Maine merchants air grievances: business owners criticize state's regulatory apparatus

[The Straight Story]

Maine merchants air grievances
Legislators hear business owners criticize state's regulatory apparatus


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Neal said he was shocked to find out that a state health inspector had written the employee up for not wearing a hair net, especially because the man had no hair.

"Here it was, two demerits for a bald man not wearing a hair restraint," he said.

It was one of the many stories area business owners shared during two separate listening sessions Friday, one at the Skowhegan Community Center with newly sworn in legislators from Somerset County, another at the University of Maine at Farmington with newly sworn in lawmakers from Franklin County.

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