8/7/2023 0 Comments Chris wedge rector![]() ![]() "This is an important social issue, and, like other social issues, people are free to express their views about it." "The referendum on the legalisation of cannabis is not a party political matter," she said. Ministry of Education sector enablement and support deputy director Katrina Casey said state agencies needed to be politically neutral and could not encourage electors to vote for specific parties, policies or candidates. ![]() General election guidance from the State Services Commission says the convention that state services should be politically neutral applies at all times, including in relation to elections, by-elections and referendums. The rector’s post did not breach electoral rules. Some were supportive but others took issue with Mr McIvor using the school’s Facebook page to get across his message and many objected to the school straying from political neutrality.Īn Electoral Commission spokeswoman said expression of personal views online was exempt from the rules for referendum advertisements. The board held a neutral position on the cannabis referendum, he said.īy 4.50pm yesterday, Mr McIvor’s post had attracted 476 comments and Mr Wingham’s 196 comments. Some of the most obvious wasted potential he had seen as an educator of 26 years was as a result of cannabis use, he said.īoard chairman Richard Wingham then defended the post, saying Mr McIvor had not suggested to readers how they ought to vote on the issue. Mr McIvor made a lengthy post last Friday about the referendum, essentially arguing against legalisation of cannabis. The school’s board of trustees may be less comfortable. Representatives of the Electoral Commission, Ministry of Education and State Services Commission all indicated they had no problems with the rector’s comments on the school’s Facebook page. Photo: ODT files King's High School rector Nick McIvor’s comments about the upcoming cannabis referendum caused an uproar, but he may be in the clear. His self-described region is "the coast of Maine from the Sheepscot River to Calais.King’s High School rector Nick McIvor. Since January 2001, Rector has served as "Regional Representative for United States Senator Angus King working in the Augusta, Maine office. In 1999, Rector became a firefighter in his hometown of Thomaston. He was appointed to and has served on the Joint Select Committee on Research, Development, and the Innovation Economy in the summer of 2006 the Joint Select Committee on Prosperity in the summer of 2007, and the Joint Select Committee on Maine's Energy Future in the winter of 2009. He helped to develop the Midcoast Leadership Academy, which offered classes in leadership development. He is co-chair of Maine Solutions, a consensus-building training and facilitation group for legislators and public officials. He serves on the Community Preservation Advisory Committee, the Maine Economic Growth Council, and the board of the Maine Compact for Higher Education. He served as Chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research, and Economic Development, and also served on the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Technology and Joint Select Committee on Regulatory Reform. He served in the Maine House of Representatives from 2002 to 2006. He attended the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2006 on a Brooks Fellowship. He graduated from the Boston University College of General Studies and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southern Maine. Rector served as a Republican State Senator from Maine's 22nd District, representing much of Knox County, including Rockland and his residence in Thomaston. Rector (born July 12, 1951) is an American politician and entrepreneur. ![]()
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