Franklin County heads to the polls on Tuesday, with elections ranging from the state’s governor to the local district seats and seven ballot questions.
Six bond issues and one citizen initiative appear below, as do lists of candidates running in every election pertinent to Franklin County residents. Poll places and times can also be found below.
Ballot Questions
Question 1 is a citizen initiative, indicating that it was added to the ballot after more than 57,000 Maine residents signed the petition. That number is equal to 10 percent of the total votes cast in the 2010 election for governor. The wording will appear on the ballot like this:
Do you want to ban the use of bait, dogs or traps in bear hunting except to protect property, public safety, or for research?
A ‘yes’ vote supports enacting the legislation. A ‘no’ vote opposes it.
The legislation that would be implemented through a ‘yes’ vote would ban the hunting of bear with one or more dogs; trapping bears; and also the practice of “baiting,” defined as the use of as bail to entice, attract or hunt bear. Class E misdemeanor crimes would be established for individuals who broke these new restrictions.
Exceptions would be made for a “state and federal employee” acting in an official capacity for the purposes of protecting livestock, domestic or endangered animals or public safety or for “scientific or research purposes.” Baiting would also be permitted for the owners or operators of commercial timberland, in order prevent bears from damaging trees.
Question 2 is a bond issue, asking if voters if they want to borrow money to fund the creation of a facility dedicated to the control of animal and plant diseases, as well as insects. The wording will appear on the ballot like this:
Do you favor an $8,000,000 bond issue to support Maine agriculture, facilitate economic growth in natural resources-based industries and monitor human health threats related to ticks, mosquitoes and bedbugs through the creation of an animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory administered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service?
If approved by voters across the state, Question 2 would implement “An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Create an Animal and Plant Disease and Insect Control Facility Administered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service,” which was supported by at least two-thirds of the state legislature. It would provide $4 million to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service.
The funds would be used for the purposes of supporting Maine agriculture, facilitating economic growth in natural resource-based industries, screening ticks for Lyme disease, monitoring the state’s moose for diseases and parasites and responding to invasive pest threats. These goals would be accomplished through the creation of a laboratory dedicated to the study of animal and plant diseases and insect control. The facility would be located on the UMaine campus in Orono and administered by the Maine Cooperative Extension Service.
According to the state’s Office of the Treasurer, the total cost of the bond (assuming 4 percent interest over 10 years) would $9,760,000: $8 million in principal and the remainder in interest.
Question 3 is a bond issue, asking if voters if they want to borrow money to fund loan programs for small businesses. The wording will appear on the ballot like this:
Do you favor a bond issue to provide $4,000,000 in funds to insure portions of loans to small businesses to spur investment and innovation and to provide $8,000,000 in funds to make flexible loans to small businesses to create jobs, revitalize downtowns and strengthen the rural economy?
If approved by voters across the state, Question 3 would implement “An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Maine Small Business and Job Creation” which was supported by at least two-thirds of the state legislature. It would provide $12 million to the Finance Authority of Maine.
One-third of those funds would be used to insure loans made by participating financial institutions to small businesses for the purposes of spurring “investment and innovation.” The loans insured with this $4 million would be made available through the existing Commercial Loan Insurance program, which is administered by FAME.
The other $8 million would be distributed to state, regional and local financial entities to fund loans for small businesses. The funds would be distributed through the Commercial Loan Insurance program, which is also administered by FAME. The program would target businesses with 100 or fewer employees or annual sales of $10 million or less, with the stated goal of creating jobs and strengthening rural economies and downtown districts. The maximum allowable loan for any business would be $350,000.
According to the state’s Office of the Treasurer, the total cost of the bond (assuming 4 percent interest over 10 years) would $14,640,000: $12 million in principal and the remainder in interest.
