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This previous post has been updated with new research revealing a statute passed in 2011 by the Maine legislature and signed by Governor Lepage with obvious intent to pretend to be in compliance with constitutional bond question requirements but in effect obscuring the required information from public accessibility- when all that needs to be done is to attach the information to the printed ballot.
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Maine Constitution Rules For Posting Bond Question On Ballot !

This morning I asked the question of Mainers, if the bond question on their ballots conform with constitutional requirements, After going to vote, the answer is that none of the constitutional requirements are listed on the ballot, meaning that constitutionally even if the bonds win public approval, their enactment cannot be constitutionally ratified- But in a state where the political culture routinely dismisses the constitution and sometimes even their own statutes- will it matter?
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy

UPDATE! In Boothbay, Maine, the bond questions on the ballot are not compliant with what is essential for the validity of the bonds to be issued pursuant to the Maine Constitution. None of the requirements set forth in Article IX Section 14 were on the ballot. Only the total amount of the bond debt and the interest is listed with each bond question. This means that constitutionally , what ever the outcome of the vote, the enactment of the bonds cannot be ratified.
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Maine Constitutional Rules for Posting Bond Issue on Ballot- Does your ballot conform?
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Maine Statute Affirms "Shared Values" with The People's Republic of China

On the day before the vote, I am covering the Maine State legislature's statute passed in 2013 to affirm the friendship between Maine and the People's Republic of China - what that means to the Maine Constitution and the health and well being of the free enterprise system in the USA
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: When the General Welfare Meets The Corporate State in the Halls of Augusta- It's No Contest!

Continuing my report on the 2013 Maine legislative session revealing that the interests of the business interests of the corporate state take precedence in the halls of Augusta Maine over the general welfare
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Preserving The American Political Philosophy: Why Maine Should Say NO to Bonds!

I finished my analysis of the bonds on the Maine ballot that I started yesterday. All but one of the bonds are to be dispersed through the corporate network of Maine State Inc -in other words they are a hidden means of under writing the ongoing operation of an unconstitutional state corporation- My analysis explains why, in my opinion, that is a very bad idea. The ONE bond which will not be dispersed by the corporate state is the bond in support of clean water. This will be dispersed as a real state function and benefits all of the people equally. In my research of the 2013 legislative session, I saw that it is difficult for a bill supporting environmental concerns to compete against the business interests of the corporate state and so I think it would be real "social justice" to support the clean water bond and nix all the rest. Bond Question #7 is for a good cause- a lobster processing facility but is still a special interest and should be done through the private sector. It seem
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