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Maine: Don Pilon

March 22, 2009 - 08:30 pm
NEWS FEED: Bangor Daily News

Measure targets shootings by police

By Mal Leary

AUGUSTA, Maine — Between 1998 and 2008, there were 54 police-involved shootings in Maine, and in 26 of them a person was killed. The state Attorney General’s Office investigates all such incidents to determine whether officers acted within the law, but if a measure now before legislators is enacted, all police use of deadly force would be reviewed by an independent panel named by the governor.

“The Attorney General’s Office is a law enforcement agency,” said Rep. Don Pilon, D-Saco, sponsor of the bill. “They do not look at each case and say, ‘Could this situation have been handled differently?’”

The attorney general’s review looks narrowly at whether the officer was legally justified in the use of deadly force, Pilon said, and a separate review is needed.

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Fri, 11/14/2008 - 14:29

Leadership elections video: Majority whip candidates

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Seth Berry (D-Bowdoinham), who was elected House majority whip Thursday, was up against five other candidates: Cynthia Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth), Herb Clark (D-Millinocket), Richard Cleary (D-Houlton), Mike Carey (D-Lewiston) and Don Pilon (D-Saco).

See below for video of Dill, Clark, Carey and Pilon. Regrettably we were unable to get video of Cleary.

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Thu, 11/13/2008 - 15:32

Seth Berry elected as majority whip

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

State Rep. Seth Berry (D-Bowdoinham) was just elected House majority whip.

In a six way contest between Reps. Cynthia Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth), Richard Cleary (D-Houlton), Mike Carey (D-Lewiston), Don Pilon (D-Saco) and Herb Clark (D-Millinocket), Berry got more than 50 percent of the vote, winning on the first ballot.

We will have more on the election later.

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Thu, 11/13/2008 - 01:51

Leadership candidate: Don Pilon

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Maine House Democrats will elect their leaders at 10 a.m. this morning. We have put together brief bios of each of the candidates, taken from the legislative record.

House Republicans will elect their leaders this afternoon, and those bios will be posted later this morning.

 

Don Pilon

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Tue, 11/11/2008 - 12:33

House to elect leaders Thursday

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Republicans and Democrats in the Maine House will elect their respective leaders Thursday.

On the Democratic side, Rep. Hannah Pingree (D-North Haven) will likely be unopposed for House speaker.

For House majority leader, Reps. Gary Connor (D-Kennebunk), John Piotti (D-Unity) and Sharon Treat (D-Hallowell) have all announced intentions to run.

It is a five-way race for majority whip between:

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Sat, 09/27/2008 - 12:57

Long-time legislator to run for majority whip

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

State Rep. Herb Clark (D-Millinocket), who is running for his 11th term in the Legislature, has thrown his hat in the ring to be the House assistant majority leader.

Also running are Reps. Seth Berry (D-Bowdoinham), Cynthia Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth) and Don Pilon (D-Saco).

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Fri, 09/19/2008 - 15:43

Three-way contest emerges for House majority whip

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

AUGUSTA -- State Reps. Seth Berry (D-Bowdoinham), Cynthia Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth) and Don Pilon (D-Saco) all have their eyes on the assistant majority leader slot next session, providing they win their respective races and the Democrats maintain the majority in the state House.

Current Majority Whip Sean Faircloth (D-Bangor) is not running for re-election, instead focusing on his bid for attorney general.

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Fri, 09/19/2008 - 15:10

Treat, Piotti to compete for state House majority leader

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

AUGUSTA -- State Reps. John Piotti (D-Unity) and Sharon Treat (D-Hallowell) will compete to be House majority leader next session, providing they win their re-election bids and the Democrats maintain control of the House.

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