State Representative Brian Hubbell: Maine House District 135, 2012-2020
Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, and Lamoine
Report to Maine House District 35 from the Legislature: week of February 19-22, 2013:
Guns, privacy, and politics
On Tuesday, as predicted, we acted with legislative alacrity to enact a temporary law that shields concealed weapons permit data from public view.
No matter where one stands on privacy, public safety, or government transparency, the action …
Dear Friends in House District 35,
As things are beginning to roll now in the legislature, rather than make a comprehensive report I’ll just outline some of the dilemmas I’ve had to face this week as your representative.
Understanding that not all of you will agree with me, I will do my best to explain …
The Bar Harbor Town Council asks legislators to support the transportation bond and transportation infrastructure projects, to reject the Governor’s proposal to end municipal revenue sharing, to re-commit to state support of 55% of the costs of public education, to fund mandated improvements under the Federal Clean Water Act, and to support job training.
…Bluster and improvement
Our committee had been scheduled to receive a briefing from the Department of Education on Monday. But, after the committee’s report to Appropriations last week on the supplemental budget which was followed by the Department issuing a scathing press release blasting the majority’s recommendation to extend the Governor’s curtailment to include the …