To the Editor:
Please consider joining me in voting yes on article 9, the Climate Solution that Pays Families!
Wilton residents have an opportunity to make their voices heard in the fight against climate change. It is our turn to join many other Maine towns which have done so, at our Town Meeting at Kineowatha Park, on June 14 at 6:00.
A yes vote on Article 9 will result in letters being sent by our Town Officials to our State and Federal Representatives in support of Carbon Cash-Back legislation. This vote does not enact a bill. Instead, it sends a strong message of our support as a community for action on climate change. It does not lessen the value of other parts of the global warming solution, however this is the only one that provides choice and cash-back to all households equally.
Letter: Carbon Cashback program can thwart climate change
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When you think about fixing climate change what images come to mind? Do you think that your job will be eliminated?
Or do you think about Biden’s promise that old jobs will be replaced by new opportunities?
I can’t tell you what to think, but I can suggest that new visions will be had by people who are willing to risk. People don’t want taxes, but recognize that we need to do something radical to thwart climate change.
Carbon Cashback is a daring program that follows basic laws of economics. That is, if the price of a product goes up, people will use less of it (think cigarettes). Carbon is in gas, oil, natural gas and coal. Thus, if a price is placed on carbon, which together with oxygen is warming our planet, then everyone from single people on welfare to Bill Gates will use less of it.
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Farmington held the Annual Town Meeting by referendum ballot vote Monday, April 26. Resident Lynn Hallett is seen feeding part of her 3-page ballot into the voting machine after making her choices.
Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser
FARMINGTON By a vote of 130 to 125, Gloria McGraw was elected to serve a three-year term on the Regional School Unit 9 Board of Directors. The position was contested by University of Maine Farmington freshman Brandon Reed.
The term had been held by school board member Dennis O’Neil who chose not to seek reelection.
In uncontested races, incumbent Matthew Smith was elected to another 3-year term on the board of Selectpersons with 216 votes while incumbent J. Wayne Kinney received 225 votes for a 2-year position on the RSU 9 board.
Farmington Deputy Town Clerk Bonnie Baker, left, watches Monday as John Hallett prepares to feed his three-page ballot into the voting machine at the annual Town Meeting.
Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser
FARMINGTON By a vote of 130-125 Gloria McGraw was elected Monday to a three-year term on the Regional School Unit 9 board of directors over Brandon Reed, a University of Maine Farmington freshman.
In uncontested races, Matthew Smith was reelected to another three-year term on the Board of Selectmen with 216 votes and incumbent J. Wayne Kinney received 225 votes for a two-year term on the Regional School Unit 9 board of directors.
Letter: Climate change addressed in local government
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Local volunteers are approaching Maine towns and cities to approve a resolution asking Congress to support a carbon cash back bill. This charges a fee for fossil fuels at the well or mine, and returns all that money to every American citizen in the form of a monthly dividend check. This would increase the price of fossil fuels and incentivize the shift to renewable energy. Congress’s efforts to date have not decreased greenhouse gas emissions, but this approach would reduce our carbon dioxide emissions by 30% within just 5 years!
Common Misconceptions: First, this is not income distribution. This fee is a pollution penalty, to pay for the true, hidden cost of fossil fuels, including the cost of the resulting greenhouse gases and the terribly expensive weather catastrophes they cause.