Talk of the Towns 6/26/08

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Topic: Looking back, looking ahead:  Maine Towns and the Legislature

We live in towns and cities; we also live in the state of Maine.  Each jurisdiction creates policies that, depending on your point of view, help us or hinder us as we make our homes, our livings, and our lives.   In this program, we ask state legislators to comment on the 2008 session and policies that have clear connection to municipal government, to help us understand the sometimes fuzzy boundary between your town and your state.

Guests: Representative Chris Rector, Thomaston, Senator Christine Savage, Union, Representative Ted Koffman, Bar Harbor

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RadioActive 6/26/08

Today we bring you an episode of the public access program “This Issue”.  Interviewer Bruce Gagnon talks with two activists involved with the movement for a People’s Veto of Real ID in Maine : Lu Bauer and Chris Miller of “Maine People for Real Freedom”.   55,000 signatures on petitions are needed by July 17th to get a people’s veto on the ballots in November.  This interview took place May 23, 2008 and is used with the producer’s consent.  A special thanks to Jane Sanford who provided WERU with the tape

FMI; www.realrepeal.net and www.mclu.org

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WERU Special 6/26/08: The Future of Sears Island

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Topic: The Future of Sears Island

Opponents of the Joint Use Planning Committee’s Consent Agreement discuss concerns about the agreement, specifically the potential for port development and environmental degradation.

Guests: Peter Taber and Harlan McLauglin, Fair Play for Sears Island

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FMI: www.fairplayforsearsisland.org , www.penobscotbay.blogspot.com

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 6/26/08

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Think your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is a utility like your electric company or phone company? Think again. These days many ISPs are looking to “monetize their assets” and guess what their assets are? That’s right, you
and me and where we go and what we do on the Internet. To monetize us, they need to track us and what we do on the Internet, and that’s what at least some ISPs are doing right now.

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