a stacked deck to kill lurc

[luckyleftyme2]

How many in here know why lurc was brought into being? How many in here have visited the rural area of our state from Bangor north and east? How many in here are aware of the value of the woodlands in our state.
What happens when we leave everything up to business to do the right thing!
how many have seen algae blooms on a once pristine lake? we have several in and around Augusta! how could that be when our congressional body meets there to represent us?
It's called greed! its called shifting rules to accommodate a few greedy people!
well here's one way it happens!
LePage gets to designate the chairman and vice chairman.

The risk of proceeding in this fashion, of course, is that it will inevitably call into question whatever recommendations might come out of the study commission as being predetermined ... the equivalent of a winning hand that’s played knowingly because it’s been dealt from a stacked deck.

If LePage and Raye truly had confidence in their position — and were open to other solutions than the draconian one they favor — they’d embrace the recommendations of the minority report filed by Democrats in response to the study commission amendment. That report calls for a bipartisan mix of senators and representatives to ensure a balance of perspectives. Proscribed duties are more extensive and explicit, with a focus on reforming LURC to improve it, rather than tossing it aside.

Certainly, a decision affecting half of the state — a region whose pristine lakes, ponds and wild beauty draws tourists from across the nation and the world — warrants a study group comprised of elected legislators.

It’s not a job that should be outsourced by those who have given us ample reasons to believe they want that study to support their preferred outcome.

how many know at one time the forestry dept. had little or no authority over paper company land cutting?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? LOOK THE OTHER WAY?