Author: Sam Pfeifle
Sam Pfeifle is a writer, editor, and publisher living in Gray. He currently serves as the Chair of the MSAD 15 School Board, was recently the press coordinator for the Lisa for Maine campaign to elect Lisa Savage to the U.S. Senate in 2020, and fronts the World Famous Grassholes. He can be reached at [email protected].
We all know that Maine is peculiar in all sorts of ways, so it should be no surprise that we are out on an island in terms of the way we allow access by political parties to our ballots: “Maine’s statutory scheme is almost entirely unique in the nation,” says Oliver Hall, legal counsel for…
Recently, Susan Collins, our senior senator here in Maine, made a speech to the Senate regarding the Build Back Better package of legislation and the trend, in general, toward more government support for U.S. citizens. “The debate,” she argued, “on President Biden’s massive plan to expand social programs has focused primarily on its enormous cost.…
News broke Oct. 5 of a big new initiative by the Maine Community College System: We will spend $60 million over the next four years on a new “workforce training” program. In the abstract, maybe it sounds pretty good. More than 24,000 Mainers will get free or discounted training to help them pursue jobs, thanks…
The Brunswick Airshow is undoubtedly popular entertainment. Our state’s various media outlets covered it thoroughly. WCSH let us know that the Blue Angels wowed people. WGME was more subdued. Any number of publications previewed the event with interesting profiles of the folks who would be performing. Just one piece published by a mainstream media outlet,…
Last week, the legislature’s Transportation Committee heard testimony regarding three bills — LDs 130, 200, and 289 — all variously designed to allow the Secretary of State to create standards for just what is allowed on vanity license plates in Maine. On its face, the idea that we should not allow people to put so-called…
Why is Donald White dead? There are many details about what happened in Livermore Falls this week that just about every account agrees on: 1. At about 2:30 a.m. on Monday, a man named Donald White entered a home on Knapp Street in Livermore Falls and took four people hostage, affixing their wrists with zip…
It has been not quite 11 years since the first Portland Charter Commission in recent times issued its final report in July of 2010. Portland has changed quite a bit since that group recommended the elected mayor position the city has today, which will be a subject of discussion for a new commission to be…