MAINE WIRE (Maine Policy Institute) • March 14, 2021
Last week I poked the green hornets’ nest by testifying in support of LD 324, “An Act to Limit Public Land Ownership in Maine.” The environmental left was outraged that any such sentiment would even be considered, and suggested that the legislation was unneeded, counterproductive, overly broad, a burden on democracy, local governance and efforts to confront the climate apocalypse. LD 324, introduced at my suggestion, seeks to cap federal, state and local public land ownership statewide at 33%, with no more than 50% in any given county, with a 2/3 legislative cap override option. ~ Jonathan Reisman