Maine Politics

From the Piscataqua to the St. John

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

PNS will stay open. BNAS will close.

Update: Defense Finance Accounting Service Center gains jobs.

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And today we hear about the Limestone accounting center.

Posted by Phil
8/25/2005 07:24:00 AM: This turned out much better than expected. Losing BNAS is a blow, but losing Portsmouth would have been a much worse economic blow to the state. Closing BNAS is better for the state that what the DoD proposed. The new jobs in Limestone are a big plus. Overall, I think we really need to look at the glass as more than half-full. Things could have ended up much, much worse.

Posted by George
8/25/2005 04:58:00 PM: For once, we agree.

Posted by Mike
8/25/2005 05:17:00 PM: The Maine congressional delegation look like heroes. Could this even reverse the fortunes of Gov. Baldacci?

Posted by David
8/26/2005 06:29:00 AM: It certainly does not hurt him. It has been a long time since he has got any good news.

I have been saying all along that it is silly to blame the Governor or the Congressional delegation for the proposed base closings. I also think it is silly to give them much credit. Anyone in their position would have done the same things that they all did. I don't think they had much of an impact on the final decisions, one way or the other.

Posted by George
8/26/2005 11:40:00 AM