jp of winslow, ME scott....you should reconsider your vote....the CEO of Olympia gaming has said repeatedly he is not in favoer of sitting on any boards, he will not sit on nay boards and will look to have the language removed.....he is just not going to do it period...vote yes on 2report abuse

LewistonT of Lewiston, ME That's funny you think this piece is flawed....how many pieces of legislation are flawed too after the legislature passes it. So this is really no difference than any law passed by the fools in Augustareport abuse

Scott Bernier of Augusta, ME My only disappointment in your Op Ed Piece is that you don't provide people with a link to the bill so they can make their own decision. The Secretary of State has put out a document on both referendum questions, which can be found at:

http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2008/intent-11-08.pdf

Q. 2 starts on page 15 (18 in the PDF doc). The passage that made me decide to vote No is on page 32 (35 in the pdf):

"The president of Evergreen Mountain Enterprises, LLC must be appointed a voting member on
the governing body or board, if any, of each recipient or program funded in this subsection
regarding the allocation of specific funding that is paid by the gaming operator."

So, the president of this Los Vegas company will become a member of the town council/selectmen of the town of Oxford, a member of the Oxford County Board of Commissioners, a member of both the UMaine Trusties and the Community College system board, a member of any city/town government that accepts funds for tax relief from this casino, a member of every school board that accepts funds, and so on.

No one person should have that much power, especially someone who doesn't truly understand Maine.

Read the document for yourself and then make your own judgment. If you're comfortable with this, fine. If you really believe the state legislature will "do the right thing" and fix this, I'm not interested in sharing your ruby-tinted glasses.

I'm not fine with this and intend to vote No.report abuse

LewistonT of Lewiston, ME Newspaper against Economic Growth, how surprsing, why do you think your ad sales are in the toilet. Many of us have stopped advertising because the Newsroom is out of touch. Oh ya, I can't forget either, subscriptions are down. Keep up the good work in driving business out and closing your newspaper, too bad the employees will suffer due to a few ignorant ones.report abuse