Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Pecuiliar stories from Maine I went to the Portland Press-Herald page in search for base closure news and found these two stories as the top ones. More brain suits filed The legal battle over brain harvesting in Maine continued to expand Tuesday when four more families filed lawsuits alleging their dead relatives' brains were taken without proper authorization. The cases, all brought by Berman & Simmons of Lewiston, raise the number of brain-harvesting lawsuits in Maine to eight. The Lewiston law firm is expected to file a ninth case today in Kennebec County Superior Court... This apparently has been a running story for awhile now. The newspaper's Brain harvesting in Maine page has stories going back to October of 2004. By bus or it's a bust SANFORD — Take those Betsey Johnson and Jessica McClintock dresses, scrunch them up and pile onto the bus - Sanford High School is headed to the prom. A bus to the prom? That doesn't sit well with parents who think they should be allowed to drive their children to and from the event. One mother is seeking a court order that would permit her to drive her 18-year-old son. Marylou Mitchell of Sanford, who opposes a new policy that states students must either book a limousine or ride to the event in one of six coach buses provided by the school, said she filed her request Monday afternoon in Springvale District Court... What puzzles me is that there is no mention of students being upset over not being able to drive themselves. Perhaps they have never had that opportunity or it was taking away so long ago that it's not an issue. Strange stuff. And yes, I did find something base closure related: Base Closings Blog (Maine Today). Jackpotzrebie comment []12:16:22 PM   trackback []