MORNING SENTINEL • November 15, 2020
While I typically avoid judgmental generalizations like “bad policy” as used by David Vail and Barbara Vickery in Maine Compass on Nov. 6, I shall respond in kind. Many aspects of the corridor proposed by Central Maine Power are “bad policy.” Cutting a new 53-mile-long corridor across Maine’s western mountains is “bad policy.” Since cutting these trees would have adverse environmental impact on spotted salamander, blue-spotted salamander, and wood frogs, it is definitely “bad policy.” When I was standing outside the polls on Nov. 3, I was warmed by the many people who enthusiastically signed my petition to stop the corridor. Most understand that this destructive project is “bad policy” for Maine. “Bad policy” is doing business with a company that has repeatedly exploited Maine residents. ~ Linda Woods, Waterville