Ethan Strimling
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2019
Kate Snyder: I’m prepared to provide Portland with steadying leadership
As a former school board chair who now leads a nonprofit that generates non-taxpayer revenues for public education, I have experience balancing civic aspirations with fiscal discipline.
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PublishedJune 20, 2019
Help refugees, but don’t raise taxes, residents say
The Westbrook council made no decision Monday but likely will consider taking some action at its July 1 meeting.
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Portland council votes 5-4 to reject earned sick time requirement
The majority believes a statewide policy would be better and that a local ordinance might inadvertently affect workers with existing paid time off benefits.
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
More asylum seekers arrive in Portland from southern border as city debates assistance
Portland's human resources director criticizes comments by Mayor Ethan Strimling welcoming the arrival of more immigrants.
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PublishedMay 4, 2019
Mayor Strimling: Portland should pass inclusive sick-leave ordinance
The proposal will ensure that workers get the time they need to recover from an illness or care for a family member.
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PublishedApril 20, 2019
Proposed city sick-day ordinance will protect Portland’s unique workforce
Seasonal, per diem and part-time workers will be left behind by the state's paid-time-off legislation.
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PublishedApril 17, 2019
Maine Voices: City shouldn’t go it alone on paid sick days
The proposed policy wouldn't help workers or their employers because it would interfere with their ability to do the right thing.
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PublishedApril 15, 2019
Portland activists look to create a local clean elections program
Maine Citizens for Clean Elections and the League of Women Voters of Maine also want to ask voters to extend ranked-choice voting to City Council and Portland Board of Public Education races.
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PublishedApril 8, 2019
Portland budget proposal would cap number of people served at homeless shelters
City Manager Jon Jennings also proposes to start phasing out a program for asylum seekers and to increase the price of trash bags.
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PublishedApril 2, 2019
Maine Voices: Homelessness raises key policy questions in Portland
Don't settle on a shelter site until the community has weighed in on the city's appropriate responsibility to the homeless.
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