Late yesterday, the hearing examiner for the Public Utilities commission in 300 page report recommending that the Sale of Verizon should be rejected, citing substantial risks to ratepayers and shareholders that outweigh any potential benefit.

The report also stated that if the commission did not agree to reject the deal there should be 49 strict conditions applied before approval.

This is great news for us and our state.  The PUC will start deliberations on Dec. 13th.  We could have a decision any time after that. 

Unit meetings this week are

Unit 5 Farmington will meet tonight at 5:15 at Room 201 at the Roberts Learning Center

Unit 11 Ellsworth will meet Thursday, November 29th at 5:30 at the Holiday Inn.

And Unit 12 Brunswick will meet Thursday November 29th at 5:30 at the Holiday Inn in Bath.

Recent COPE Calendar winners are

Steve Irving, SST Kenn

Ormel O’Hara, Bradford