Bill Nemitz

1 month ago | centralmaine.com | Bill Nemitz

Dear Gov. Mills,Oh, to be inside your head when President Donald Trump looked out at you and the other governors in the White House dining room and asked, “Is Maine here? The governor of Maine?”We’ve long grown accustomed to watching intelligent men and women, people we thought had backbones, quake in such moments. Trump’s trail is littered with political luminaries who once opposed him and now fall at his feet — not because they respect him, but because they’re scared to death of him. Not you, Gov.

1 month ago | pressherald.com | Bill Nemitz

Dear Gov. Mills,Oh, to be inside your head when President Donald Trump looked out at you and the other governors in the White House dining room and asked, “Is Maine here? The governor of Maine?”We’ve long grown accustomed to watching intelligent men and women, people we thought had backbones, quake in such moments. Trump’s trail is littered with political luminaries who once opposed him and now fall at his feet — not because they respect him, but because they’re scared to death of him. Not you, Gov.

Nov 4, 2023 | centralmaine.com | Bill Nemitz

From the day they dubbed it Maine’s “yellow flag law,” they had the wrong color. It was June of 2019 and, as the 129th Legislature headed home for the summer, there was applause and backslapping all over the State House. Maine finally had a law designed to keep guns out of the hands of people caught in a mental health crisis and, to hear the politicians on both sides of the aisle tell it, this was government functioning at its absolute best. Or so we thought. In less than an hour on Oct.

Nov 4, 2023 | pressherald.com | Bill Nemitz

From the day they dubbed it Maine’s “yellow flag law,” they had the wrong color. It was June of 2019 and, as the 129th Legislature headed home for the summer, there was applause and backslapping all over the State House. Maine finally had a law designed to keep guns out of the hands of people caught in a mental health crisis and, to hear the politicians on both sides of the aisle tell it, this was government functioning at its absolute best. Or so we thought. In less than an hour on Oct.

Oct 28, 2023 | centralmaine.com | Bill Nemitz

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