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Former US Senate Sergeant at Arms and local political legend Larry Benoit is voting "no" on the Cape Elizabeth $94.7M school bond come November 5th for a lot of very good reasons. The bottom line? The tax burden for residents far outweighs any educational benefits.
And claims by the local school board that the proposed alternative $42M bond to cover the cost of essential renovations and repairs has not been vetted? "Disingenuous," Benoit says. "Utter nonsense."
Read MoreCome November, Cape Elizabeth voters will have a $94.7M bond on the ballot to build a new middle school - and thanks to a new law will know who is backing it. What will not be on the ballot is housing at Gull Crest. The American dream delayed but not denied?
Read MoreTonight the Cape Elizabeth School Board voted unanimously to approve the $94.7M bond the town counsel is sending out to voters. What does it mean? Two things.
Read MoreCape Elizabeth voters will decide in November if they want a new middle school to the tune of $94.7 million, a project not supported by the town council, but not have a competing $42 million bond for essential repairs and renovations on the ballot. Plus, local “lawfare,” and what is it about political speech Cape Elizabeth Democrats are afraid of?
Read More"Smoke and mirrors" is what Reiniger calls the latest legal threats by gadflies who hired a law firm to stop a bond measure of $42M for essential school repairs that would raise taxes by 5% to be put out to voters along side the pricey $90M "Middle Ground" proposal that would build a brand new school to the tune of a 15% tax increase.
Plus, breaking news: Reiniger for re-election!
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Read MoreLarry Benoit has spent hundreds of hours working as finance chair of the Cape Elizabeth School Building Advisory committee. He is not confident in the latest $105 million project dubbed the "Middle Ground" being peddled by the school board.
Why? It's voodoo math.
Read MoreYou might think removing a portion of Sawyer Road that connects Cape Elizabeth with Scarborough, Maine is a good idea. You would be wrong. Find out why.
Read MoreHost Cynthia Dill talks about Tuesday's primary in which she is a candidate in a tight 3-way primary using ranked choice voting, the importance of the new Cape Elizabeth Ad Hoc Privacy Advisory Committee, and how the liberal media fuels the culture wars.
Read MoreAfter last night's workshop of the Cape Elizabeth Town Council on the new school proposal concepts voted on by the School Building Advisory Committee (SBAC) to the tune of between $80 - 114 million dollars, Michael Hussey thinks a deal is in the air. Find out why.
Read MoreIt almost seems like the Cape Elizabeth School Board is holding students at the high school and elementary school hostage. Okay, maybe that's melodramatic but compared to what? Unless it gets a brand new middle school, much needed repairs impacting the safety, comfort and security of students, staff and visitors are being delayed. And the fight is personal! These new parents who fled the big city during COVID want new schools NOW! So what's a small community to do? A coup, merci beaucoup.
Read MoreMichael Hussey is a successful businessman, husband, father and member of Cape Elizabeth's SBAC - the ad hoc School Building Advisory Committee charged with putting a new school project out to the voters in November. He joins the show to talk about the 5/4 vote at the SBAC for "Option B," a $80 million dollar project, revelations from last night's school board workshop, and his letter to the editor in today's Cape Courier.
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