Tomorrow, my, friends is the Coronation of King Paul and I hope you all will be attending. As to the Party, it's not a Ball. If you have not received your invite by now you are probably out of luck. Apparently no dancing is planned and, if any occurs, we are to believe it to be spontaneous. Seems to me they really tried hard to push this as a dull affair. It was also mentioned that there would be a cash bar, meaning you and I will believe the money for drinks came out of invitees' pockets. The Coronation will be aired on Maine Public Television, for those who would like to watch. I suggest keeping an eye open for the "red grin," you will know it when you see it. The Party will be potluck with Linda Bean supplying all the lobster, though it was called a donation. Not sure if that means deductible or not. I really do believe that the first official State party should be an open public event, after all it is our State. And Mainers know how to really throw a potluck dinner. The Last Person too have the party open to the public was Lord Angus King. He has gone to chase the wind. Do you think Lord Angus got an invitation after his last minute endorsement of Eliot Cutler? Probably, for politics it is said; "Makes strange bed fellows".
Where are we so far? Well we have Sawin Millet, Lord John (Joc) Mckernans' financial wizard, back in at the same post for King Paul. Not to worry though, Sawin is older and wiser now and we don't have a $45,000,000 surplus to burn away. King Paul had said he would have his entire cabinet in place by Coronation day but, only four of the sixteen appointees are in place, his daughter is not included in that number. It seems all of the Out-of-Staters King Paul has been trying to hire are either to expensive or to busy. Well that sucks. Maybe some of the best and brightest from Maine could be of service to Our State? Then again only about 38% would qualify and they are probably busy too, lobbying our newly Republican State. What a quandary, everywhere unemployment, yet no one to fill high paying positions. What is up with that?
Our 125th Legislature is up and running. Their first order of business was too remove the Labor committee, or rather combine it with Business. Because labor and Business get along famously. Though for about 100 years we did not notice how well they fit together. The new committee is: The Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Committee. We are going to lose money just typing out the name of that committee. Another quick note, Our State Senate has 35 members, 20 Republicans and 14 Democrats with 1 unenrolled. 22 of these folks are native Mainers, while 13 are from away. Not surprisingly 2 are from Mass., 2 are from New York, and 2 are from New Jersey. There are 7 others each from a different place or state: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Virginia, Vermont, North Dakota, and lastly Ireland. These folks probably ran away from their respective states for "the way life should be". Though now they are working to make "the way life is".
I will report all of the Stats on the legislature later, as to where WE come from. For now, enjoy your day. For tomorrow It's Surplus and Salvage, with an MBA. God Bless us.
To you, and yours Good day, Ms. Paula Page
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