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Feb 24, 2012

Sears Island Container port bill gets skeptical reception. AUDIO ONLINE

Listen online to industrial port-huggers and two determined Penobscot Bay defenders Paul McCarrier and Will Neils, at the Maine statehouse, challenging  the "LD 420 An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Building a Container Port onSears Island" that came before the Maine Legislature's Appropriations Committee today. The bill would put a ballot question before Mainers to have their descendants pay 200 million dollars plus  interest  to build a gigantic containerport in the fertile womb of upper Penobscot Bay where, like a huge IUD device, it will wreck the fertility of Maine's biggest bay  Listen to the hearing (MP3 audios)
SPEAKERS
* Introduction by Senator Douglas Thomas  9min


*  Sen Thomas gets questioned 2min


* Paul McCarrier speaks in opposition to LD 420  2 min 18 sec


* Will Neils speaks in opposition to the bill 6min 30 sec


* David Cole speaks "neither for nor against" the bill. 8min 37 sec


* David Cole is questioned by committee 5 min 35 sec


* John Oday speaks NFNA the bill 3min 45sec


* John Oday is questioned by committee 2 minutes


* Randy Mace to end of hearing 3 minutes


 Listen to complete hearing on LD 420 HERE 45 minutes (recording fixed)

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