Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons Casco Bay Weekly (1991) Casco Bay Weekly 6-27-1991 Casco Bay Weekly : 27 June 1991 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1991 Recommended Citation "Casco Bay Weekly : 27 June 1991" (1991). Casco Bay Weekly (1991). 25. http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1991/25 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Casco Bay Weekly at Portland Public Library Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Casco Bay Weekly (1991) by an authorized administrator of Portland Public Library Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Fleet plays onopoly • By Donald Maurice Kreis Bank approves this last proposed deal, what were When you deposit money with Reet, it pays you once four little banks will become the biggest financial lower interest rates than its competition. And when Once upon a time there were four little banks: Merrill institution in the state-controlling nearly 30 percent you open a checking account at Fleet, it charges you Bank & Trust, Northeast Bank, Maine Savings Bank of Maine's banking business, according to the state more money than the other banks do. That's what the and Maine National Bank. attorney general's office. Maine attorney general's office thinks. And that's what Then along came the Reet Financial Group of Provi­ You don't have to be an economist or an antitrust Fleet Bank itself says in its internal documents. dence, Rhode Island, and bought Merrill. Then Reet lawyer to figure out what happens when one com­ There are ample grounds here for the Bush adminis­ merged with the Norstar Financial Group, which h,ad pany comes to so dominate a particular business. That tration - or, for that matter, the McKernan administra­ purchased Northeast. Then the Federal Deposit Insur­ company tends to drive away the competition, and tion - to keep Maine National out of Reet's hands. The ance Corporation seized Maine Savings after that bank the public ends up paying higher prices as a result. grumbling from the state attorney general notwith­ ran out of money, and gave Maine Savings to Reet. And in the case of Reet, there is a bank vault's worth standing, there is absolutely no indication that anyone And now Maine National is also about to become part of evidence that this is precisely where the Rhode in government plans to stand in the way of this latest of the Fleet empire. And when the Federal Reserve Island institution is taking Maine's banking business. and greatest Fleet move to dominate Maine. Continued on page 8 JUNE 27, 1991 FREE If abortions were turnpikes page 12 Getting your poetic license page 18 page 21 Evans Gallery'S photo finish Adam Stone displays the yellow perch he caught at a rest area on Route 302 In Raymond. CBW(Tonee Harbert To people who don't fish, certain aspects of sport ask, go fishing at all? fishing may not make much sense. For instance, why I've wondered about that myself, usually after do most anglers now release the fish they catch? fishing in the rain for 12 hours without seeing so Reel life: much as a tadpole. To answer these and other fasci­ Wouldn't eating the fish defray some of the expense of buying bait and tackle? Also, if you're going to nating questions, I spent a week fishing with my eyes yank some hapless guppy out of a puddle by the - and my mind - wide open, and I think I can tell lips, why not consummate this cruelty by eating it? you why people go fishing. Maybe I can even tell you a Portland Some skeptics ask more basic questions. For why I go fishing. example, what is so appealing about standing waist­ I also went fishing with the intention of acqUiring a deep in an ice-cold stream at 4 a.m.? Why do other­ bit of practical and valuable information -like, wise normal people deliberately seek out the com­ where's a good place to go fishing in Greater Port­ fish story pany of mosquitos and black flies? land? Some people, the more urbane and refined types, I found the answer to that question, too. Now the ask an even more fundamental question. Why, they question is, will I tell you? • By W.D. Cutlip Continued on page 10 JIUU! 27,1991 3 to persuade the Pentagon to sign more lucrative defense contracts. Fiber Materials manufac­ 9{eirfoom QyaCity Cak? crops tures insulating materials for the nose cones of nuclear MX Hand Sculpted In Italy missiles and other weapons. Earlier this month, the Like the Love Birds pictured here with their most company cited the loss of magnificient wings unfurled, you will see the wealth 538 Congress Street Pentagon contracts as the of detail and artistic impression offered the eye to Rare and Used Books reason