MAINE PUBLIC • March 5, 2020
Opponents of a controversial transmission line are condemning a Central Maine Power political action committee for hiring a private investigator to monitor their efforts to scuttle the project via ballot initiative. Meanwhile, the director of the CMP PAC says the investigator's findings raise questions about whether opponents have violated state law in their attempt to qualify for the November ballot. The controversy centers on corridor opponents' efforts to get enough signatures to make the November ballot.