Portland: Ethan Gets Local

by Corey Hascall, on Wednesday, April 9

Ethan Strimling’s campaign for U.S. Congress has always been and continues to be focused on the lives of real Maine people. People all over Maine have shared their concerns about the stagnant economy that is squeezing middle class families, the lack of access to quality affordable health care, global climate ...

All Towns: Shock and Awe

by Ethan Strimling, on Monday, March 24

It's hard to believe we've entered our sixth year of the catastrophe that is the Iraq War. When I entered the Maine State Senate in 2003, I sponsored a resolution opposing the war, and asked the President to avoid an effort that would cost thousands of American and ...

All Towns: Change Congress

by Ethan Strimling, on Sunday, March 23

This past week was National Sunshine Week, a period dedicated to furthering open government and discussion. So I guess this announcement is fitting. I’ve spent years advocating for Maine’s public financing laws, because I feel our campaign finance system needs fundamental changes. So in my campaign for Congress, ...

All Towns: Five Years

by Ethan Strimling, on Sunday, March 16

Five years ago this week, our nation was taken down a dark and dangerous path by a President we now know repeatedly deceived the American people. Because of George W. Bush’s deception and determination to take our country to war, almost 4,000 of our fighting men and women, and countless ...

All Towns: Crude Awakenings

by Ethan Strimling, on Sunday, March 9

As the political world focused on Texas and Ohio earlier this week (“Super Tuesday, Part VII," I suppose), the New York Times editorial board cast an eye on the Energy Bill coming to the Senate, and, in an editorial called “The Senate Shills for Big Oil," the Times ...

All Towns: Save the Planet - Ban the Bulb!

by Ethan Strimling, on Sunday, March 2

A few weeks ago I posted about my efforts in the Maine Senate to ban incandescent light bulbs within the next two years, as a way of promoting energy conservation and technological innovation. I’ve taken a fair amount of heat for my position from people who feel my ...

All Towns: Minimum wage, maximum stimulus

by Ethan Strimling, on Sunday, February 24

Here in Maine, we’re experiencing a very tough winter. Across the state, thousands of people are unable to heat their homes because of increases in fuel costs (it’s gotten so bad that a number of landlords are simply not buying heating oil for their tenants, because the expense is now ...

All Towns: Protect The Administration Act

by Ethan Strimling, on Sunday, February 17

Back in the summer and autumn of 2006, long before Tom Allen began his campaign for the US Senate and I began my campaign for Congress, it became clear that George Bush and his allies in the telecommunications industry had no intention of willingly letting us know ...

Portland: Campaign Update - February 14th

by Corey Hascall, on Thursday, February 14

Dear friends, I've got a full, fun, and pom-pom filled campaign update for you, but first a little house keeping. Happy Valentine's Day! (Today isn't just a day for lovers. To all of our grassroots all-stars- WE LOVE YOU!) Hustle and smile Almost 45,000 Democrats turned out this past Sunday ...

All Towns: Ban the Bulb

by Ethan Strimling, on Monday, February 11

Bill McKibben, the prominent climate change activist, once remarked, “global warming has a huge head start; the sprint to catch up is the story of our time.” Yet while a sprint is what’s needed, our public policy has ...

All Towns: Pitchfork-Wielding Mob

by Ethan Strimling, on Sunday, January 27

Recession.

Saying that word in the halls of power is tantamount to saying “Macbeth” in a theater. There are few words capable of striking more fear into the hearts of power brokers than “recession” (except maybe “investigation,” “impeachment,” and “pitchfork-wielding mob”). Get caught using that word in the wrong place, ...

Portland: Ethan- Health care needs to be fixed.

by Stephanie O'Brien, on Friday, January 25

Dear Ethan, I have been stewing all day and have finally sat down to share a few thoughts. I am so angry at our health care system right now. So please, when you get elected to Congress I hope you will work on health care because as a registered nurse, ...

All Towns: Our brightest light and our darkest shame

by Ethan Strimling, on Sunday, January 20

Today, we celebrate the life and achievements of Dr. King. Around the country, talk will turn to the legacy he left us, and whether or not we’re living up to his Dream. While it’s laudable that we’re still seeking to create a more just society where citizens of all races ...

Portland: Ethan Takes a Winter Plunge for Caring Unlimited

by Darlene Huntress, on Wednesday, January 9

Last Tuesday, on New Years Day, I watched Ethan join hundreds of seriously brave people at Gooch's Beach in Kennebunk to participate in Caring Unlimited's Annual Atlantic Plunge. That's right, plunge, as in plunge into the icy cold Atlantic Ocean. In January. In Maine. I was there and let me ...

All Towns: Impeach, Investigate

by Ethan Strimling, on Sunday, January 6

As diarist cometman noted on Friday, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, called on Congress to investigate the abuses of the Bush Administration and begin impeachment hearings against Vice President Cheney. I commend the Congressman for joining in the call for impeachment investigations.