AltWeeklies Wire
Government Secrecy is Fine with Maine's Attorney Generalnew
A man widely believed to be interested in becoming Maine's next governor, Democratic Attorney General Steven Rowe, is refusing to defend the state's Freedom of Access Act from a court ruling that would destroy the state's open-government law almost entirely.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
10-11-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Congressman to Protesters: Go Directly to Jailnew
Maine's First District US Representative Tom Allen, a Democrat, has activists arrested when they demonstrate at his offices; Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, lets them stay.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
10-04-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Enjoy the Air Show -- You Paid For Itnew
Let's move beyond the $320 million in aircraft you have bought, and the roughly $12 million in annual salaries you're paying for the people whose entire, year-round, full-time jobs are to use those aircraft to show off the military prowess of the United States by, um, flying really really fast very close to the ground.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
09-13-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Internet Disconnectnew
As Verizon unloads its landlines in rural parts of the country, local officials are missing an opportunity for real economic development: fiber-optics.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
08-23-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Live Earth Side Tripsnew
There's a (relatively) nearby place to each Live Earth concert where you can actually see the effects of global warming, and we have links to webcams where you can see the real effects of human innovation on our big blue marble.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
07-03-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
How Far Should the Drug Legalization Movement Go?new
Peter Christ wants to legalize all drugs. And Jonathan Leavitt wants Christ's message to sway lawmakers into relaxing medical-marijuana laws. But Leavitt may have the wrong guy, and Christ may have the wrong message.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
04-20-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Speaking Youth To Powernew
The League of Young Voters is trialing corporate-marketing technology in the field of youthful political activism, hoping to learn how to turn the American political system to progressive ends.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
03-30-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Portland Press Herald To Launch Faux-Altnew
A branch of the Portland Press Herald that couldn’t keep a weekly newspaper afloat in the suburbs has shifted to a new publication geared to compete directly with the Portland Phoenix.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
03-02-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
One Santa OK, Another No Waynew
Maine regulators have refused to approve an English beer's label featuring Santa Claus holding a beer, saying it makes the product attractive to children. But they didn’t balk at approving a similar label for Gritty's Christmas Ale.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
12-08-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Our Real Founding Father?new
It's too bad John Cooke is not around anymore -- the 17th-century English lawyer who turned the divine right of kings to rule unquestioned into a crime punishable by death would be welcome here in our waning democracy.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
11-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
Maine Moviemakersnew
While Hollywood may have the big bucks, Mainers are making a strong go of movie-making all on their own, and we encourage more of the same -- here are the winners of our first-ever Maine Short Film Festival.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis and Sara Donnelly |
11-22-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Newspapers for Sale?new
Union officials negotiating new contracts at three Maine daily newspapers have begun to assume that the papers will soon be for sale.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
08-24-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
George III vs. George IIInew
Bush is the third man named George to hold the head office of our republic -- the last time our country was ruled by a George III, colonists undertook a years-long bloody struggle to overthrow him.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
05-11-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: George W. Bush
N.O. Peace for Activist's Mournersnew
New Orleans police broke up a memorial service for Portland, Maine, activist Meg Perry Sunday, by handcuffing and searching Katrina-relief volunteers who were singing songs and reminiscing about the life of the 26-year-old social-justice advocate.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
12-15-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
