PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 30, 2024
Gov. Janet Mills killed two bills that would have improved the lives of farmworkers in Maine, the people who put the food on our tables. Maine’s governor chose the anniversary of his death to veto L.D. 2273, the governor’s own bill, and the product of a committee she created because she claimed to believe that farmworkers deserve a fair wage. Mills’ veto demonstrates otherwise. This marks the fourth time in a span of 27 months that Maine’s governor has vetoed bills that would have improved the lives of the people who help feed us; the fourth time that Mills has told farmworkers, with her actions, I don’t see you and I don’t care about you. ~ Former Rep. Thom Harnett