9th November 2023, 11:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 9th November 2023, 11:04 PM by A Black Falcon.)
I'm not sure what you mean, Tuesday American liberals had a very good day. They won both houses of the Virginia state house, the Kentucky governor's race, and an abortion amendment passed in Ohio, among other things.
Here in Maine, that 'should we buy the power transmission companies' referendum failed 70-30. It's a noble idea but I get it, there are real issues that would have resulted, including the costs, whether politicians would run a power company well, etc. I don't like the foreign ownership of our power companies, but just couldn't quite support the bill. The right to repair amendment did overwhelmingly pass, though, which is pretty nice.
Portland (Maine) had a mayoral election as well. All five candidates running were Democrats, but the winner ended up being ... the most centrist of the five, a former county sheriff. I thought a more liberal candidate would win and in the past I would guess one would have, but things must have changed because the 'I'll get tougher on the homeless tent camps' (which the city does currently have some of) candidate won. I was hoping a candidate with a better housing plan than his would win, since southern Maine, like a lot of places, has a bad housing problem in the places where people want to live, but oh well. Portland's mayor doesn't have much power anyway, they're pretty much a glorified city councilor.
Here in Maine, that 'should we buy the power transmission companies' referendum failed 70-30. It's a noble idea but I get it, there are real issues that would have resulted, including the costs, whether politicians would run a power company well, etc. I don't like the foreign ownership of our power companies, but just couldn't quite support the bill. The right to repair amendment did overwhelmingly pass, though, which is pretty nice.
Portland (Maine) had a mayoral election as well. All five candidates running were Democrats, but the winner ended up being ... the most centrist of the five, a former county sheriff. I thought a more liberal candidate would win and in the past I would guess one would have, but things must have changed because the 'I'll get tougher on the homeless tent camps' (which the city does currently have some of) candidate won. I was hoping a candidate with a better housing plan than his would win, since southern Maine, like a lot of places, has a bad housing problem in the places where people want to live, but oh well. Portland's mayor doesn't have much power anyway, they're pretty much a glorified city councilor.