[new post] MAINE A.G. WILLIAM SCHNEIDER SEEKS SENATOR OLYMPIA SNOWE’S SENATE SEAT

 

William Schneider, Maine Attorney General and former Assistant Republican Leader in the Maine House of Representatives, is seeking Senator Olympia’s Snowe’s U.S. Senate seat. View Interview.

 

Schneider states:

He would not support eliminating the Federal Reserve

 

He supports Mitt Romney for president – click here, click here.

 

He has a long history of dedicated public service and accomplishing the mission every single time. Many Mainers could certainly debate this.

 

That Congress doesn’t have the power to require everyone to buy a commercial product like health insurance. Does the Maine legislature have power to require everyone to buy a commercial product like auto insurance?

 

The living politician he most admires is former Governor John McKernan. Click here.

 

In his Speech To The Maine Republican Convention Sunday, May 6, 2012 he states “All parents want a better life for their sons and daughters. It is the American dream and the American reality for the generations before us. But the lack of leadership in Congress is putting this legacy at risk.”

 

His candidate profile states ” he will make the protection of personal and individual freedoms a top priority.”  Why is he not doing that as Maine’s Attorney General?

 

A.G. William Schneider has not upheld his oath of office as attorney general, nor during his tenure in the House of Representatives. He contradicts himself, for obvious political gain, in that his violations of oath and the law have turned the lives of people into a dreaded nightmare. His lack of leadership, integrity, decency and honesty has put Mainers at risk and irrepable harm. He certainly has not made the protection of personal and individual freedoms a top priority as Maine’s attorney general. When criminal matters are brought to him, it is his duty to take action. He has failed miserably!

 

The duties of the Attorney General are established by the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, Title 5, sections 191 – 205. These statutes direct the Attorney General to discharge various responsibilities, including investigating and prosecuting homicides and other crimes. In addition to these statutory powers, the Attorney General is vested with certain other powers deriving from the Office’s common law powers. The leading case on the powers and duties of the Attorney General is Superintendent of Insurance v. Attorney General, 558 A.2d 1197 (Me.1989). The essential principle stated by the Court in this landmark decision is that the Attorney General possesses constitutional and common law authority, independent of the agencies represented by the Office that may be exercised by the Attorney General in the public interest.

It is disgusting and appalling that he has followed the corrupt pattern of past administrations in that there has always been the excuse that “there’s nothing we can do” or just the willingness to blatanly disregard the law. This being the case, it is my opinion that he must be removed from office. This would be fiscally responsible. Paying salaries of employees who fail in their job performance is a misuse of taxpayer money. It is imperative that Governor LePage initiate investigations into the job performance of the Attorney General’s Office as this is a matter of public interest and trust.

Know your candidates.  Birds of a feather……..