BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 15, 2023
The defeat of Question 3 — which would have replaced investor-owned Central Maine Power and Versant Power with Pine Tree Power, owned by the people it would serve — proves that, if you spend enough money and shout loud enough and often enough, you can fool enough of the people enough of the time. Maine voters, who presently enjoy among the highest electric rates in the country, were persuaded that the investor-owned companies that provide our power today are a better deal for us than a company owned by us. ~ Mark L. Humphrey, Milbridge