Question 4 is a bond issue, asking if voters if they want to borrow money to fund a genetic research center. The wording will appear on the ballot like this:
Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $11,000,000 in private and other funds, to build a research center and to discover genetic solutions for cancer and the diseases of aging, to promote job growth and private sector investment in this State, to attract and retain young professionals and make the State a global leader in genomic medicine?
If approved by voters across the state, Question 4 would implement “An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Biomedical Research in Maine” which was supported by at least two-thirds of the state legislature. It would provide $10 million to the Department of Economic and Community Development for distribution to Jackson Laboratory.
The funds would be distributed by the Maine Technology Institute, an agency within DECD, to expand the state’s genetic research capability, primarily relating to cancer but also degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Jackson Laboratory would be the primary beneficiary of the distributed funds and would raise the $11 million to match the state’s investment. The money would fund the creation of a “Center for Biometric Analysis” in Bar Harbor, where Jackson Laboratory currently maintains an existing facility.
According to the state’s Office of the Treasurer, the total cost of the bond (assuming 4 percent interest over 10 years) would $12,200,000: $10 million in principal and the remainder in interest.
Question 5 is a bond issue, asking if voters if they want to borrow money to fund improvements to a biotechnology facility. The wording will appear on the ballot like this:
Do you favor a $3,000,000 bond issue, to be awarded through a competitive process and to be matched by $5,700,000 in private and public funds, to modernize and expand infrastructure in a biological laboratory specializing in tissue repair and regeneration located in the State in order to increase biotechnology workforce training, retain and recruit to the State multiple biomedical research and development groups and create a drug discovery and development facility that will improve human health and stimulate biotechnology job growth and economic activity?
If approved by voters across the state, Question 5 would implement “An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Human Health Research in Maine” which was supported by at least two-thirds of the state legislature. It would provide $3 million to the Department of Economic and Community Development.
The funds would be distributed by the Maine Technology Institute, an agency within DECD, to improve a laboratory specializing in tissue repair and regeneration. MDI Biological Laboratory, located on Mt. Desert Island, would be the primary beneficiary of the distributed funds and would raise the $5.7 million to match the state’s investment.
According to the state’s Office of the Treasurer, the total cost of the bond (assuming 4 percent interest over 10 years) would $3,660,000: $3 million in principal and the remainder in interest.
Question 6 is a bond issue, asking if voters if they want to borrow money to fund a number of wetland-related projects and revolving loan funds relating to wastewater treatment and drinking water systems. The wording will appear on the ballot like this:
Do you favor a $10,000,000 bond issue to ensure clean water and safe communities across Maine; to protect drinking water sources; to restore wetlands; to create jobs and vital public infrastructure; and to strengthen the State’s long-term economic base and competitive advantage?
If approved by voters across the state, Question 6 would implement “An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Ensure Clean Water and Safe Communities” which was supported by at least two-thirds of the state legislature. It would provide $10 million to the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Of the $10 million, more than half would be distributed by the DEP for “vital public improvement projects” including steam crossings and culvert improvements. In addition to the $5.4 million for those purposes, the DEP would use another $400,000 to begin restoring state wetlands.
Another $2.4 million would be used to support a DEP revolving loan fund for wastewater treatment facilities. DHHS would use the remaining $1.8 million to support another revolving loan fund for drinking water systems. The Maine Bond Bank is also involved in administering those funds, which are anticipated to make the state eligible to secure federal funding.
According to the state’s Office of the Treasurer, the total cost of the bond (assuming 4 percent interest over 10 years) would $12,200,000: $10 million in principal and the remainder in interest.
Question 7 is a bond issue, asking if voters if they want to borrow money to fund capital improvements within the state’s marine products industry. The wording will appear on the ballot like this:
Do you favor a $7,000,000 bond issue to facilitate the growth of marine businesses and commercial enterprises that create jobs and improve the sustainability of the State’s marine economy and related industries through capital investments, to be matched by at least $7,000,000 in private and other funds?
