PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 18, 2021
During the recent legislative hearing for L.D. 1587, Rep. Scott Landry’s bill to remove the municipal ordinance exemption for the development of nonessential transmission lines, Central Maine Power singled out the town of Caratunk not once, but twice in testimony against the bill. CMP lobbyist Jim Mitchell glossed over the fact that 86 percent of the towns along the corridor route have held townwide votes on the project, and 100 percent of those towns voted in strong opposition. In 2018, I voted to adopt the moratorium, and this November, I will be voting “yes” to reject this for-profit corridor once and for all. Caratunk should not be forced to serve as an extension cord for Massachusetts. ~ Kimberly Lyman, Caratunk