Maine’s DEI Commission is struggling to adopt an anti-corruption policy, in part, because the goal of the commission is to transfer taxpayer money to their friends and allies
A commission dedicated to advancing far left ideology within Maine’s state government is having trouble coming up with an anti-corruption policy.
The chief reason?
The commission is comprised almost of exclusively of employees of nonprofit organizations that seek taxpayer-funded grants from the commission for themselves and their allies.
Maine’s so-called “Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP)” — the brainchild of House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) — was originally intended to rename rivers, creeks, and mountains in Maine that still had offensive names.
Rather than quickly accomplish that simple task, the organization has morphed into a make-work program for left wing activists and a conduit through which taxpayer dollars can flow into organizations aligned with progressive advocacy groups.
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Parasitism at state level. ABN