If approved by voters across the state, Question 7 would implement “An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support the Growth of and To Build Infrastructure for the Marine Sector of the State’s Economy” which was supported by at least two-thirds of the state legislature. It would provide $7 million to the Department of Economic and Community Development.
The funds would be distributed by the Maine Technology Institute, an agency within DECD, and the Department of Marine Resources, through a competitive bidding process to entities associated with the state’s marine products industry. The funds could be used to develop and market new products, or improve the distribution of existing products.
The $7 million would need to be matched private funds to be expended.
According to the state’s Office of the Treasurer, the total cost of the bond (assuming 4 percent interest over 10 years) would $8,540,000: $7 million in principal and the remainder in interest.
General Election
Running for Maine State Governor (all Franklin County towns vote on this):
Eliot Cutler of Cape Elizabeth, running as an Independent.
Paul LePage of Augusta, running as a Republican.
Michael Michaud of East Millinocket, running as a Democrat.
Running for U.S. Senate (all Franklin County towns vote on this):
Shenna Bellows of Manchester, running as a Democrat.
Susan Collins of Bangor, running as a Republican.
Running for the U.S. 2nd Congressional District (all Franklin County towns vote on this):
Emily Cain of Orono, running as a Democrat.
Bruce Poliquin of Oakland, running as a Republican.
Blaine Richardson of Belfast, running as an Independent.
Running for the State Senate District 17 (all Franklin County towns):
Joanne Dunlap of Rangeley Plantation, running as a Democrat.
Thomas Saviello of Wilton, running as a Republican.
Running for the State House District 74 (Jay):
C. Harvey Calden of Jay, running as a Republican.
Paul Gilbert of Jay, running as a Democrat.
Running for the State House District 112 (Sandy River Plantation, Phillips, Avon, Weld, Carthage):
Jack Frost of Anson, running as a Democrat.
Thomas Skolfield of Weld, running as a Republican.
Running for the State House District 113 (Farmington and New Sharon):
Andrew Buckland of Farmington, running as a Republican.
Edward David of Farmington, running as a Democrat.
Running for the State House District 114 (Strong, Temple, New Vineyard, Industry, Wilton and Chesterville):
Russell Black of Wilton, running as a Republican.
Guy Iverson of Chesterville, running as a Democrat.
Running for the State House District 117 (Eustis, Coplin Plantation, Rangeley, Rangeley Plantation):
Frances Head of Bethel, running as a Republican.
Callie Pecunies of Albany Township, running as a Democrat.
County Positions (with the exception of County Commissioner, all Franklin towns vote on this. All races are uncontested)
Running for Franklin County Judge of the Probate: Richard Morton of Farmington, running as a Republican.
Running for Franklin County Treasurer: Pamela Prodan of Wilton, running as a Democrat.
Running for Franklin County Registrar of Deeds: Susan Black of Wilton, running as a Republican.
Running for Franklin County Commissioner: Clyde Barker of Strong, running as a Republican.
Running for District Attorney of District 3 (which includes Franklin County): Andrew Robinson of Farmington, running as a Democrat.
Polling Places and Times
Poll times and locations in or around Franklin County (all polls close at 8 p.m.)
AVON – Municipal building at 1116 Rangeley Road – opens at 8 a.m.
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Town office at 1001 Carriage Road – opens at 8 a.m
CARTHAGE – Town office at 703A Carthage Road – opens at 8 a.m.
CHESTERVILLE – Town office at 409 Dutch Gap Road – opens at 8 a.m.
COPLIN PLANTATION – Town office at 8 School Street – opens at 10 a.m.
DALLAS PLANTATION – Townhouse at 436 Dallas Hill Road – opens at 10 a.m.
EUSTIS – Town office at 88 Main Street – opens at 8 a.m.
FARMINGTON – Community center at 127 Middle Street – opens at 8 a.m.
INDUSTRY – Town office at 1033 Industry Road – opens at 8 a.m.
