An Encouraging Response for the Office of The Speaker of the House

On behalf of Speaker Nutting, thank you for writing to share your idea on maineisopenforbusiness.com. Input like yours is an essential part of the legislative process on all of the issues we address in Augusta, and we hope you will continue to share your thoughts and ideas. The Information you suggested could help voters make more informed decisions. I will pass along your idea for consideration.

Thank you again for writing.

Susan H. Wasserott

Office of the Speaker of the House

House of Representatives

2 State House Station

Augusta, ME 04333-0002

207-287-1300

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Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:36 PM
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Subject: Input

Name: Mackenzie Andersen
Town: East Boothbay
Email address: mackenzie@andersenstudio.com
Your Message:: In regards to bonds unauthorized by taxpayers that is currently in the news. Since the legislature still gets to exempt bonds at will, they should be required to publish a list of all bonds that they have exempted in a manner that is as publicly accessible as possible. When bonds are put to the vote, information should include the total debt owed by the taxpayers and how much that calculates that each individual taxpayer owes.

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