PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 11, 2020
Mark Walsh of Ocean Properties, which operates 11 hotels in Maine and 125 nationwide, said requiring visitors to present negative tests in lieu of quarantine is not a viable option. “After more than a month of trying to work together, it is clear that our thoughts, efforts and collective concerns from across our industry, and local chambers of commerce, were given no weight,” he wrote to Gov. Janet Mills. Lindsay Crete, the governor’s spokeswoman, said in an email that Mills considered their position. “But their out-of-state consultant-driven proposals were inadequate to protect the health of Maine people, staff and visitors.”