Is the Press Herald heavily Republican leaning then? Because it's on the homepage there.

I’ll admit it’s a bit cringy but I’m just so sick of seeing the constant Republican bashing that goes on in r/Maine. The bias here is so obvious. It’s nice to finally see another conservative here. I was beginning to think I was the only one.

I'm not going to get into the political semantics of the terminology, but it's simple matter of the metrics they're using not even beginning to crack the threshold of affordable. It's all a smoke and mirrors game to the people writing these reports.

Because the state is doing it. Coming soon to your electric grid

There has to be a back-story. He doesn't look indictable, does he?

That’s a strawman argument. I never said the Democratic lawmakers are trying to sweep this under the rug. Nice try.

I’m saying the heavily Democratic leaning BDN is trying to sweep this under the rug by not putting this on the front page where it belongs. That’s not fear mongering, that’s just a fact. Maybe step outside of your echo chamber every now and then.

Hope he has to step down and get more than a slap on the wrists If found guilty.

Also, as a conservative, I don't see why it's popular on the republican side to make everything a slam post and make it all republican vs Democrat. The (D)ifferent comment is a bit cringey.

Fuel doubled... It takes fuel to produce electricity. Not all electricity comes from dams and turbines, so its actually quite ironic that they want everyone to switch over to electric everything. Don't expect to ever see the bills go back down as the world changes to be "more green."

Why? They recently started switching over to adapting this terminology over "low-income housing" because of the stigma.

What term should they use instead?

The fear mongering is you trying to pitch this as Democrats trying to sweep it under the rug, while the truth is even his own party is calling on him to resign or be ousted.

I don't need to be a bleeding heart liberal to point out the false equivalency and bad faith argument you're trying to push.

What’s there to correct? He committed fraud and he is a democrat. That’s not fear mongering, that’s just an inconvenient truth (for you)

Then use your words. Don't claim that 10-20 trees +/- a cord is the only impact for your lot... That was an asinine assertion that undermined anything else you had to say on the matter.

Link for those who need help getting over a paywall

One of my new neighbors works for MaineHousing - they paid 750K for a sprawling three bedroom house, which the last owners bought for 400K a few years earlier. It's kind of funny to imagine this guy - with his fleet of Mercedes and Range Rovers out front - setting up in one of his spare rooms to write papers on affordable housing.

It also explains why this outlook report seems so out of touch, repeatedly using establishment reasoning to explain away the rapidly increasing costs of living. According to MaineHousing, high energy costs are a result of the Russian war, high rental costs are a result of inflationary pressures on landlords, increased evictions are due to landlords removing tenants from units to renovate them, and increased homelessness is due to a better way of counting the unsheltered.

By that logic, I'm sure if you asked their thoughts on the rising price of eggs, they'd tell you the high prices are due to the avian flu, or whatever the news said that day. Greed is hardly acknowledged in this report, despite being proven by data to be a major contributor to price increases across the board.

I should hope I don't have to correct someone's fear mongering in that thread, but hey we'll see.

I’ll look for you the next time I see an article about a republican. I won’t find a comment like this there.

A shit bag is a shit bag no matter what political label you want to slap on it. Stop trying to make everything so goddamn divisive.

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And it's not surprising that a Bangor publication doesn't put podunk Waldoboro on the front page. You're looking for a reason to be outraged.

Press Herald article:

> The speaker of the Maine House is calling on a state representative to resign over allegations that he violated Maine’s Clean Election Act during his 2022 campaign. > > Rep. Clinton E. Collamore Sr., D-Waldoboro, was indicted last month on multiple counts of aggravated forgery, unsworn falsification and violations of the Clean Election Act, according to the Dec. 15 indictment filed in Lincoln County Superior Court. > > House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, has asked Collamore, 62, to step down.

Luckily, it seems like everyone agrees. Fuck Collamore - it's completely shameful to defraud the Clean Election fund.

Posting without editorializing the title in accordance with Rule 4.

Democrat abuses the tax payer funded campaign fund (ironically called “clean” election fund) by forging signatures. The BDN has buried this in the political section instead of placing it on the front page where it belongs. If this was a Republican this would for sure be on the front page of the BDN, but I guess this is (D)ifferent.

Edit: Any time there is bad press about republicans, it’s the most upvoted post for the day. I point out a democrat doing something wrong and I get “wHy YoU sO diViSivE” and ridiculous whataboutisms

As a life-long Democrat. I have to say, punish him if he is guilty. I dont give a rats ass what letter is behind his name.

They should be paying those taxes alive.

Their website says they are closed for renovations, no reopen date. I think it's been mostly closed since covid, which is a shame. Such a fun place to explore

I like it, I think it's tasty, but I haven't found a seafood yet that I didn't like.

Stop calling it affordable housing, for one.

Fuck you, MaineHousing.

Thank you!