Media Report on Question 2, Proposed Pest Lab
Question 2 on the Maine ballot was mentioned in reports by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Portland Press Herald. The bond would give $8 million to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension to build a new animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory. John Rebar, executive director of UMaine Extension, and Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with UMaine Extension, spoke with MPBN about the importance of building a biosecure lab. Dill also spoke about bed bugs for the Press Herald article. Question 2 also was included in an Associated Press article about all six bond proposals Maine voters will be faced with. The Kansas City Star, Seacoast Online and Charlotte Observer carried the AP report.