Favors Clinton, most state initiatives

Camden approves noise ordinance, outdoor boat storage ordinance, goes with ecomaine

Tue, 11/08/2016 - 11:30pm

    Camden voters turned out in full force Nov. 8 and gave sweeping approval for Hillary Clinton, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, signing a trash contract with ecomaine, approving noise limitations and a minimum wage hike, as well as building a new $25 million Midcoast School of Technology facility on the school’s existing Rockland site.

    Camden’s results are as follows:

    President:
    Hillary Clinton, 2,430
    Gary Johnson, 80
    Jill Stein, 60
    Donald Trump, 802

    Rep. to Congress:
    Mark Holbrook, 803
    Chellie Pingree, 2,513

    State Senator:
    David Emery, 997
    David Miramant, 2,416

    Rep. to Legislature
    Owen Casas, 1,576
    Kathleen Meil, 1,796

    Register of Probate
    Elaine Dostie Hallett, 2,405

    County Commissioner
    Sharyn Pohlman, 2,707


    Question 1: 
    Do you want to allow the possession and use of marijuana under state law by persons who are at least 21 years of age, and allow the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products subject to state regulation, taxation and local ordinance?

    YES, 1,870

    NO, 1,502

     

    Question 2:  Do you want to add a 3% tax on individual Maine taxable income above $200,000 to create a state fund that would provide direct support for student learning in kindergarten through 12th grade public education?

    YES, 1977

    NO, 1,394


    Question 3:  Do you want to require background checks prior to the sale or transfer of firearms between individuals not licensed as firearms dealers, with failure to do so punishable by law, and with some exceptions for family members, hunting, self-defense, lawful competitions, and shooting range activity?

    YES, 2,483

    NO, 906


    Question 4: Do you want to raise the minimum hourly wage of $7.50 to $9 in 2017, with annual $1 increases up to $12 in 2020, and annual cost-of-living increases thereafter; and do you want to raise the direct wage for service workers who receive tips from half the minimum wage to $5 in 2017, with annual $1 increases until it reaches the adjusted minimum wage?

    YES, 2,415

    NO, 965

     


    Question 5: Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority?

    YES, 2,222

    NO, 1,129


    Question 6:   Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities, equipment and property acquisition related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $137,000,000 in federal and other funds?

    YES, 2,650

    NO, 658

     

    Municipal warrant articles

    ARTICLE 2.  Shall the voters of the Town of (Rockport, Camden, Hope and Lincolnville) authorize the Board of Directors of the Mid-Coast Solid Waste Corporation to enter into a contract for up to 5 years to dispose of Municipal Solid Waste to commence on or about April 1, 2018, for the fixed price of $57.85 per ton plus annual increases in the Consumer Price Index and on such other terms and conditions that the Board of Directors deem appropriate with ecomaine, a non-profit corporation owned solely by municipalities and located in Portland, Maine?

    YES, 2,774

    NO, 498

     

    Article 3. Shall the town amend zoning ordinance to allow outdoor storage of boats in the Coastal Residential District

    YES, 2,484

    NO, 757

     

    Article 4. Shall the town amend the police ordinance to including an unacceptable noise level. Any sound level exceeding 65 dBA when measured at the property line and persisting for five minutes or more, between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., is prohibited unless a permit has been obtained in advance for a specific event.

    YES, 2,308

    NO, 1,051