LURC, Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission, will be holding a series of four "scoping sessions" in the next few weeks on the proposed Plum Creek land development project.

These are public input sessions and might just be a fine opportunity for those folks who have demonstrated their opposition to the project in some rather unsavory ways recently, i.e. trashing the offices of Plum Creek in Greenville and Fairfield.

Tisk, tisk.

How about if you all put away your ski masks and crowbars and spray paint, get cleaned up, and participate in the public process, nice like?

It would add so much credence to your cause.

Plenty of Maine people oppose the Plum Creek plan for some very good reasons. Those in favor have some good things to say too. I've got quite a list of questions myself.

But breaking windows and stealing stuff isn't the way to win anybody's favor.

The public process works. In the end nobody gets everything they wanted. But at least all sides have had their say. That's just the way it works in a free society.

Hope you'll chime in.