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Welcome to Maine tuppence. You will find government here just as unjust here as where you are from. Remember these words, " Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely!" I have been one who has questioned the bookkeeping of my town and I cannot make heads or tails out of it. That is the way they want it and the way that the Maine Municipal Association wants it to be. They want the overtaxed citizens of a town to be like mushrooms, fed horse manure and kept in the dark.

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I realize that many Portland Press Herald readers will be horrified to see a link to the As Maine Goes forum on this website, but this is the most enlightening/entertaining discussion of New England town government that I've ever come across. Go here to view the complete thread …

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