JAY – Community building at 13 Community Drive – opens at 8 a.m.
KINGFIELD – Webster Hall at 38 School Street – open at 8 a.m.
NEW SHARON – Town office at 11 School Lane – open at 8 a.m.
NEW VINEYARD – Smith Memorial Hall at 1680 New Vineyard Road – opens at 8 a.m.
PHILLIPS (Madrid votes here) – Phillips Primary School at 15 Russell Street – opens at 8 a.m.
RANGELEY – Town office at 15 School Street – opens at 8 a.m.
RANGELEY PLANTATION – Rangeley Plt. School House at 393 South Shore Drive – opens at 10 a.m.
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION – Town office at 33 Town Hall Road – opens at 10 a.m.
STRONG – Forster Memorial Building at 14 South Main Street – opens at 8 a.m.
TEMPLE – Town hall at 258 Temple Road – opens at 8 a.m.
VIENNA – Community building – opens at 10 a.m.
WELD – Multi-purpose room at 23 Mill Street – opens at 10 a.m.
WILTON – Municipal building at 158 Weld Road – opens at 8 a.m.
Thank you, Daily Bulldog, for this important service to voters.
please VOTE YES ON 1- court ordered release of documents last week from the state showed that the current “no” position promoted by the Le Page cartel reflects a deal made with lobbyists and has nothing to do with “biology”. The fear mongering ads are false, one in particular is of a case in Florida that was caused by an individual intentionally feeding bears. Also, in terms of “trust our biologists” Celeb and author Bern Heinrich, a native of Wilton who grew up here and has been a hunter in Maine his whole life — has been featured in an ad supporting YES ON 1.
If you want to research the real biology of bears and their role in our environment— just punch in some keywords on GoogleScholar, you will get all sorts of peered reviewed fact based articles.
Also please consider— statistically, people guilty of cruelty to animals also are guilty of cruelty to humans—they don’t just shut off those behaviors or reserve them for animals only. Our communities can not afford to allow this dangerous lack of morality and ethics to continue.
Hunting of bears will still be permitted, same number of permits per year (which also could be increased as needed) it will simply restrict it to fair chase methods as are used for other large game like Moose and Deer.
There are too many unethical and expensive problems associated with the use of bait/ traps/ and the hounds. It get’s young bears too comfortable and hungry for human foods— the traps are just flatly inhumane in a way we can’t maintain for the 21st century (and as I mentioned correlate to human violence tendency) and the hounds unfortunately are also a cruelty problem because of the lack of adequate care and their prevalence of unwanted breedings and flooding already over full under funded shelters with unwanted dogs.
Let me get this straight: bear hunters are presumptively immoral and unethical domestic abusers and/or psychopaths, and their highly-trained and prized hunting dogs are randomly and profligately bred and abandoned in shelters? Seems like the person without facts is the one pointing fingers.
Vote No on 1. Every vote counts this year! Too much is at stake if this passes. Especially the safety of kids, pets, and the deer herd in Maine.
Karen should spend a winter as a bear dog does,exposed to bitter cold and tied to a stake. This is the first time I have ever heard a woman espouse cruelty and animal abuse. Sad
P.S My mom would sonner set her hair afire than let critters be abused. Karen’s post must be an nfortunate sign of our times.Little scares me. This does.
Glad to see two women speaking out for what they believe in is best for their state Kudos I commend both of you as Mainers. Thank You.
Even with baiting, trapping, and hounding, only a small percentage of bear hunters successfully tag a bear each year. The Maine bear is not going extinct, and its population has been successfully controlled for many years. To vote yes would tilt the scales in a direction that would hurt the people of Maine as well as the bears.
And how can anyone say it’s unethical or inhumane to hunt bears like this? What about fishing with a lure or worm? Catching lobster with traps full of bait? Putting doe scent out to lure in bucks? Setting out decoys to fool ducks? I mean, really, what’s the difference?
