In The News
By Felicia Knight
There are public relations blunders and then there are public relations disasters. There are PR problems that erupt out of nowhere and there are those that are self-inflicted. This week has seen a crop of all of the above, which prompted us to take a constructive look at some PR problems that we’re thankful landed on someone else’s desk:
AUGUSTA, ME – A majority of the Maine Municipal Association’s (MMA) Legislative Policy Committee voted yesterday to support establishing Ranked Choice Voting in the state of Maine. MMA is the state’s largest municipal membership organization. Their 70-member legislative policy panel is responsible for identifying MMA’s advocacy priorities, as well as taking positions on legislative proposals affecting municipalities. Yesterday the panel voted to support L.D. 1557, An Act to Establish Ranked-choice Voting. L.D. 1557 is the product of a grassroots citizen initiative, recently certified by the Secretary of State for a November 2016 referendum.
Two new exhibits will touch down at the Portland Science Center, bringing with them the excitement of space exploration and interactive robotics. SPACE: A Journey to Our Future and The Robot Zoo will open to the public on Friday, January 29, 2016.
“With SPACE, we’re taking Mainer’s to the moon,” said Joe Gold, President of The Gold Group, which owns and operates the Portland Science Center. “Or, more accurately, we’re bringing the moon to them—as well as Mars and the universe. With THE ROBOT ZOO, we’re illustrating the real-life characteristics of animals and insects through interactive robotics. These exhibits are visually stunning and educationally stimulating.”
