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Joint committee confirms two nominees to Maine Land Use Planning Commission
Summary
The Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry recommended confirmation of Jenny Lee Ward and Donald A. Tardy to the Maine Land Use Planning Commission after testimony and brief questioning; both nominations passed by roll-call votes.
The Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry voted to recommend confirmation of Jenny Lee Ward of Hartford's Point and Donald A. Tardy of Ashland to the Maine Land Use Planning Commission. The committee took the two confirmation votes after public testimony, presentations from county commissioners who nominated each candidate and questions from members.
The confirmations matter because the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) sets land-use policy for Maine's unorganized and deorganized territories, the large tracts of forest, lake and river lands where local municipal government does not operate.
Jenny Lee Ward described her background in community-driven, landscape-scale economic…
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