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June 11th, 2015 | Tags: East-West Corridor, east-west highway, LD 1168, Paul Davis, STEWC, Stop the East-West Corridor | Category: Action Alerts, E/W Legislation, East-West Corridor, Features, Legal, Legal Tools | Help protect Maine people and the environment from unnecessary new transportation infrastructure
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Call your Senators and Representatives and ask them to vote, “ought to pass” on LD 1168 today!
Click here for a CONTACT LIST for all Senators and Representatives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WBJaw1Hvmr0n0DSVVS_CBXA1ug1_lLw0-L26MbrPVdE/pubhtml?usp=gmail
Please take notice: LD 1168 has changed from a focus on eminent domain to a focus on improving the P3 law. There are several reasons for this. Primarily, we […]
Continue reading HELP KILL THE EWC! Action needed now on our bill.
March 25th, 2015 | Tags: Andi Vigue, Chris Buchanan, cianbro, East-West Corridor, east-west highway, EWC, grandmothers against the east west corridor, Paul Davis, peter vigue, Ralph Chapman | Category: Community Rights, E/W Legislation, East-West Corridor, Events, Features, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters | Op-Ed by Chris Buchanan | March 25, 2015
The proposed East-West Transportation, Communications, and Utilities Corridor has raised important public policy questions regarding the state’s transportation policy. Two bills have been introduced by our Maine legislators to ensure the proper role for the state in transportation planning, maintenance, and development, without increasing regulations or stymying infrastructure that is desired by local people. The bills would create an equal playing field for all significant transportation proposals that may utilize the Public-Private-Partnership […]
Continue reading New bills to preserve State control over transportation development, and eminent domain
Dear [organization / municipality],
Stop the East-West Corridor (STEWC) is advocating for two bills this legislative session that we hope you will consider supporting:
LD 506, An Act to Improve Public Private Partnerships , sponsored by Rep. Ralph Chapman (D-Brooksville), cosponsored by Sen. Paul Davis (R-Piscataquis), Public Hearing Scheduled for Thursday, March 26 at 1pm in State House Room 126; and,
LR 373, An Act to Prohibit the Delegation of Eminent Domain Power to Private Entities, sponsored by Sen. Paul […]
Continue reading Template Organizational Outreach letter LD 506 & LR 373
How to Take Action on LD 506 An Act to Improve Public Private Partnerships sponsored by Rep. Ralph Chapman (D-Brooksville) cosponsored by Sen. Paul Davis (R-Piscataquis)
Educate yourself. By reading LD 506, by clicking HERE, by contacting us*, or by typing this web address into your browser: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0345&item=1&snum=127
Review our Talking Point Suggestions for LD 506. These are intended to help you develop testimony that resonates with you and with lawmakers. You can find them attached to this message, online […]
Continue reading Take Action on LD 506! Hearing this Thursday, March 26th at 1pm
February 23rd, 2015 | Tags: cianbro, East-West Corridor, peter vigue | Category: East-West Corridor, Maine, News, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, United States | Link to Article
February 23, 2015 | Mainebiz
Like the real estate motto, Maine offers location, location, location BY PETER VAN ALLEN
During hard times or hard winters, Maine and Mainers chug along. Yet there are always those asking how Maine can grow and prosper.
Recently, I had an interesting conversation with Peter Vigue, chairman of the Pittsfield-based Cianbro Cos., the largest construction firm based in Maine, with $530 million in annual sales and […]
Continue reading Mainebiz magazine promotes Peter Vigue and EWC
February 19th, 2015 | Tags: doug thomas, East-West Corridor | Category: East-West Corridor, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, Maine, News, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, United States | Our economy won’t improve if we reject development Link to Original Article By Doug Thomas, Special to the BDN Posted Feb. 19, 2015, at 1:09 p.m.
We all know Maine is a poor state. We’re told how high food stamp rates are, how many of our children need free lunch at school and all the other measures of poverty. I deliver firewood all over central Maine, and I see the consequences of our dismal economy every day. You […]
Continue reading Doug Thomas’s pro-EWC op-ed
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