"It took a lot of courage" for Jared Golden to pivot on gun laws after Maine massacre says Lewiston lawmaker

Lewiston, Maine is still under lock down following the mass shooting that killed 18 and injured 13 Wednesday night, and Robert Card, the alleged killer, is still on the lam armed and dangerous. So what has changed?

State Rep Margaret Craven joins us again to discuss the about face her Congressman, Jared Golden, made last night in a surprise announcement.

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Lewiston State Rep Margaret Craven in Lockdown, " I am discouraged but I will never give up."

The biggest manhunt in Maine history is underway searching for the killer who killed 18 people and wounded at least 13 others with an assault weapon in Lewiston, Maine. The suspect, Robert Card, remains at large despite the presence of 350 law enforcement officers and reported to be armed and dangerous. The City of Lewiston is in lock-down.

Joining Cynthia by phone is State Representative Margaret Craven who spoke by phone from her home in Lewiston at 4:30 pm.

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To Build Affordable Housing Near a Capped Landfill or Not at All - That's the Question

The opponents of building affordable housing on a beautiful parcel of land known as Gull Crest in Cape Elizabeth have a new theory. Now that the feasibility question has been answered - the latest attack is on moral grounds. They would have you believe it's more ethical NOT to develop affordable housing near a capped landfill than developing it. The logic is ass-backwards, but there you have it.

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Snakes Everywhere and How the Maine State Housing Authority is Failing

Maine State Housing Authority gobbles up millions of public dollars and what do we get? Not loans, apparently, or a new home if you desperately need one. That's the truth on the ground. Programs are all talk and no action and that hurts kids and families intended to benefit.

And on a separate note, to the coward who defaced my neighbor's shiny white car because of a Trump bumpersticker and then ran away, you told on yourself. I hope you have to pay a price for intolerance and lack of impulse control.

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Feasibility Friday! Good News for Housing Enthusiasts in Maine

Big development for the development of affordable housing in one of Maine's most affluent communities. "Community Housing," i.e. affordable housing on publicly owned land - is feasible! Don't just take Cynthia Dill's word for it. The experts have weighed in and the resounding message is clear. "It can be done, and it should be done!"

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The Politics of Cape Elizabeth Housing, Part 2

Exciting developments for anyone following the housing issue in Cape Elizabeth, Maine - a seaside village of 9300 residents just south of foodie-artsy Portland. At a housing committee meeting last night the embattled town planner conceded there is likely 10 acres of buildable land that "we the People" own AND the code enforcement officer says 10 acres is all we need to build Multiplex Housing AND the new state law, LD 2003, says if we make Community Housing an "affordable housing development" we get a bonus density. BINGO! It looks like we could have ourselves some affordable housing, Captain.

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