Volume 8
Number 2, Fall 1999
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The Margaret Chase Smith
Essay: CLOSING THE CLASS GAP IN CIVIC PARTICIPATION
by Amy Fried |
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Performance
Government in MAine: The Effort to MAke State
Government More Efficient, Responsive, and
Accountable
Maine has embarked on a major initiative to change
how the state does its business.
Its goal is nothing short of reinventing the
executive branch so it performs better, costs less,
and gets results.
This two-part symposium begins with a broad
overview of federal and state efforts to reinvent
government and the context for Maine’s current
initiatives. Part
two features a roundtable discussion with eight
individuals who help to illustrate the complex set
of factors that have an impact on government reform
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Part I: An Overview
by Bruce Clary & Barton Wechsler |
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Part II: A Roundtable Discussion |
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A Dose of Public Health through
Grassroots Advocacy: The Development of Tobacco Control Policy an a Campus
College
This past year the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) adopted
a stringent new tobacco-control policy that places UMF in the
forefront of nationwide efforts to curb tobacco use among college-age
students, and also to minimize the harmful effects of secondhand
smoke. Bryant traces the grassroots advocacy efforts that led to the
recent passage of a new tobacco-control policy at UMF, and concludes
with a set of recommendations for policy advocates in other settings.
by G. Lea Bryant |
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Maine's Dubious Odyssey into the
Funding of Local Government
Mills tackles the complex and often prickly subject of Maine’s tax
policy system for funding local government.
He makes the case that “raw necessity and simple equity ought
to be the guiding principles for justifying state expenditures on
local government.” He
argues for further changes to the school funding formula and calls on
policymakers to deal with the underlying property tax inequities that
unfairly burden Maine’s service center communities.
by Peter Mills |
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Opportunity and Equity: Mixing
Maine's School Funding Formula
Breen provides an update on recent reforms adopted by the
Maine Legislature to restore equity to Maine’s school funding
formula. While Maine has
taken some important steps, he argues we have unfinished business, not
the least of which is staying the course to ensure the reforms are
fully implemented.
by Yellow Light Breen |
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Measuring Maine's Marine Economy
The authors present a definition of Maine’s marine economy and offer
a consistent method for measuring its size relative to other sectors
of Maine’s economy. In
doing so, they provide the first consistent measurement of Maine’s
marine economy as a whole. They
conclude that Maine’s marine economy is not in a decline, and
further suggest that the potential exists for growth in key areas such
as tourism and biotechnology.
by Brian Roach, Jonathan Rubin, and Charlie Morris |
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Electric Utility Restructuring:
What Does It Mean for Residential and Small Retail Consumers in Maine?
On March 1, 2000, Maine will offer electric power through open
competition. While Maine
has planned carefully for deregulation, uncertainties remain about how
the market will unfold. The
authors describe how the nature of open competition may affect
consumers and layout, in detail, the types of choices that may face
residential and small retail consumers in the very near future.
by Lewis Tagliaferre and Susan Greenwood |
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