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The Public's Right to Know is Secondary to Protecting Trade Secrets in Maine

In my last two posts I told of a new and unprecedented difficulty I was encountering in    mixing a functioning ceramic casting slip . I traced the cause to the Boothbay   water supply and was able to mix a functioning casting slip by using water from a different source. An article published by  NASA, The Role of Water in Slipcasting   identifies a cause of the problem I was experiencing as "n on-deflocculating " additions or contaminates in the water supply. Another word for deflocculant is electrolyte Electrolytes are present in the human body ,  affecting human health and well being. I do not have the expertise to speak on that subject but I can speak about the limitations placed on the ability to know what may be affecting our environment as related to the public-private transportation project underway in close proximity to our summer and winter water supplies. Current law favors private trade secrets over the public's right to know about environmental impact. 

When the General Welfare Meets The Corporate State in the Halls of Augusta- It's No Contest!

Click on Me! TWEET ME : http://goo.gl/msOtXh In my last post I distinguished Bond Question #6 in support of clean water and public safety, (what ever that entails). I distinguished it as being the only bond that is not destined to underwrite the operations of the unconstitutional corporate state, functions which examined with any level of scrutiny are revealed to be codified in a statutory design of highly manipulative intent, serving the interests of private capitalists and using the public as the pawns in the game. One need only observe that the name of last year's extension of the Seed Capital Tax Credit is called the "Expanded and Improved Seed Capital Tax Credit" as evidence of my opinion. The ONLY perspective from which the Seed Capital Tax Credit can said to have been expanded or improved is from that of the private investors and new class of owners of the means of production whom are the beneficiaries of this bill. For the general Maine taxpayer, this bi