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“The state approved the spreading and the state owns it,” he said.This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. The chemicals have contaminated water wells across the Fairfield area and led to concern from everything to the consumption of local farm food to deer harvested during hunting, prompting an assessment by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Rich Abrahamson/Morning SentinelĪsked how they would aid municipalities, homeowners and farmers on the issue of PFAs, known also as “forever chemicals,” LePage said the state needs to pay for the problem as it approved the spreading of the polluted sludge in the first place. Janet Mills was unable to attend because of a scheduling conflict. Lindlof, the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce president/CEO and a former LePage finance director. Paul LePage, center right, and independent candidate Sam Hunkler greet each other as they walk onto the platform to begin a forum discussing issues of the gubernatorial race at Thomas College in Waterville on Tuesday. But he said he would like to see the possibility of finding a way to ensure the fish are able to move upriver.įormer Republican Gov. But he said he doesn’t know that that’s ever going to happen even if dams are removed, with climate change and waters warming. Hunkler, an independent candidate and retired physician from Harrington, said he believes most people in Maine want to see hundreds of thousands of salmon come back up the Kennebec River. “Janet Mills gets elected, Sappi’s gone,” LePage said. He accused the Mills administration of working behind the scenes to “shut the dams down,” even though Mills has said she “would not allow” the mill to close over the issue and that it’s not necessary to remove the Shawmut Dam in order to allow fish to pass through. The mill would have to reconfigure its system to bring water in, which would cost between $60 million and $100 million, and that is not reasonable, he said. LePage, a former Waterville mayor and city councilor who served two terms as governor, said Sappi is self-sufficient with power but needs the water from the dam to operate. Representatives from Sappi have said that if the dam is removed, it would lower the water level 15 to 20 feet, making it too low for the mill to use.
Environmental and conservation groups argue more must be done to allow the endangered Atlantic salmon and other river-run fish to swim past the dams to reach spawning grounds. Lindlof led the questioning by asking the candidates how they would protect jobs and economic benefits of dams, referring to the political flashpoint over the fate of Shawmut Dam, which creates the reservoir that serves the Sappi paper mill in Skowhegan. Lindlof, who served as LePage’s finance director during his first campaign for governor, said the discussion Tuesday was meant to be educational and not confrontational.īut that didn’t stop LePage from taking shots at his absent opponent. Mills campaign spokesman Scott Ogden said in an email that the governor has committed to taking part in five debates.
Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, chamber president and CEO Kimberly Lindlof told an audience of about 100 that turned out for the early-morning forum.
Janet Mills was unable to attend the event as she was meeting with U.S. Related Watch: LePage, Hunkler discuss issues at gubernatorial forum in Watervilleĭemocratic Gov.
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