“Bill Linnell has been a thoughtful, practical public advocate in Portland for many years. He has been active with troubled Long Creek youth, has engaged unhoused people at his Stroudwater home and seeks solutions that will renew the lives of the homeless, knowing that attacking addictions and improving mental health care are critical. Some people remember that Bill saw the danger of poor maintenance at Maine Yankee earliest, and led the shutdown effort with a grassroots campaign. An intelligent, curious, kind hearted man who knows Portland well and is the salt of the earth. The council could always use several.”

Jim Cloutier

D5 (Portland) Chair County Commissioners

Past Councilor and Mayor