Brewer quoted in Morning Sentinel article on Poliquin letter about shuttered mill
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Morning Sentinel article, “Poliquin sends letter to constituents implying shuttered Madison mill remains open.” The congressional office of U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin erroneously sent a letter last month to hundreds of constituents in Maine’s 2nd District implying that the now-shuttered Madison Paper Industries mill is still open and was helped by a 2015 trade decision the Republican congressman supported, according to the article. The mill closed in May 2016, laying off about 215 people, increasing property taxes in Madison and adding to the loss of paper industry jobs in Maine, the article states. “This constituent mailing was in fact sent in error,” a spokesman for Poliquin said in an email. Brewer said it’s likely the mistake was an honest one by Poliquin’s office that doesn’t necessarily reflect poorly on the congressman’s campaign or his candidacy. “It’s strange, but it’s likely it’s exactly what his office said it is — a mistake,” Brewer said. The Sun Journal and The Times Record also published the article.