Aroostook County lawmakers want hearing on foreign labor logging issue

Posted: February 08, 2011 | Senator Jackson, Uncategorized

“It will be rescheduled,” Dorrer said. “It has to be scheduled because that is the law.”

But Rep. John Martin of Eagle Lake and Sen. Troy Jackson of Allagash insist that a law is a law, regardless of who heads the department. Instead, the two Democrats questioned whether politics were behind the postponements, which could delay a decision until after the current logging season is over.

“It’s a law in statute that has a process to go through,” said Jackson. “They don’t need a commissioner.”

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