Maybe there should be another M added to MMA
To the editor:
MMA, Maine Military Authority, specializes in renewing heavy equipment for the military.
I understand that they do high-quality restorations. So I ask why can’t they be MMMA, Maine Military and Municipal Authority, specializing in military and municipal equipment restoration. A large portion of our municipal and school budgets leave the region to purchase new fire trucks, school buses, plow trucks and other heavy equipment. It would be great if that revenue could circulate a while longer in this area.
I would advise a newly established MMMA to buy some tired equipment and do their magic on it and showcase it. Then use it as loaners as they restore our communities’ equipment for much less then the half a million dollars for a new fire truck that Presque Isle just decided to send out of the community (ouch).
Andy McGlinn
Presque Isle
