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Notes: 17 July 2017

Ralph Chapman (legislative site, news)

Water testing labs in Maine: there are about 20 of them in Maine, including some certified labs for specific water districts.

 

Direct Shipment of Alcoholic Beverage

 Repeal of Prohibition

Craig Hickman  (legislative site , blog, biographical article,  Wikipedia Article, Annabessacookfarm Blog, Article on his election  )

Excerpt from a speech (as posted on his blog)

Madam Speaker, women and men of the House, this morning I was disturbed by the stench of a steaming pile of manure that I considered this biennial budget to be and had every intention of voting against it.

Book on Google Books

Status of National Popular Vote  (Wikipedia)

Gerrymandering article in WaPo

Pricenomics discussion

Redistricting in Wikipedia

Redistricting in Maine

Studies of Voter Fraud 

Rigging in Cook County (Snopes–false)

History of Election fraud in Chicago

National Voter Registration Act

Sunlight Foundation Article on Secure Voter Registration Data

 

Notes 26 June 2017

 

The Miracle of Worgl

Free Money Miracle” (Mises)

The Worgl Experiment

Demurrage Currencies (Wikipedia)

Berkshares (Wikipedia)

Berkshares home page

State “Income Migration” Claims Are Deeply Flawed

“The Future of Telecommuting (Yonatan Zunger)”  (Plus article)

Big Banks and Blockchain

Local Currencies around the world

While Local Currencies can be on the rise (Forbes)

11 Local Currencies (Berkshares )

Plusses and minuses of Berkshares

Another critique of Berkshares (Center for New Economics)

Pros and Cons of Single Currency (BBC)

Maine State Somali immigration report

Fact Check Somalis in Lewiston

Causes of declining geographic mobility

(Paper cited)

Books mentioned:

“The Great Leveller”

“In the garden of the beasts”

 

 

 

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