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Thursday, August 03, 2006

Maine: Major party ethics...

From Portland Press Herald: The state will soon move a step closer to settling a dispute over independent John Michael's bid for public funding of his gubernatorial campaign. Rep. John Eder of Portland said Wednesday that he will soon submit to legislative leaders a list of suggested candidates for a vacant seat on the state ethics commission, which oversees campaign finance laws.... [more]

From Bangor News: The state ethics commission deferred action Tuesday on an independent gubernatorial candidate's appeal for public campaign funding until a fifth and final member for the panel can be nominated by the governor. [more]

From Maine Today Morning Sentinel editorial: It is unconscionable that legislative leadership has failed to nominate a fifth, independent member to the state's ethics commission. We don't know whether it is a symptom of legislative leadership's contempt for the role of the commission, partisan paralysis or simply that they've got better things to do, but they need to get over it.... [more]

Is the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices coming apart at the seams? It would appear so. ... [more]

Maine voters are to be forgiven if they feel that they're in the midst of one big food fight these days between Democrats and Republicans. First there was the mini-scandal about whether independent candidate Barbara Merrill and Republican candidate Chandler Woodcock -- both running for governor -- had illegally traded $5 donations to help one another qualify for public funding. ... [more]

1 comment:

Zebster said...

partisan paralysis, frankly and unfortunately.