WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Proponents of the 23 million gallon LPG tank and facility proposed for Searsport, cite jobs as a primary reason for their support, but at the public hearings on the issue held in November, several Searsport business owners who already create jobs in the town testified that their businesses would suffer. Today we hear excerpts from their testimony.
Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco
Key Discussion Points:
We discuss the new 2010 Census statistics, which shows 1 in 6 people in the United States lives in poverty.
161,000 Mainers live in poverty, according to the current definition. That’s 12.5%, up from 11.9% in 2009.
We speak with Congressman Michaud on the impact of free trade on jobs, a perspective that rebuts President Obama’s speech on jobs last Thursday.
Guests by name and affiliation:
A) Representative Mike Michaud from Maine, US Congress
B ) Christopher St. John, Maine Center for Economic Policy