Category: Heroes of Freedom
Hero of Freedom: Anthony Stokes Knocked on 10,000 Doors, Then Told South Portland to Stop Taxing Families Out of Their Homes
Anthony Stokes at the South Portland City Council podium. Video: Muddy Waters – Maine. Most people complain about taxes at the kitchen table. Anthony Stokes, a District 3 resident of South Portland, took it to the podium at City Hall, and he came armed with what he’d heard at close to 10,000 doors. (Watch his…
Heroes of Freedom: Bruce Hathaway
Yarmouth Town Council, October 15, 2026 Some people talk about patriotism. Bruce Hathaway has lived it. On October 15, the Yarmouth veteran walked up to the podium at Town Council to back a local Eagle Scout’s plan to fly American flags on Main Street, and he asked the question a lot of us have been…
Heroes of Freedom: Don Ladd
South Portland City Council, September 15, 2026 Every city has a few residents who actually read the budget, show up and say what everyone else is thinking. In South Portland, one of them is Don Ladd. Who he is SMR’s September 16 post describes Ladd as a longtime South Portland resident and a 40-year accounting…