KENNEBEC JOURNAL • May 20, 2021
Our democracy has been effectively stifled by the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife committee in the Legislature. L.D. 1265, An Act to Control the Means of Killing Coyotes, was the result of more than a year’s efforts of the Maine people who want to mitigate the violence in the killing of coyotes here in Maine. Over 30 Maine people gave oral testimony and over 70 people gave written testimony in support of the bill. Yet it died a swift death in the work session two days later. That bill died faster than some coyotes because there was no open door there for people to share in the process of democratic discourse. ~ Elizabeth Starr, Bath