Guest Column
It is unfortunate that Maine's elected representatives are not speaking out on the issue of the Quimby proposal for a national park in Northern Maine. Considering how much they claim to work for the "people of Maine" the lack of action on this issue speaks volumes.
Maine politicians, especially at the national level, seem to live in fear of the environmental lobby and are ignoring their duties to local Mainers to please that lobby.
The Obama administration and its environmentalist allies are turning a deaf ear to the concerns of local residents about the new proposed national park in Northern Maine. We must not allow the concerns of Mainers directly affected by this proposal to be ignored and trivialized.
Maine is suffering from a real lack of quality jobs, and Northern Maine cannot bear another effort to turn Maine jobs into low paid seasonal work. Maine needs all of its working forests more than ever.
A Maine national park would become more National pork. It is time for all Mainers to stand with the people of Millinocket.
Local Republicans and union members are united in their opposition to Quimby's environmental folly at their expense. I join with them and stand up for local objections to this unrealistic idea.
Northern Maine and its citizens are not the play-things of rich non-Mainers with a personal agenda. It is time our politicians stood up to this sort of aggression and told people like Roxanna Quimby to back off.
Maine cannot afford Roxanne Quimby's Rural Quagmire.
Andrew Ian Dodge conservative activist and candidate for US Senate. His website is andrewiandodge.com. You may email him at andrew@dodgeforsenate.com
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