for laying off an enjoy. Many more styles available. Maps and Prints undisclosed but significant Bought & Sold percentage of its work force, • Wedding Cakes, FloweTB and Accessories Avaiwble. Highest Prices Paid Sununu's appearance at a Search Service ~·st. Tax & Insurance Appraisals te Portland hotel was a profit­ able one for the state GOP. Single Items or large col lections wanted A review of the top news stories affecting T,Ciza6etfi S BROWSERS ALWAYS WELCOME Greater Portland: June 18 through 25, 1991. First there was a $250-a­ 101m to 5 :30 pm Mon.,Slt. person reception, then a $65- . Parror & Pantry Abortion ruling draws protest a-plate dinner. About 275 'Iraaitional'JlJJmt J4uworW -7'01' tfu 'J{j1U.tiM. AnlQJor"ion Boc*.M" n Awxiotion 01 America people attended and the 1-800-228-1398 More than 175 people marched silently in Monument Square ''We are always home, 7 Days A Week." Republicans raised $20,000, 761-2150 64·6-87&5 on June 25 to protest the so-called gag rule recently handed Rte 77, Cape Elizabeth • 767-5668 (next to Jorden" Lawn & Garden) 53& Congress Sl. Rout. 1. Well a according to The New York down by the U.s. Supreme Court that prohibits employees of Times. Gur(}r" slmwb,.,ri"s Luscious (U'O('tldos federally funded family planning programs from discussing abortion with clients. Jesus saves on You've seen these char­ Many protestors had covered their mouths with tape or scarves to symbolize that health workers must remain silent Congress Street f There's no acters at your local grocery concerning abortion - even when clients ask specific questions store. But do you expect City Manager Robert T WASN'T UNTIL AFTER ... ..... present about it. Ganley is rethinking his .. xu them at a salad bar? Well, The protestors marched from Monument Square to the policy on who gets to fly "v'" ~ i ··. like a lot of the unexpected is Congress Street offices of George Mitchell, where they delivered ~ I STARTED GEnlNG DEEP ~ ;'. the banners across Congress tr ' Come to the professional at Sizzler's Salad Bar. Sea­ written pleas for Mitchell to support two measures before Street at City Hall after a u lIE:. , Juiry wo/~n'II!1o" food salad. Potato skins. Congress that would nullify the gag order. small deluge of calls about CLEANSING TREATMENTS AT /h : time. Nachos. So come see what The march was organized by the Portland chapter of Na­ skin care clinic - ~ { ~~: the "Jesus Saves" sign .. !1(. ,X 1 .,: makes our list the most tional Organization of Women, and was attended by members currently hanging there. L'ESTHETIQUES THAT MY of the National Abortion Rights Action League, the Rape Crisis "~/ ' wanted of them all. "We try to accommodate recommended by Center, Planned Parenthood and ACT-UP. anybody who wants to do it, watches, clocks & Also attending the march was Portland's fledgling radical but I don't want to get into SKIN REALLY CLEARED UP." other gifts women's group, the HAGS (Hysterical Angry Girls' Sorority). legal trouble," Ganley says. v HUNT. PO<ffiAND dermatologists. from Sizzler The HAGS wore black clothing, masks and stringy wigs. Their The banner advertises a series (BUFFET COURT & GRILL) StQY»IQ/ melons Crisp brocooli outfits were accessorized with coat hangers and tampons, while of tent revival meetings L'Esthetiques JI douche bags labeled "the curse" hung around their necks. A being held by an evangelical ilL Classic a Skin Care Clinic -----------1( All-You-Can-Eat )1--------­ flyer circulated by the HAGS proclaimed: "If men could get group in Deering Oaks Park. I pregnant abortion would be a sacrament, available in every Attorney Michael Parker, Fallbrook Professional Building Impression~ 117 Auburn Avenue · Portland Fresh Fruit & Salad Bar health care facility and covered by every health care facility." co-legal director of the Maine 51 Exchange Street 878-3200 J Outside of Mitchell's office, the HAGS squirted mock blood Civil Liberties Union, says Old Port 874-6980 ! So. Portland, No. Windham, Brunswick, Bangor from their douche bags into Congress Street. the MCLU hasn't studied the il g {Um$ may vary by l~aJOIL Tina Ruel of NOW said there would be future actions from question. But he notes the her group, including letter-writing campaigns to Maine's U.s. Supreme Court's latest Congressional delegation urging support for overturning the r: -------------- -. word is that religious banners • GET TICKED OFF gag rule. and evangelical meetings in Southern Maine's Complete Bicycle Shop • • FULL CPLOR • public parks are OK so long · FREE FLEA& "Park of shame" to get ranger as the city grants equal access !-V' TICK DIP Portland Police Chief Michael Chitwood says he will put a to all.