“It’s just more of the same. Libby Mitchell continues to defend the status quo. Her plan amounts to window dressing on a record deeply unfriendly to business and private sector jobs.
“Just a few months ago Libby Mitchell was working day and night to impose a mandatory paid sick leave requirement on Maine businesses that already have been brought to their knees by policies that she has promoted for more than 30 years. Libby’s sick leave proposal would have increased the already high costs of of doing business in Maine and would have made Maine even LESS competitive with other states.
“Now she comes up with a bunch of cosmetic and nearly frivolous suggestions that will do nothing to improve the cost environment for Maine businesses. Nothing to improve their ability to compete or survive a regulatory maze that has grown out of control. Nothing to make needed structural changes in Maine government. And nothing to make it more likely that private capital will invest in Maine to create jobs, incomes and opportunities for Maine workers.
“What a way to mark Labor Day.”