[HCCN] Maine People's Veto Alliance

[Larry Dansinger]

Please pass along to others in your group or area. Thanks.

FROM ED SCHLICK:

PERSONAL  INVITATION

This is a personal invitation to attend the Feb. 12 organizational  
meeting of the Maine People’s Veto Alliance (MPVA). We are in the  
process of getting individuals with a background of involvement in  
different Maine economic, social, environmental, health, civil rights  
and education areas to begin a discussion and possible organization  
of resources to effectively and efficiently use the constitutional  
right of Maine voters to use the People’s Veto.

Information on the time and place of the initial meeting is outlined  
below. While the printed agenda will not be finalized or distributed  
for another few days Rep. Seth Berry, former House majority leader,   
has agreed to speak on the present situation in the Maine  
Legislature. There will also be a speaker on the legal requirements  
and problems of using the People’s Veto.

As Acting Executive Director of MPVA I will outline a proposed  
operating system for the new organization and a time line for future  
meetings and for getting support from both individuals and  
organizations in the various major areas such as education,  
environment, labor, business, health, arts, civil rights, natural  
resources and more.

The meeting will end with an open discussion of the problems that  
Maine progressives face in uniting to prevent the Governor and  
Legislature from forcing Maine to accept a series of measures that a  
majority of Maine voters strongly oppose.

Among those who have indicated they will attend the Feb. 12 meeting  
and who I will call on for some brief remarks during the discussion  
period are:

(Note: Confirmed)
Ed Gorham – former long time President of the Maine AFL-CIO
Brownie Carson – former (just retired) Executive Director of the  
Natural Resources Council of Maine
John Carr – President of the Maine Council of Senior Citizens which  
has represented and worked in the interest of Maine seniors for more  
than 20 years.
Neil Rolde –Former Maine legislator and Maine Democratic candidate  
for the U.S. Senate in 1990. He is also the author of a number of  
books and articles on Maine with a long-time involvement in the arts  
in Maine.
Gordon Glover – former President of the Natural Resources Council of  
Maine
William Murphy – Director of the Maine Bureau of Labor Education


(Note: Contacted – confirmation pending)
Rachel Talbot Ross – NAACP Maine State Director

Hoping you will be able to attend,

Ed Schlick
Acting Director MPVA

If you click on this headline it will take you to a MBBN radio  
interview about MPVA:

Maine Progressives Mobilize to Derail LePage Agenda

MAINE  PEOPLE’S VETO ALLIANCE
Contact:
Ed Schlick
MPVA Acting Executive Director
PO Box 112
Richmond, ME 04357
Cell 522-5376
E-mail  eschlick at roadrunner.com

FORM ALLIANCE TO EXERCISE PEOPLE’S VETO

The formation of a Maine Peoples Veto Alliance (MPVA) has been  
announced by MPVA Acting Executive Director Ed Schlick of Dresden.

“The recent actions and appointments of the LePage Administration  
make it clear that it will take a statewide, grassroots organization  
of progressive Maine citizens to keep a minority of right-wing  
activists from setting our state back 50 years” said Schlick.

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ALL WELCOME TO FEB. 12 ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
OF MAINE PEOPLE’S VETO ALLIANCE

REMINDER: People will meet for the initial organizational meeting of  
the Maine People’s Veto Alliance at about noon (to allow time for a  
meal and/or a beer), Saturday Feb. 12 at the Old Goat Pub, Main St.,  
Richmond. Any Maine resident is welcome to attend and observe and/or  
participate. The purpose of the Alliance is to promote cooperation,  
efficiency and effectiveness among Maine organizations in making use  
of the constitutional right to demand a statewide election (a  
People’s Veto) to approve or disapprove any bills or parts of bills  
passed by the Maine Legislature this year.

The actual meeting will begin about 1:30 p.m. and be over by about 3  
p.m. Proposed rules of operation for the MPVA will be presented for  
anyone to take back to their organization for discussion and  
potential approval at the next MPVA meeting Saturday Feb. 26.  
Individuals can sign up if they wish for on-going progress report e- 
mails and are welcome at any future meetings.

Organizations interested in participating in the Alliance will have  
two weeks to suggest modifications of the MPVA rules of operation and  
an additional two weeks until the March 12 meeting to decide whether  
nor not to formally join the Alliance and name a delegate from their  
organization to a voting membership on the MPVA Steering Committee.   
However, after the MPVA is formed an organization may join or leave  
at any time it wishes.

If it appears the weather will be seriously bad Feb. 12 an  
announcement will be sent out and the meeting will be held at the  
same time and place Saturday, Feb. 19.
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