It seems like enough money to enrich the chosen vendors without actually making much progress. Just enough for them to come back and say well now we know how much work is needed to be done — we need $200MM! It’s not unique to Maine unfortunately. There are whole firms funded entirely by the US government and they tend to be grossly inefficient because they spend all their money trying to get the contracts in the first place

Not nearly enough

Needhams are kinda like a Mounds bar— chocolate covered, coconut, but the sweet white part is just potato & powdered sugar instead of monosodoguckitymuckcrose

Willing to bet at least one of the poledancers could say "Oops!... I Did It Again"

glad you made it out safe, OP

Oh I did feel the pull…

It does seem far short of what will be needed

Seems dangerous, like someone could sideswipe you at any moment. It’s like those people who take pictures at the Grand Canyon with one foot hanging over the edge

Why wait for warmer weather… I’m sure there’s a Mainer with a bikini and bean boots willing to do this

Now do Ohio…

I want to visit, but I'm terrified of being sucked into whatever vortex that surrounds that sign

A whole 19 Million dollars? Gawsh…. that’ll do…NOTHING and help no one. What a fucking joke.

I was just thinking of all the pictures that are gonna flood this subreddit of people visiting this pole, lmao.

VIP is soooo bad, I had a Honda that they replaced the brakes and rotors , I said I want to see them. I took them to another place and asked if they look bad, he said no. I left and demanded my money back. That was 2007, Portland. Then when my mother passed in 2016, I got her car, Toyota. She always went there and did whatever they told her to do. So I went to the one in Gorham, it was fine, just needed an oil change. I drove home with a noise in the tire. My husband took the tire off and found a piece of foil jammed in the brake area. I was sooo pissed. Haven’t been back since. Our youngest took is 2017 Nissan to them last year in Biddo, they told him he needed $5000 worth of work. I said…don’t move dad and I are on our way. (My step father knew his shit when it came to cars and raised me the same way). We went down and I told them, give me the car…we are leaving. Took it to a friend of our oldest and he fixed it for a fraction of the cost.

However, it is very hard to find someone who won’t screw you over. Sullivan Tire is the same way…

You're supposed to hit it.

🎶 Hit me, baby, one more time! 🎶

—That pole's theme song.

You did it wrong

That poll has a high kill count than the bunny from Monty Python Holy Grail

Our new tourist attraction

This should tell you everything you need to know.

I am unfamiliar with the pole. What is the story here?

Nubble light brotha

Burns fencing in Westbrook was great to work. They installed my neighbor's as well crew worked hard all day long basically no break

When the weather is warm enough somebody's got to get out there in a bikini and stripper heels for a proper pole photoshoot. This is a gender neutral, size neutral, and hairiness neutral assignment by the way. Let your creative spirit soar.

What more reason do you need. Auburn for The Pole and Bangor for the Duck of Justice.