It would take the fun right out of fishing if we could only dangle the hook in the water — but, wait, would a hook be considered unethical and inhumane?
David Firschling, despite what passes for discourse in the public arena these days, it is a given in civilized debate that an ad hominem attack is the product of a weak argument or a limited imagination — or both. Setting aside attacking me, which is silly, your “argument” presupposes “cruelty,” which is a characterization and conclusion which requires proof, not a fact from which to argue. Spare me parroting the TV ad. I only debate those who give me something worth discussing.
Now I am going to go curl up with my dog, my cat, and my beloved hunter. Hope that doesn’t scare you.
The fear mongering and so called “safety issues” suggested by Ashlee M. are absolutely false— the referendum clearly states you will still be able to use bait/traps/dogs to protect your own property from bears. It is strictly banning it for “sport” hunting
Vote N/1 in response to your examples of, lobstar traps, fishing lures and using scent to draw deer- I would encourage you to watch this https://www.dropbox.com/s/ajyu1hrpca3srky/Defending%20the%20Indefensible%20v4.m4v?dl=0
the question is of unnecessary, excessive violence and suffering of the animals in question. A lobster in a lobster trap would be like a bear live trapped, as is often seen for scientific or relocation purposes, they aren’t hurt/harmed -they aren’t real happy about it but they aren’t caught by the leg/paw pulling and jerking or even chewing off their own limb attempting to get free. A fish on a hook is killed quickly, and a deer shot with clear killing sight as it sniffs around.
No one is saying no hunting— Yes on 1 is saying cut out the excessive violence and suffering created by these methods in sport hunting. As I pointed out in another post, in the event that a property was threatened and the method was the only means of protecting that property–they would still be permitted to protect your own property.
Scare tactics, animal abuse, cruelty to humans, peered reviewed, permits issued? Educated Maine will vote the wise way. Vote No on 1 and send the real lobbyists back to Washington.
Where are all these man killing bears? When was the last time you saw one? Most real hunters I know oppose these practices but don’t want to speak out against their brethren. And they won’t waste time hunting an animal that isn’t worth eating. Put an attractive bounty on bear and let Maine businesses reap the rewards while manly hunters from all over the world come to stalk the elusive animal. Cost of bounties could be covered by eliminating a few game wardens; obviously we have too many if they have time to bunch up and try to sway votes while on the taxpayer’s dime.
Yes.yes,yes, on question 1 ! For goodness sake a !
Thank you for posting this, Daily Bulldog. It is helpful. What a lot of bond issues!
david firsching, You need to spend more time listening and less time typing. Especially to local women.
Vote no on 1.
Wendy
All the state has provide is scare tactics. They have not provided a single peer reviewed study which backs up their “claims”. Propaganda obviously works for some people, as the two commenters above show. Their fear, fear of bear attacks (in FOIA’d documents we see our own head bear biologist saying it is nothing to worry about), fear of economic crash (in states where they banned these methods they are seeing two to three times the number of bear hunters and the states and their guides are making more money) when what is really required is for guides to actually learn how to hunt bear. Change is tough for some people and the state knows it. That’s why they play on people’s fears. It’s a sad commentary on how our state manipulates their information and messages to make sure the people stay in line.
If you only knew the time, effort, and expense bear hunters put into these dogs. Believe what you want but I know many of these dogs are treated better than some humans. They have heated kennels and are not outside in the bitter cold.
I find it hard to believe that you can’t see the difference between the forms of trapping you mentioned and the metal toothed traps that hunters use on bears and other mammals. Any trap that inflicts pain while it holds the animal is unethical and inhumane. How would you like to have your foot caught in one of those traps?
to Vote No on 1,,
to answer your question,,,,there is no difference between what people do to bears and these other methods that are used on other animals.
None,,,,,it’s just that Bears are Cuter,,,look a little more Human and they often wear a fire warden outfit and warn us about “Only YOU can prevent forest fires”.
