Like most Mainers, I deferred to the scientists and health experts when the coronavirus arrived in the United States, and to a lesser extent, Maine. My fellow legislators acted quickly on COVID-19 related legislation, tabled other items, and went home to shelter in place and practice social distancing. Even two weeks ago, I believed that continuing the stay at home order made sense. The situation has changed. The science, data and lessons learned from social distancing have continually evolved. We know a lot more than we did days and weeks ago. Maine is one of the states least impacted by…
Author: Rich Cebra
Rich Cebra
Rep. Rich Cebra, of Naples, is serving his sixth term in the Maine House of Representatives. He represents District 68 which includes the towns of Baldwin, Cornish, Naples, Parsonsfield (part) and Sebago.
Progressive lawmakers are in pursuit of an ever-expanding state government in Augusta. Their neglecting to properly fund our infrastructure, and then declaring a crisis that can only be fixed with more and more taxpayer dollars, is a prime example of the bloated, dysfunctional and out-of-touch government that has plagued our state for years. When was it decided that it is okay to neglect funding our infrastructure while ballooning other state government spending? Maine’s transportation funding shortfall is a manufactured crisis being used as an excuse to once again fleece state taxpayers. We don’t have a revenue problem in Maine, we…