PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 4, 2020
Three major corporations from Texas and Florida fund a political action committee in Maine. They call themselves “Mainers for Local Power.” This month that PAC writes a single $570,000 check to Washington, D.C., political operatives. The payment is for the collection of petition signatures from Maine voters in order to place a referendum question on the 2021 Maine ballot. Their aim? To stop New England Clean Energy Connect. When major polluters spend so heavily to influence us, we ought to take notice. ~ Tom Rumpf, Brunswick