Maine earns ‘F’ for government integrity, again

Maine earns ‘F’ for government integrity, again

                                                                                           Troy R. Bennett | BDN

Today, a national nonprofit news organization released an investigation into each state’s level of transparency and accountability. The Center for Public Integrity didn’t examine incidents of corruption itself but the strengths and weaknesses of each state’s safeguards.
F for Fraud ?

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Comment by Sherwin A. Start on November 10, 2015 at 2:14pm

ALfond has been in the POCKET of The Wind Power Industry since day one ! Where do u think he got ALL Of his Money to get reelected and stay elected ?? He did Not get to be the PRESIDENT Of the SENATE selling LEMONADE on the Street Corner !!

Comment by Sherwin A. Start on November 10, 2015 at 2:11pm

YOu CANNOT Grade Someone  on Something they do not POSSESS- Its The STATE Legislature that does not have any INTEGRITY  Especially the SENATE DEMOCRATS !!

Comment by Long Islander on November 10, 2015 at 1:01pm

Just click here to see Justin Alfond's role in getting Maine an F.

http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/naomi-schalit-wind-indu...

DISGUSTING: 171 Pages of Former Senate President Justin Alfond's Emails to and from the Maine Wind Industry

Comment by Penny Gray on November 10, 2015 at 12:30pm

Sadly, no surprise there.

 

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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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