Towns Urge Maine Legislative Leaders: If Revenue Sharing Is Eliminated, Help Us

AUGUSTA — Nearly a dozen town officials met with legislative leaders Thursday to discuss Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to eliminate municipal revenue sharing and what they called “dramatic changes” in the state’s relationship with towns, foreshadowing the intense debate that lies ahead over LePage’s $6.3 billion budget. The meeting between the executive board of the Maine Municipal Association and the Legislative Council was described as informal and was not on the council’s public agenda.