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AL DIAMON

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Slide into extinction

Politics and other mistakes
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is proposing the designation of a new endangered species.
By AL DIAMON  |  March 28, 2007

After the room clears

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Somebody really smart wrote this, four years ago: “Maine’s influence in determining the next occupant of the White House will be somewhere between minimal and undetectable.”
By AL DIAMON  |  March 21, 2007

Shut up and play

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I’ve been fired for saying stuff like this.
By AL DIAMON  |  March 14, 2007

Young and dumb

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Consider two mildly mythical Maine citizens.
By AL DIAMON  |  March 07, 2007

One day, it will please us to remember even this

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Try these Maine political trivia questions on your friends.
By AL DIAMON  |  February 28, 2007

Bad history

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It’s not as if Democratic state senator John Martin of Eagle Lake doesn’t have any positive qualities.
By AL DIAMON  |  February 21, 2007

Local jokers

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Local government is full of boobs.
By AL DIAMON  |  February 14, 2007

Numbers with wings

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Now that Congress has cleaned up its ethical act and banned junkets paid for by lobbyists, this might be the last time it’ll be possible to calculate exactly how much it costs to buy a US senator or representative on the open market.
By AL DIAMON  |  February 07, 2007

The pick of destiny

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The Maine Senate has confirmed Democratic Governor John Baldacci’s nomination of Charles Dow of Winthrop for a District Court judgeship, despite Republican criticism of Dow’s lack of courtroom experience.
By AL DIAMON  |  January 31, 2007

School was my hustle

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What a relief to discover that solving the problem of high property taxes in Maine isn’t complicated.
By AL DIAMON  |  January 24, 2007

And this is why you can’t have nice things

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“In the next few weeks of the process, we’ll be getting the I’s dotted and the T’s crossed.”
By AL DIAMON  |  January 17, 2007

How we operate

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The Maine Legislature runs like a finely tuned automobile.
By AL DIAMON  |  January 10, 2007

We don’t need to whisper

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My New Year’s resolutions.
By AL DIAMON  |  January 03, 2007

This could be a possibility

 Politics and other mistakes
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column about Democratic state Senator Ethan Strimling of Portland and his plans to run for the 1st Congressional District seat in 2008 (see "Scary Guy," December 15).
By AL DIAMON  |  December 27, 2006

Homeland insecurity

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As the tank runs dry on 2006, I’m filled with a warm fuzzy feeling.
By AL DIAMON  |  December 20, 2006

Scary guy

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Three words that cause Maine Republicans to become panic-stricken and lose control of their bodily functions...
By AL DIAMON  |  December 13, 2006

The letting go

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According to alarmists, everybody under 30 with an IQ higher than their age is leaving Maine.
By AL DIAMON  |  December 06, 2006

Put on your rosy red glasses

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Governor John Baldacci has plans for his second term that will transform the lives of every Mainer. Which will probably annoy those Mainers who don’t want their lives transformed.
By AL DIAMON  |  November 21, 2006

Until there’s nothing left of us

Politics and other mistakes
Hey, all you Maine Republicans wallowing in self-pity, after losing the election: snap out of it.
By AL DIAMON  |  November 15, 2006

King of the freaks

Politics and other mistakes
I’d like to honor the best of the recently deceased political campaigns. Unfortunately, “best” turned out to be in short supply this year, but there was a surplus of worst. And I have just the prize for that.
By AL DIAMON  |  November 08, 2006
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