Category: Voices & Weekend Voices

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Topic: Excerpts from one of the public hearings that the Land Use Regulatory Commission (LURC) is holding in December as they consider Plum Creek’s application to rezone land currently zoned for forestry and wilderness recreation so that they can create luxury resorts and developments in undeveloped areas.  Recorded at the public hearing in Augusta on Sunday, December 2nd, 2007 (CORRECTION: Not Saturday’s public hearing as announced on the program)

LURC will hold 2 more Public Hearings on the issue and will accept written comment until the end of December (from the LURC website, www.maine.gov/doc/lurc ):

Upcoming Public Hearings: 10a.m.-6p.m. both days, Saturday, December 15, 2007 (Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St, Portland); Sunday, December 16, 2007 (Greenville High School Auditorium, 130 Pritham Ave, Greenville)

FMI: www.nrcm.org , www.maine.gov/doc/lurc , www.endgame.org , www.dontbuysfi.com

*NOTE: This program originally aired on 11/27/07 when WERU was operating at low power due to technical difficulties

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Guests: Logan Perkins, Will Neills, Storm Waters– volunteers with the Native Forest Network, one of many groups raising serious concerns about the plan proposed by Plum Creek in the Moosehead Lake region of Maine

LURC Public hearings on the issue (from the LURC website, www.maine.gov/doc/lurc ):

Public Sessions (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM)

Members of the public are welcome to attend and/or participate in any of the four scheduled public sessions. Any person wishing to testify before the Commission is urged to read the rules governing public testimony before LURC (available for downloading [at www.maine.gov/doc/lurc])

1. Saturday, December 1, 2007 (Greenville High School Auditorium, 130 Pritham Ave, Greenville)
2. Sunday, December 2, 2007 (Augusta Civic Center, 79 Community Dr, Augusta)
3. Saturday, December 15, 2007 (Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St, Portland)
4. Sunday, December 16, 2007 (Greenville High School Auditorium, 130 Pritham Ave, Greenville)

FMI: www.nrcm.org , www.maine.gov/doc/lurc , www.endgame.org  www.dontbuysfi.com

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Contributor: Jim Campbell

Topic: Nadine Strossen, President of the American Civil Liberties Union, speaking at the University of Maine in early November 2007

FMI: www.aclu.org

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Contributor: Carolyn Coe

Topic: Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness/Voices for Creative Non-Violence speaking at an event sponsored by Peace Action Maine in October 2007

FMI: www.peaceactionme.org ,  www.vcnv.org

Producer/host: Amy Browne, with special guest hosts Renee Johnson and Matt Murphy.

A special live, call in “WERU Review” edition of Weekend Voices on the topic of planning for WERU’s 20th anniversary celebrations next year. “Cameo appearances” by Jim Bahoosh and Sister Mango (Debbie Melinkas), both are hosts of “On the Wing” shows.

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Topic:

In July Maine was the last state in the country to approve the use of Bt field corn.  Now organic gardeners and others who don’t want to grow genetically engineered corn are hoping some regulations can be put in place to decrease the likelihood of cross-contamination.   The Board of Pesticide control  will hold a public hearing on the issue on Friday, November 16th, 2007 at 9:30a.m. at the Hampton Inn in Waterville.

We talk with Logan Perkins of “Protect Maine Farmers”, C.R. Lawn of Fedco Seeds, and Paul Schlein of the Maine Board of Pesticide Control.

FMI: www.protectmainefarmers.org ;  www.fedcoseeds.com ;  Maine Board of Pesticide Control: www.maine.gov/agriculture/pesticides Mailing address: 28 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0028, 207-287-2731 (24-hr answering service)

A special Listener Soapbox edition of Weekend Voices, with the callers determining the topics to be discussed, hosted by Matt Murphy and Amy Browne

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Contributors: Eric Olson, Joel Mann

Topics:

Segment 1:Attorney and Civil Liberties activist Phil Worden’s acceptance speech, on behalf of himself and Lynne Williams, also an Attorney and Civil Liberties activist, for an award they received at the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine’s annual Harvest Dinner in Bangor in October 2007.  The award was given in gratitude for all the work they have done on behalf on activists and defending the constitution in Maine.

Segment 2: An interview with the new director of the Grand in Ellsworth