FORT FAIRFIELD JOURNAL • October 22, 2020
A little-known office buried in the bureaucracy of the University of Maine, Fort Kent has no employees and its most meaningful website post is on biomass conversion from over ten years ago. Yet, State Representative, John Martin (D-Eagle Lake) sits in the cushy position of Director of this “Center for Rural Sustainable Development” and pulls down $30,000 per year at this half-time position, even though there are no ongoing projects, no employees to oversee and essentially nothing to do. ~ David Deschesne