOMERS — not by the state, and definitely not by the foreign governments of Spain, Qatar, Calgary, or others who own CMP and Versant.![]()
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Learn more: ourpowermaine.org/faq/
3 weeks ago ·