Title

"Focus on Western Maine" piece on Jim Wilfong of Stow, a small-business advocate

Authors

Taylor Smith

Source

Portland Phoenix

Date

7-16-2004

Pages

18-19

Abstract

"Focus on Western Maine" piece on Jim Wilfong of Stow, a small-business advocate who is proposing to tax purveyors of bottled water, who package and sell half a billion gallons of Maine groundwater each year. Wilfong has submitted a citizens' initiative that would charge the companies 20 cents per gallon of water taken from the state's water supply. Jane Lazgin, a spokesperson for Nestle Waters North America, which owns the Poland Spring name, says the tax would jeopardize the company's 572 employees in the state.

Subjects

Bottled water, Poland Spring Bottling Co, Taxation, Wilfong, Jim

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