[at-l] Protecting the trail in Maine

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

Ah Ha! I knew that we were seeing an highly edited version of the truth. I
tried to find out what was going on by looking in the Maine papers but
apparently none of the papers has heard of the radical idea of letting
people search their article archive. Google only brought up the environazi
viewpoints.

Thanks for posting this.

BK

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--and now the rest of the story:
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--Governor Baldacci's proposal - scaled back from earlier plans 
--- was designed to raise $20 million for the Land for Maine's 
--Future program, $9 million for transportation projects and 
--$11 million for environmental initiatives.
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--"The proposed projects can wait until January," House 
--Minority Leader Joe Bruno, R-Raymond, said in a statement 
--from his office.
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--"In the wake of the passage of Question 1 in June for which 
--the state is committed to an additional $260 million in 
--education funding, the looming $785 million structural gap, 
--and the property tax cap referendum on the ballot in November 
--the prudent action is to delay further borrowing until a more 
--complete understanding of the state's finances can be 
--achieved," Bruno said.
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--Rep. David Bowles of Sanford, the assistant House Republican 
--leader added: "We need to look beyond the proposed projects 
--and look at the state's larger fiscal picture. This is not 
--about land or bridges, it is about debt and the state's 
--ability to handle that debt."
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