Maine's financial house is burning while Governor Baldacci is..

Representavie Hamper and the Advertiser Democrat ^ | 15 March, 2005 | State Rep Jim Hamper

[newsgatherer]

While the state of Maine falls further and further behind in it's medical liabilities. While Maine's doctors and medical professionals are now faced with the distinct possibility of not being able to care for those individuals covered by state programs; John Baldacci and most of the Maine State Legislature are focused on making Moxie the state drink, pushing through more debt in the form of another bond issue, raising every existing fee, and taxing honest firearms dealers out of business. And of course joining with Hannaford Brothers, Verizon and the Norway Savings bank in condemning Christians and advancing the radical homosexual agenda.

But not all of Maine's Legislative members are willing to play Monica to john Baldacci and his friends at the Gay and Lesbian alliance, at least one Maine Rep is focused on the collapsing financial house of cards that Maine has become.

Governor’s Budget Postpones Day of Reckoning
Rep. Jim Hamper (R – Oxford)
Representing House District 100 Mechanic Falls, Otisfield and Oxford

Imagine you have $3,000 in credit card debt. In a sudden spasm of fiscal sanity, you stop using that card. You cut it up into pieces and never charge another purchase. You make your payments every month and by the time the whole thing is paid off, a few years later, you will have paid, say, $5,000 ...

[newsgatherer]

As Maine wants to borrow more money to buy more land that comes off the tax rolls, Baldacci and his ilk attack Mike Heath.

[newsgatherer]

This is the first time I have tried this ping thing.

Well anyhow if it works, this article was written by a state rep worth following,

[Fido969]

Former Maine Sen pro tem Rick (Born to be mild) Bennett (R)had a good column in yesterday's Sun Journal clearly illustrating the huge problems with Bald-acchi's "historic" budget.

I think the state is coming apart at the seams, and Bald-acchi and the dems up there are desperately trying to hold the thing together. Shame on the voters of Maine for not passing the property tax cap last November. Instead, they bought a pack of lies and empty promises from the tax-and-spend crowd.

[newsgatherer]

That vote is one we have questioned, just doesn't seem to be right, took five months for the secretary of state to certify and psiot the results, somthing fishy there, something just not right.

While bennet was not half bad, he never really ahd what this young State Rep seems to have, fire in his belly.

This kid is worth watching.

[Fido969]

Really? Something fishy on the vote totals for the property tax cap, you mean?

[newsgatherer]

yes,

[Red in Blue Maine]

How do you stop this stuff without intervention of foreign troops from say.... North Carolina?

Maine voters never met a bond issue they didn't like. Its the most discouraging situation I have ever encountered.

[Fido969]

Yeah, but the lefties at the Press Herald will chew up any promising up and coming Republican.

[bigsigh]

Shouldn't Maine be part of Canada?

[newsgatherer]

Or a president that enforces the Constitution, Like gurenteeing a Republican form of government.

[newsgatherer]

Between the guys at 96.3 FM esspecially that jake who can't spell his name right, he spells it Jaque, and little online papers like us, the pph is dead old news that the only reason people even get it is for the ads.

Jake

[newsgatherer]

kinda looks it when you look at a map, but there is very little love lost beween the two.

[Grut]

...took five months for the secretary of state to certify ...

I know Matt Dunlap from back when he tended bar at Pat's in Orono and I have a hard time believing he'd be part of anything shady.

[SheLion]

This is the first time I have tried this ping thing.

Ping worked great!  I have to read this to catch up!

[SheLion]

"I'm in power.  I can do and say whatever I want and to hell with the constituents!"

[newsgatherer]

Do you know him well enough to ask him some questions about the vote counts in last novemembers elections? First go here, we have captured the state numbers to see if they don't change :

http://www.christian-news-in-maine.com/q1&2.htm

We are slowly but surely checking with ever town and city clerk to see if the numbers posted are what they remember. This is a long slow process, but will result in a very interesting news story to say the very least.

Do you remember the John from Eagle Lke fiasco about 13 years back? Well we were the little newspaper down in southern maine that, with the help of State Rep Jack Libby, wouldn't let it go and finally even the leftist at the pph had to cover it.

Same thing here, only this time we have no one on the inside willing to risk life, limb and reputation to give us inside info.

Jake

[newsgatherer]

Thanks D, wasn't sure if it would work.

Thanks,
Jake

[Grut]

Do you know him well enough to ask him some questions about the vote counts in last novemembers elections?

It was a casual acquaintance but I have enough of a sense of his character to think that if you ask him those questions directly he will give you a pretty straight answer.

[SheLion]

Sorry Jake. I pinged 94 FReepers in Maine. I thought this thread would get a bigger response then it did.

So sorry.

[newsgatherer]

Me too, but then again he is a freshman Rep, gienve time, his reprots will garner better responce i woudl think.