“unethical and inhumane” are open to interpretation. That is why the popular vote wins.
If you want to ban baiting for “luring in bears”, why not ban farming, gardening, bird feeders, cooking on a grill and leaving your trash cans outside. These are the things that attract bears into our community not bait that is placed miles in the woods where many people will never go.
Think of how many people are actually effected by our current bear management program. People will regret their decision to support this when the bear population gets out of control and they have them on their property. I wonder who their going to call?
It’s clear and proven we have a successful management program for bears, so why change it?
I wish people could focus on things that directly effect them instead of imposing on the heritage and livelihood of others.
Steel traps are illegal, moot point.
“I wish people could focus on things that directly effect them instead of imposing on the heritage and livelihood of others.”
We shouldn’t ignore the things that affect our sense of right/wrong:
killing whales for a oil/meat, killing elephants and rhinos and tigers for the “ivory” and parts to make “medicine”, killing the great apes for trophies,
dog fighting, cock fighting, puppy mills, inhumane slaughter of meat animals, and the list goes on…
@Captain Planet…where are all these man killing bears? Perhaps you should thank your local hunters for practicing adequate bear management.
To @Vote No on 1 — No, I wouldn’t like my foot caught in a trap. Neither would I want to be reeled in with a hook in my mouth or be caught in a bait trap to put live into a pot of boiling water or be shot by a gun by someone hiding in the woods and so on. Is that really the point? If it’s your point, I hope you don’t eat any meat yourself because animals are killed in ways you wouldn’t want to experience. Yes, people do eat bear meat.
Well said Jim Morrell
Another experienced hunter voting YES ON 1 http://www.sunjournal.com/news/columns-analysis/2014/10/31/rene-tatro-fair-chase-hunting-rebounded-oregon/1609461
Ashlee M. >— that’s great if your dogs are well kept and have heated kennels but too many DO NOT the hounds are also harder to place in suitable adoption homes because of their tendency to get a nose and wander.
The reason people want to stop the baiting, trapping, hounding is — this is the 21st century — people don’t want to allow or live near people who cause harm/suffering to animals. The more we clean up the state of abusers….of which this county is notable for the many cases of animal abuse/animal hoarders etc…..the more attractive the area becomes to investment. People just don’t want top pay to be around scary violent stuff and and scary animal welfare issues.
The money is in humane treatment of animals , domestic and wild.
Just get “with it” franklin county…. get out of the stone age already….
Well said,Nomo. I have a lifelong hatred of cruelty and cowardice. The sicker the posts I see on the subject,the more I love my dogs.
Apparently some people really just equate hunting with “abuse,” simple as that. Since no fact will change your viewpoint, I’ll spare myself the effort. I do presume you are all vegan — since what the meat you buy in the market experiences throughout its lifetime is far worse than what a wild animal experiences at the end of its days at the hands of a hunter. And if “rednecks” are so violent and scary-seeming to you, I invite you to move back to Massachusetts or New Jersey or wherever you hail from, where I am sure sweetness and light prevails and nothing bad ever happens. Just remember not to ask the folks who moved here to get away from those places why they did so, so that the truth doesn’t get in your way. Godspeed.
To Nomorerednecksplease,
Hunting is a tradition in Maine and has been since the beginning of time. I have so many fond memories of hunting with my family. Even my grandmother was a hunter. We have been in hard times where deer meat was the only meat we had and we were grateful for it. Leave our traditions alone, please.
people will pay way more to be taken out to see wild animals in their natural habitat than they will to see a bear caught in a trap and shot or run up a tree by a pack of dogs then shot.
Ditch the lame bait-hound-trap routine—it’s outdated and nobody wants to do except for some sketchy weirdos
Go into “glamping”…….. insane prices and money in it out west.
