PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 5, 2026
Maine has a problem. Our people want to live in the modern world and not take part in building it. Give us more EVs, but don’t mine any minerals here — the children of Democratic Republic of the Congo are good at that. Remove all the hydro dams instead of building fish ladders, we can just buy our power from other states or countries — or burn more natural gas. Bring broadband to remote counties with taxpayer money but, please, don’t build any data centers — NIMBY all the way. we should diversify and grow our economy. We can’t run a state based on the annual lobster catch and the vacation industry. ~ Zak Harding, Wells