Local lawmakers said Central Maine Medical officials asked for their help to convince the Governor to add a testing exception to her health care vaccine mandate.
Local lawmakers said Central Maine Medical officials asked for their help to convince the Governor to add a testing exception to her health care vaccine mandate.
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Lewiston School Committee member Kiernan Majerus-Collins, right, at a meeting in September. Majerus-Collins has stepped down as chair of the Lewiston Democratic Committee.
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LEWISTON With the election just a few months away, a rift has formed within Lewiston’s Democratic Committee.
City Councilor Safiya Khalid, who had been the local party’s vice chair since 2017, took to social media over the weekend, describing a recent committee meeting that turned hostile, which she said forced her to withdraw her candidacy to lead the party.
“Democrats usually pride ourselves on being inclusive, welcoming, and open-minded, but what took place in that meeting was completely awful,” she said in a Facebook post. The post has since received more than 120 comments and has been shared 28 times.