About the author: Tom MacMillan is the chair of the Portland Green Independent Committee and former Secretary of the Maine Green Independent Party. The Portland Greens spearheaded the successful campaign for the 2013 marijuana legalization ordinance. Last November, Portland was not the only municipality where voters called for an end to the failed war on […]
Author Archives: Chris Shorr
Chris is a sixth generation Portlander who loves all things Maine. He has worked with mentally ill and marginalized adults at a Portland non-profit, on a lobster boat in Casco Bay, at several high-end Portland restaurants, and at a local meat packing plant. He also ran for Portland City Council in 2013, wrote a weekly column in the now defunct Portland Daily Sun, and currently writes a weekly column in The Portland Phoenix.