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Maine: Lewiston Sun Journal

May 18, 2009 - 07:04 am
NEWS FEED: Turn Maine Blue

Open Thread

By Gerald Weinand

Good morning.

This might be optimistic, but the Hill has this analysis that the Pelosi CIA flap may lead to a truth commission on torture:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's fight with the CIA has put her in one of the toughest spots she's been in since she became speaker.

But it may also have advanced her goal of creating a "truth commission" to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation techniques and whether they amounted to illegal torture.

If nothing else, Pelosi's hard-to-prove assertion that the CIA lied to her in a briefing has renewed interest among Republicans and Democrats in what the Bush administration was doing with detainees six years ago and what it told Congress and other officials.

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February 10, 2009 - 12:18 pm
NEWS FEED: Turn Maine Blue

Ever wonder what sort of tax breaks Wal-Mart gets?

By Gerald Weinand

You ever wonder what sort of tax break(s) Wal-Mart receives as municipalities compete to have these town-killer big-box stores locate in their town? Well, check out Wal-Mart Subsidy Watch.

Pick a location from the pop-down menu at the right, or simply click on a state in the map for a report. For example, in Maine:

There are no centralized databases of economic development subsidies, but Good Jobs First found 3 deals worth a total of about $22.2 million in Maine. They include the following:

Good Jobs First has compiled data on Wal-Mart subsidies in the following cities
Augusta, ME : $5.7 million
Lewiston, ME : $16 million
Waterville, ME : $500,000

Hidden taxpayer costs
Many Wal-Mart workers are ineligible for health coverage from their employer or choose not to purchase what is available, because it is too expensive or too limited in scope.

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