Budgetary issues have touched nearly every school district in Maine. We have covered the issue many times. Districts have battled with what programs to save and which to cut. Sports, arts, and music have been targeted on more than one occasion. To weight the importance of art and sports in today’s question. Please read the [...]
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Democratic Education Questionnaire #6
Budgetary issues have touched nearly every school district in Maine. We have covered the issue many times. Districts have battled with what programs to save and which to cut. Sports, arts, and music have been targeted on more than one occasion. To weight the importance of art and sports in today’s question. Please read the [...]
GOP Education Questionaire #1
This week we will present you with a series of education questions for the Democrat and GOP gubernatorial candidates. The questions have been formulated in conjunction with Gerald Weinand and Bruce Bourgoine of Dirigo Blue and Derek Viger. Now we bring you the first question and the responses for the GOP candidates. Read more after the [...]
Democratic Education Questionnaire #1
This week we will present you with a series of education questions for the Democrat and GOP gubernatorial candidates. The questions have been formulated in conjunction with Gerald Weinand and Bruce Bourgoine of Dirigo Blue and Derek Viger. Now we bring you the first question and the responses for the Democratic candidates. Read more after [...]
Socializing the Risk and Privatizing the Gain
The words of Elliot Spitzer, former Attorney General of New York, you cannot “socialize the risk and privatize the gain”, but this is exactly what the “Fund of Funds” achieves
124th Legislature Winds Down
By Matt Peterson — State Representative District 92 No legislative activity is more demanding than the discussions surrounding the passing of the state’s budget. It is a particularly thankless task in a year such as this one, when adjustments must be made and programs must be reduced or eliminated to produce a balanced budget against [...]
School Budget Cavalcade
With all the various school budget happenings it can be hard to keep track of things. We’ve collected this week’s budget news for you. This week, we have news from Bath, Winslow, Falmouth, and more. Read our full report after the cut.
Baldacci Provides Some Budget Relief
Due to what many are calling a “rosier” economic outlook, Governor Baldacci has released a proposal for a revised budget. Baldacci restored $78.7 million in cuts today. “From the beginning, I have been committed to presenting a fiscally responsible plan to balance the State budget,” Governor Baldacci said. “The slight improvement in the economy and [...]
Got Stoopid?
Chances are your child’s school will hemorrhage dollars faster than a slot machine addict with six arms, as state aid to education is expected to plummet over the next couple of years. While some cling to the vague expectation that schools will become more efficient, you can’t escape reality: keeping the average classroom temperature above [...]
Better Management for Maine
by bruce poliquin on 24. Mar, 2010 in Commentary, Featured
Each year our elected representatives have more trouble balancing our state budget – a problem caused in large part by their own doing. Even before the economic collapse of 2008, Maine wrestled with private sector job loss, revenue shortfalls, and a sagging economy. The general response by Augusta has been a mix of across-the-board cuts, [...]