Paul LePage, the Mayor of Waterville, has become the first major Maine town official to announce support for TABOR, a controversial tax initiative on the November 3 ballot. TABOR is intended to be a "taxpayer bill of rights." The full summary is available at the end of this article.
Editorializing in the Morning Sentinal, LaPage wrote, "In Waterville, we put reasonable parameters on ourselves so we could control spending and lower taxes. As a result, we became innovative and efficient so we could improve our community. That is what TABOR....