Muskie School Examines Taxes on Service Centers
As policymakers grapple with ways to ease the tax burden on Bangor, Portland and other service centers, the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine is sponsoring a series of panel discussions on "Creating Fiscally Healthy Economic & Service Centers in Maine." The sessions are free and open to the public.
The first panel discussion, “The Fiscal Plight of Maine's Service Centers,” will be held from 7 to 9 p.m., this Thursday, April 11, in Room 1 of Payson Smith Hall, Portland. Panelists Josie LaPlante, associate professor, Muskie School; Frank O'Hara, partner, Planning Decisions; Richard Livingston, city councilor, Auburn; and Ed Barrett, city manager, Bangor, will examine the current fiscal challenges faced by these hub communities. Paula Valente, president of the Institute for a Strong Maine Economy, will serve as moderator.
Other panel discussions in the series will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays, April 18, April 25 and May 2 in Room 131 of the University of Maine School of Law, Deering Ave., Portland. Robert Tannenwald, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, LaPlante of the Muskie School, Maine State Planning Office Director Evan Richert and others will focus on how to shape state and local policy solutions, as well as metropolitan and regional strategies for promoting fiscal health.
For more information, call USM’s Muskie School at 780-4150.
Editor’s Note: For help arranging interviews, please
call Jennifer Hutchins, communications specialist, Muskie
School, at 780-4150, or Bob Caswell of USM Media Relations
at 780-4200. Professor Josie LaPlante, a tax policy expert,
is author of the report, “Dollars and Sense: Maine State Budgeting
at a Crossroads.” More information on her research in this
area is available at http://www.muskie.usm.maine.edu/m_view_person.jsp?id=53
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