Democracy is not alive and well in Maine — Media Mission National mainstream pundits are so concerned that the USA is dangerously close to losing its constitutional foundation and becoming an authoritarian state, that raising the level of public awareness in the minds of everyday people is a mainstream media mission. This issue calls for more lighting, locally, as well. Maine became a constitutional Home Rule State in 1969 but we never had a chance to see how Home Rule works socially, psychologically, and economically, because in 1976 the Legislature deemed that “centrally managing the economy is an essential government function”…