Updated: 12:36 AM
Bill Nemitz: What's the next step for EqualityMaine?
http://www.pressherald.com/news/whats-the-next-step-for-equalitymaine__2012-12-09.htmlThe boxes, piled three and four deep, filled much of Betsy Smith's office, a hard-won political campaign compressed into so much paper.
"I've always said to my staff, 'Our job is to put ourselves out of a job,"' said Smith, the executive director of EqualityMaine, as she surveyed the pile.
Smiling, she added, "But we're not out of a job yet."
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So there sat Smith last week in EqualityMaine's Portland headquarters, contemplating the past, present and, yes, the future of what clearly has become one of the most sophisticated, well-managed and successful political organizations in recent Maine history.
The obvious question: Now that it's put Maine on the map as one of the first three states to approve same-sex marriage at the polls -- Maryland and Washington also did it on Nov. 6 -- where does EqualityMaine go from here?
