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URL:https://bluehillpeninsula.org/events/author-event-rise-decline-and-ren
 ewal-the-democratic-party-in-maine/
SUMMARY:Author Event: Rise\, Decline and Renewal:  The Democratic Party in 
 Maine
DESCRIPTION:Maine author and journalist Douglas Rooks will read from his ne
 w book\, Rise\, Decline and Renewal: The Democratic Party in Maine\, on Th
 ursday March 29th at 7:00 PM at the Blue Hill Public Library.\nRise\, Decl
 ine and Renewal tells the remarkable story of the Maine Democratic Party 
 – how it “suddenly rose from irrelevance in 1954 with the election of 
 Governor Ed Muskie\, successfully challenged the ruling Republican Party o
 ver the next two decades\, and initiated a creative period of wide-ranging
  reforms that produced a model government for a state long perceived as a 
 cultural and economic backwater.” The book makes the case that only a vi
 gorous two-party system\, based on competition rather than endless conflic
 t\, can restore Maine’s state government to health.\nRooks is also the a
 uthor of Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible (Downeast 
 Books\, 2016). As a journalist\, Douglas Rooks served as editorial page ed
 itor for the Kennebec Journal in Augusta\, and is editor and publisher of 
 Maine Times\; he has written about state government and politics for 33 ye
 ars. He is former board president of the Unitarian Universalist Community 
 Church\, and currently a local columnist for the Kennebec Journal and Morn
 ing Sentinel. He lives with his wife in a 210-year-old farmhouse in West G
 ardiner.\nSigned copies of both books will be available following question
 s and discussion. This event is sponsored by the library\, there is no cha
 rge\, and everyone is welcome. For more information\, call the library at 
 374-5515
LOCATION:Blue Hill Public Library\, 5 Parker Point Rd\, Blue Hill\, ME\, 04
 614\, United States
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