Consolidation foes set to descend on Statehouse
Kennebec Journal, March 24, 2008
(excerpt) Opponents of the school-district consolidation law will be at the Statehouse on Wednesday to try to convince lawmakers to repeal the measure.
Skip Greenlaw of the Maine Coalition to Save Schools put out an e-mail last week urging like-minded supporters to come to Augusta to lobby legislators. Greenlaw gathered more than 40,000 signatures to try to call for a citizen vote for repeal, but fell short of the 55,000 needed to get it on the ballot.
Greenlaw is now hanging his hopes on a minority report that calls for repeal that will be attached to a "relatively innocuous education bill."
"We're hoping to get people to vote on it," Greenlaw said.
(excerpt) Opponents of the school-district consolidation law will be at the Statehouse on Wednesday to try to convince lawmakers to repeal the measure.
Skip Greenlaw of the Maine Coalition to Save Schools put out an e-mail last week urging like-minded supporters to come to Augusta to lobby legislators. Greenlaw gathered more than 40,000 signatures to try to call for a citizen vote for repeal, but fell short of the 55,000 needed to get it on the ballot.
Greenlaw is now hanging his hopes on a minority report that calls for repeal that will be attached to a "relatively innocuous education bill."
"We're hoping to get people to vote on it," Greenlaw said.
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