Maine Firm Appeals Tourism Contract Panel Member's Ties a Potential Conflict

Bangor Daily News › August 09, 2007

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AUGUSTA - A Maine business is crying foul over the Maine Office of Tourism's decision to grant a $600,000 contract to a Canadian firm.

Davidson-Peterson Associates-Digital Research of Kennebunk, which lost out on the tourism data contract to Longwoods International of Toronto, will seek another shot at the work Friday during an appeal hearing.

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Maine Firm Appeals Tourism Contract Panel Member's Ties a Potential Conflict

"This is the third time we have bid on it," Jane Mount, DPA vice president said Wednesday. Longwoods has held the contract, which runs for three years at a time, since the late 1990s. With the new contract...

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