As I strode through the parking lot to the Moose studios this morning, I was taken by the view of the dome on out state house so I took a little pic and I wrote a little verse....
I've lived in the capital area my entire life and I've never seen the dome on the Capitol building anything but baby-puke green! This is the color it is suppose to be...the color God intended copper to be. It's just that the elements wreak havoc on the metal and, after a while, it gets snot green again (sorry about the verbiage, but you have to admit, while not very pleasant, it IS descriptive).
If you've been in Augusta near the State House, you've probably noticed that construction is underway on the century-old copper encasing of the dome. Lawmakers are getting a lot of questions about what will happen with the old metal.
Today was our company luncheon. Every month we gather in the conference room and have delicious food catered by Lisa's on Bangor St. in Augusta. On the menu today was roast beef, a mustard ham, mashed potatoes cabbage and cupcakes. Thanks to Lisa’s for another great buffet.
The "An Act to Require Edible Landscaping in a Portion of Capitol Park" passed in both the house and senate and is governor's signature away from becoming the law of the land.
To be fair, the proposals we talked about weren't all strange but they were a little out of the ordinary and those are the types of things we'll talk about early on Monday mornings with Senator Katz of Augusta....
Legislative leaders have said OK to Maine Public Broadcasting Network and expanding State House coverage. It should be kind of like a local version of C-SPAN. The idea was approved by the House and Senate leaders. The free, over-the-air MPBN State House TV channel is devoted exclusively to coverage of the Legislature and government affairs.