I just added a tab for Maine Policy Institute to the top of my page. This morning, I wrote to them using their online form and saved it in Google Documents before sending it. Here's one paragraph from it.
I will not appear on October 7, 2024 to the scheduled arraignment in Fort Kent. I refuse to accept the jurisdiction of a court that is part of a failed system - a system that has failed to provide effective counsel to my son in nearly two years, and to other individuals it is constitutionally required to appoint counsel to. At attorney rates of $300 per hour in the private sector, the state can't compete and can neither afford to pay $150 per hour to provide counsel under the current definition of "counsel".
