Thank you for your service to the people of Maine. It is unfortunate but very true that state government needs watchdogs as it is unwilling and/or unable to hold itself accountable. I am a democratic gubernatorial candidate challenging Janet Mills and the democratic party hierarchy. I worked for the Maine DEP for nearly thirty years-most of that time in water enforcement. My last five years with DEP I was given no work to do ninety percent of the time. I retired in early 2016. I am well aware of many of the problems in state government-especially in the natural resources realm. My goal is to reform state government and take it back to and for the people. State government is largely ineffective, inefficient and incompetent (e.g. the PFAS scandal) and it is "fixed" to benefit government and the special interests. Maine's environmental enforcement statutes and process are designed and intended to benefit the polluters.
The salmon net pen nursery was apparently a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP). Either DMR approached DEP about the SEP or the DEP asked for a SEP proposal. In any event, DEP relied on DMR to implement the SEP-which DMR failed to properly do. In my opinion, SEPs should be removed from state law. Maine state government is in great need of reform and I intend to do just that. www.johnglowaforgovernor2022.com
Thank you for your service to the people of Maine. It is unfortunate but very true that state government needs watchdogs as it is unwilling and/or unable to hold itself accountable. I am a democratic gubernatorial candidate challenging Janet Mills and the democratic party hierarchy. I worked for the Maine DEP for nearly thirty years-most of that time in water enforcement. My last five years with DEP I was given no work to do ninety percent of the time. I retired in early 2016. I am well aware of many of the problems in state government-especially in the natural resources realm. My goal is to reform state government and take it back to and for the people. State government is largely ineffective, inefficient and incompetent (e.g. the PFAS scandal) and it is "fixed" to benefit government and the special interests. Maine's environmental enforcement statutes and process are designed and intended to benefit the polluters.
The salmon net pen nursery was apparently a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP). Either DMR approached DEP about the SEP or the DEP asked for a SEP proposal. In any event, DEP relied on DMR to implement the SEP-which DMR failed to properly do. In my opinion, SEPs should be removed from state law. Maine state government is in great need of reform and I intend to do just that. www.johnglowaforgovernor2022.com