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Time for a new PUC head

Mainebiz reports today that signs suggest Governor John Baldacci may be balking at reappointing Maine Public Utilities Commission chairman Sharon Reishus to her post. This is a positive sign, and Baldy should let her term lapse and find someone else.

Among other things wrong with Reishus, she asked no questions of Verizon or FairPoint during the public hearings on that we-told-you-it-would-be-disastrous deal. Think it might have been good if someone had?

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