Seriously, the ship has sailed on these Roman Coliseum + Here Comes Honey Boo rural hoo haws
The future is upon us–as Lee Iococa said famously “Lead, Follow…OR GET OUT OF THE WAY
Yes on 1 from me….and guess what : 1.) I am a real Mainer, one with Pasmaquoddy heritage so more “mainer” than many of you if you get down to brass tacks….. 2.) I’ve been in the back country near large predators like Bear and Mountain Lion, I’ve been out in Pacific nNorthwest and parts of Canada where the elk and bear are in your back yard. 3.) Apex predators like bear do not scare me, because they are scared of us that’s why they are difficult to track,..they run far and fast at a whif of white man—-what scares me are ignorant white blankety blank rural people with no ability to adapt/learn/change OR EVOLVE
-Bair baiting- great management tool used in rural parts of the state, people have the opportunity to harvest in a close range situation making the chances of getting a quicker kill possible
-Using hounds- a bear is treed making it possible for it to be harvested in a close range situation making the chances of getting a quicker kill possible
-Trapping with snares- bear is held and trapper can have the opportunity to harvest in a close range situation making the chances of getting a quicker kill possible
In all these scenarios the ethical hunter has a choice. If its a mother or mother with cubs, they do not harvest them, if its all alone they harvest the animal for the meat. This is much better then the fate of other types of meat animals (cows, pigs, chickens etc). I feel these are the most ethical means of gathering meat and population control.
Yes, its true there is a very small percentage of people that break the law and are unethical. That’s the same as anything you see in the news today, people basing their opinions on the minority of the population.
We aren’t going to ban driving vehicles because a percentage of the people that drink and drive cause harm to others. There are laws in place to enforce drinking and driving as there are laws in place to ethically harvest animals.
These people who base their opinions on what they have seen in the media and not actual facts shows how truly ignorant they are. Please do not be fooled by the top supporters/contributors to this question, their end game is to abolish all hunting and trapping, regardless what they say in public. This is just their stepping stone in the grand scheme of things.
I’m glad to hear the reasoning for support on this question because it proves us “rednecks” may not be at the bottom end of the intelligence scale (as suggested in above comments). So please, all of you who do not usually vote, please get out there and shut this down and vote NO once again! It will be a great to send these people back down to their “winter” houses with a feeling of dissatisfaction knowing their time and money were wasted!
-I hope you all have a wonderful and successful opening day! (as I am stuck in LA)
The way I see it, us indigenous peoples had a good management plan in place for far longer than the current
laws of the European invaders.To any one who does not approve of the taking of animals for human consumption, I open an invitation to them to return to the land of their ancestors.
No one wants to end hunting just the cruelty and unfair hunting. A real hunter doesn’t need baiting, trapping, or use of hounds. The bears aren’t going to starve if not baited they can feed themselves. After all we aren’t allowed to use these hunting tactics on deer and moose and they are more of a nuisance.
Sorry Byron! Hope you have a successful season upon your return! Also good insight! Hopefully people do not jump to conclusions about your “abuse” issues as well. :)
P.S. I clearly aint no good at spelling haha 2:30 am- I had just woke up for the day. Hopefully my opinion still counts!
So when has it become acceptable to bash someone for the color of their skin on this site? Wake up editors!
Way to bring racism to the Daily Bulldog on an issue that has nothing to do with it “Back Country”.
PLEASE Vote YES on # 1 Cruelty is cruelty no matter which way you look at it.
Care Scott “No one wants to end hunting just the cruelty and unfair hunting.” This is actually untrue if you follow the money that lead to this “citizen’s initiative”! These groups lead by HSUS are anti-hunting by nature, as are the billionaires who donate to the cause. Ethical hunters should not be penalized because of bad apples. Such as the alleged “Maine Hunter” who supported Yes on 1, then got caught by the Game Wardens shooting birds from his vehicle… Typical, the finger pointer should have been looking in the mirror. Vote “No” on 1. We don’t need outside sources to tell us how to hunt in Maine.