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Oh, I am SO shocked by this latest stunt by @GovJanetMills. There can't be more accountability without more funding & more staffing, but this is a great way to duck out of any responsibility to FINALLY properly fund MCILS. @6thAMD #mepolitics https://twitter.com/SAHogan/status/1326555951772655616
Also, re the lede: " . . . despite a scathing report this week that found it was failing to provide high-quality legal representation." Um. That's not what the report found at all. It wasn't their focus. The focus of the report was financial oversight.
"Mills, a Democrat, said the agency needed to fix its problems before receiving more state funds." HOW?!?!?! With what? Wishing and hoping and praying? Come on, man.
"Mills is interested in opening a state office of appeals and [PD offices] at the local and regional levels, Crete said. She will begin discussions with lawmakers in coming months." That takes $$$$, too, and won't change vast majority of indigent defense practice. Absurdity.
So, they are going to go through the theatrics of hiring a new Executive Director but not provide the money that it would take to adequately staff the central office in order to provide the financial oversight/accountability that they say they need. BRILLIANT!
