This past week, State Senator Justin Alfond and a business partner announced plans to build a bowling alley in downtown Portland - good for business, good for kids and families, good for the community. A private investment that will create jobs. That's a ten-strike in this economy. We hope they bowl a perfect game.
At nearly the same time as Alfond's announcement, President of the Maine Senate Libby Mitchell rolled a gutter ball in the minds of Maine's small business owners. She wants to impose a new mandate on Maine businesses. Sen. Mitchell wants to force Maine businesses that do not already do so, to provide PAID sick leave in an....