But the way the invitation is announced – and the response from the group’s executive director – highlights the chilly relations between the governor and Maine’s largest environmental group. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Gov. Paul LePage has invited the head of the Natural Resources Council of Maine to meet Read More
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LePage Launches New Salvo Against Environmental Group
By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage continued confronting the Natural Resources Council of Maine, accusing them Wednesday of “playing to the media” and inviting the group’s director, Lisa Pohlmann, to meet with him. LePage, critical of a news conference held by the NRCM last week Read More
NRCM Blasts Gov. LePage for Wasting Tax Funds on His Smear Campaigns
Mainers Want Problem-Solving, Not Harassment NRCM news release The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) today called on Governor Paul LePage to stop spending Maine taxpayer money on his smear campaign against NRCM, which has featured an incendiary “Wanted” poster displayed at a Town Hall meeting in March, weekly attacks by the governor on NRCM Read More
Timeline of Governor LePage’s Attacks on NRCM
Starting in 2016, Maine’s then-Governor Paul LePage mentioned the Natural Resources Council of Maine by name more than 75 times in nearly two dozen speeches, interviews, communications, and Town Hall meetings—more frequently than he mentioned any other organization in Maine. Read full news release. March 8, 2016: Governor LePage radio address attacks NRCM by name five Read More
One-sided Hearing Won’t Clarify Issues with Katahdin Region Monument
If a congressional panel really wanted to hear from the public, they’d let supporters speak, too. Portland Press Herald editorial When the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee meets in East Millinocket on Wednesday for a field hearing on the proposed North Woods national monument, one side will be notably absent. Gov. LePage and the four Read More
Expectations Mixed in Wake of National Monument Meetings
Opponents of the Katahdin-area proposal are determined to fight on, but others see the designation as a done deal and believe it’s time to plan for that outcome. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story The head of the National Park Service had just wrapped up a marathon day of hearings on Read More
Pride and Preservation: Monument Proposal Improved with Local Input
By The BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial There’s been much written about what National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis and Sen. Angus King heard during their meetings this week with Maine people about a proposed national monument near Patten. Less attention has been focused on what Jarvis, the highest ranking official within the Read More
In the Katahdin Region, Let’s Accept and Shape the Changes, Not Fight Them
By Richard H. Schmidt III, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Like the Katahdin region, the proposal to create a national park has changed a lot in the last few years and with it, people’s opinions, including mine. I graduated from Katahdin High School, attended college in Presque Isle, and now I am Read More
Mainers Weigh In on Proposed National Monument at Packed Forums
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story ORONO, Maine — A near capacity crowd of 1,400 people attended a forum on a proposed North Woods national monument on Monday at the University of Maine during which pro and con arguments followed one another in quick succession. After a tense forum involving Read More