Governor Mills, Is It Me — or Is It You?
Governor, I’ve asked myself this question more than once over the past few months.
When I first met you at an event at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, just days after you announced your campaign for U.S. Senate, you laughed when I asked about the 250 ballots that mysteriously appeared in Newburgh inside an Amazon box, and how Secretary of State Shenna Bellows was handling, or not handling, the situation. It wasn’t a debate. It wasn’t a discussion. It was a dismissal.
Days later, at a press conference in Freeport, I raised the same issue. This time, I was met not with laughter, but with a sneer. “Oh, the Maine Wire,” you said, as if the outlet and by extension the question was beneath consideration.
Thursday, I took the question to national news, NewsMax, asking on television why you remain silent amid the growing Gateway Communities scandal. Afterward, I drove to your office to request a meeting with you or your staff to discuss the issue directly. Your staff was polite and professional. They told me I’d hear back.
I’m still waiting.
And it doesn’t stop there.
Friday morning, I discussed Gateway Communities on WVOM with George Hale and Ric Tyler, and later on WLOB with Ray Richardson. The phones lit up. Listeners were engaged. Questions poured in. It was clear this issue resonates far beyond one reporter, one outlet, or one radio show.
Major national outlets, Newsmax, Fox News, NewsNation, The Hill, the New York Post, are now paying attention to the Gateway Communities scandal. They’re asking questions. They want answers. Many want to discuss this story openly and transparently.
But you don’t.
Your silence is striking. Not because it’s subtle, but because it’s so loud. Do you not want the exploding NPO crisis, which you allowed to expand, to derail your Senate campaign? You were one of the first to support Time Walz for Vice President. Do you have the exact same scandal here in Maine, that he has in Minnesota?
So again, Governor, I ask: is it me, or is it you?
Because when legitimate questions about election integrity are brushed off with laughter; when a growing nonprofit scandal is met with silence; when reporters are dismissed rather than engaged; when your office won’t return a call, at some point, the pattern becomes impossible to ignore.
This isn’t about personality. It isn’t about tone. And it certainly isn’t about one reporter or one media outlet.
It’s about accountability.
And right now, your lack of action answers the question for all of us.
It’s not me.
It’s you Governor.
