Political Tales: Stories from a Veteran Politician. Mr. Rolde is a Maine renowned historian, former politician and, philanthropist. His many years of public service include being an assistant to Governor Kenneth M. Curtis for six years and 16 years as Representative in the Legislature. The book is published by Polar Bear & Company. polarbearandco.com. THE REAL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS So far, it looked as if the House would end its afternoon session on time that balmy day in early June. There hadn’t been much debate. The members had breezed through the Calendar and were already at “enactors.” Of seven items up for a final vote, five had already been acted upon, but before the clerk could announce the sixth, the speaker unexpectedly brought down the gavel, declared a recess until “the sound of the bell,” and bolted from the chamber to his office. “The little man on the wedding cake”—they called him because he was short and martinet-like, and tradition in the state dictated he wear formal clothes when presiding—had disappeared from view before the legislators themselves started to empty out; some went to the capitol building’s balconies to smoke; others headed for their nonsmoking Retiring Room, in which they resumed card… Read full this story
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