DoomsdaysCW<p>ICYMI - from 2019:</p><p>VERIFY: does Gov. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a>' brother have ties to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CMPCorridor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMPCorridor</span></a> project? </p><p>NEWS CENTER <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> verifies <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeterMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterMills</span></a>' involvement in the CMP corridor.</p><p>July 3, 2019</p><p>"In the last year, we have been bombarded with questions and concerns surrounding the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMP</span></a> transmission line project.</p><p>"Most recently, some of those concerns from you at home have shifted to Governor Janet Mills' support behind the project -- more specifically, if her brother, Peter Mills, has any ties to the corridor or if he has anything to gain from it.</p><p>"To verify these claims, NEWS CENTER Maine spoke with Peter Mills himself and referenced these public documents -- 'The Memorandum of Understanding between Central Maine Power Company and Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation'. </p><p>Here's what we found out.</p><p>"Mills does currently sit on the board of a charitable non-profit called Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation, an organization established back in 2017.</p><p>"He admits the non-profit has ties to CMP and the corridor project, but he says it's a very specific partnership.</p><p>"'The purpose of the corporation was to negotiate with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CentralMainePower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralMainePower</span></a> and possibly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HydroQuebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydroQuebec</span></a> to see to it that they would put together terms to mitigate in a public and charitable way, to mitigate for the impact of the power line if it were built.' says Mills. [I've seen this tactic before -- with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineTurnpikeAuthority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineTurnpikeAuthority</span></a> donations to non-profits affected by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/highway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highway</span></a> expansion]</p><p>"Public documents detail this agreement between the two entities, which includes CMP's requirement to provide $250,000 dollars to the non-profits trust fund; for start-up costs and other proceedings.</p><p>"It has been used to hire an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/attorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attorney</span></a> to represent the interests of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporation</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> proceedings before the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PUC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PUC</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LERK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LERK</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEP</span></a>, and in negotiating for any mitigation terms including the creation of land rights of way in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KennebecValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KennebecValley</span></a>." says Mills."</p><p>Read more:</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nepotism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineTribes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamSpur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamSpur</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamConnector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GorhamConnector</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveSmilingHillFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveSmilingHillFarm</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoCMPCorridor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoCMPCorridor</span></a></p>