SUN JOURNAL • October 24, 2021
Maine, and specifically Lewiston, is projected to receive $6 million in tax revenue from this project, which is not “almost nothing.” It is property tax relief; it is funding for much-needed road, bridge and school improvements; it is help for the most needful in our midst and not “nothing.” Most importantly for New England and globally, the overall impact of introducing this cleaner energy into New England’s power grid is that it will reduce the carbon footprint into our atmosphere by 3 million metric tons, equivalent to that released by 700,000 cars per year. This, too, is not “nothing.” I’ll say “No on 1.” ~ Paul Baribault Lewiston