Start with the flagship page
The dashboard is still the cleanest first read for most people because it carries the pressure record, the map, the response, and the measurement standard in one place.
Justin Tahai for Maine House — District 149
Accountability in Our Courts. Protection for Our Children.
Accountability, transparency, and child-first process reform. The initiative in bill form is the centerpiece.
What this is: a campaign for durable process repair—clear timelines, transparent sequencing, and real accountability in family court.
I build systems that last—now I’m applying that to public systems.
Read the Initiative Open the dashboard Sources + proof Family resources Press / officials: Start here Connect with me on LinkedIn
Use the site by purpose
A public-interest platform should help different readers get where they need to go fast.
Start with help, not rhetoric
If you need something practical first, go straight to the resource hub and use the official doors there.
Start with the flagship page
The dashboard is the cleanest first read if you want the public record, the proof flow, and the reform standard in one place.
Check the receipts directly
Major claims on this site should route back to charts, source cards, and named public records instead of asking for trust.
Share the strongest pages
If something here is worth passing along, start with the dashboard, the initiative, or the portable briefs rather than a slogan alone.
Public-use discipline
Read the platform in the order that makes the strongest case.
I do not want people in Maine to have to guess which page is the serious one. The strongest route is dashboard first, evidence second, initiative third, then the portable materials that let someone carry the work without flattening it.
What this campaign is
Durable process repair for Maine families
I’m running for the Maine House of Representatives (District 149) to repair family-court process in a way that protects children and respects the parent–child relationship. This is not about controlling outcomes in individual cases—it’s about fixing the rules, timelines, and accountability that govern the system.
I’m a builder and volunteer—not seeking authority over others, not running for salary. I’m focused on transparency, measurable process improvement, and reforms that reduce preventable harm.
Process failures we can fix
- Delay becomes the default.
- Sequencing is unclear.
- Accountability is diffuse.
- Costs can spiral when time and conflict are incentivized.
Durable remedies
- Child-time-respecting timelines and enforceable scheduling.
- Early neutral fact development where allegations drive major restrictions.
- Transparent reporting on backlogs, continuances, and time-to-resolution.
- Independent oversight and practical deterrence of tactics that prolong harm.
Current public text
The initiative now has a cleaner public record around it.
I do not want the bill to feel hidden behind campaign language. The full rev07E text is live, the findings appendix is separated cleanly, and the public-language layer is now easier to carry as a PDF instead of a screenshot or a long scroll.
Use the full statutory text when precision matters
The full-text page is the serious version: bill first, supporting material second, and version history kept visible.
Use the voter summary and FAQ when time is short
Not everyone will read a long draft first. The public-language layer should still stay disciplined and source-aware.
Move from bill language back to evidence
The evidence center and briefs are still where the burden of proof has to hold up on its own.
Keep the version history visible
If the text changes, people should be able to see what changed and why. Stability matters here.
Whole platform
This campaign is growing into a full children-and-families platform.
I built a dedicated platform lane because this work has to be bigger than one complaint and bigger than one bill: protect child time, make public systems measurable, keep families steadier, and build practical tools that reduce avoidable harm.
1
Child-first timing
Less drift. More clarity. More respect for the fact that childhood is not renewable.
2
Public measurement
Backlog, staffing need, continuances, and pressure data should be visible enough to govern against.
3
Family stability
Housing and economic strain belong in frame where they clearly affect children, parents, and crisis pressure.
4
Practical execution
Separate from legislation but aligned in purpose: build tools that reduce confusion, rework, and cost.
Visual proof
The strain on Maine families is visible in the public record.
This campaign is centered on family matters. Housing is included here only where it clearly helps explain family instability, court pressure, and what children and parents are forced to absorb in southern Maine.
10,004
Pending family matters were still on the books at the end of 2025.
The Maine Judicial Branch says family matters improved in 2025, but remained above the 2019 average.
73.1 vs 64
The 2023 workload study found Maine needed more trial-court judicial officers than were authorized.
The same study also found need for 285 clerks versus 245.6 authorized clerks.
2,238
Family filings at Biddeford District Court in FY25.
That same court logged 535 eviction filings in the same period.
2,162
Family filings at Portland District Court in FY25.
Portland District Court also logged 692 eviction filings in FY25.
Building solutions for families
I’m not just talking about reform — I’m building part of it.
Alongside this campaign work, I’m building the ProSe Legal Operations Platform — a system designed to reduce delays, simplify filings, organize evidence, and give families stronger tools to navigate legal process.
Families should not need a law degree, endless money, or years of procedural delay just to be heard.
Separate lane. Same standard.
This link is provided to show active execution and real systems work in progress on behalf of families and access to justice.
Press / officials
If you’re a journalist, legislator, or staff: start here.
This is structured, policy-focused, and built for scrutiny.
Citizen initiative (bill form) · Open letter · Sources / references · For Our Children & Families (movement)
Primary contact: LinkedIn.
Time is not abstract
It affects childhood.
Maine’s courts have publicly discussed backlog and capacity constraints that affect families and children. The point isn’t to blame individuals—it’s to fix process so cases resolve faster, fact-finding happens earlier, and children aren’t forced to live inside institutional delay.
See the Sources / References page for court reports, workload studies, and reporting on backlog projections.
Values
The economic comfort of any profession should never supersede the developmental health of a child.
When a system rewards delay, escalation, and conflict, children pay the price in lost stability, lost time, and lost childhood.
Sunlight. Sequencing. Accountability.
Because childhood is not renewable.
Because childhood is not renewable.
Execution & Accountability
The problem is not liberty — it is execution.
The problem has never been “too much liberty.” The problem has always been bureaucracy without measurable accountability.
Across nearly every modern industry — technology, logistics, communications, customer service — performance improves because it must. If a system fails, it is measured, diagnosed, and iterated. Government too often defaults to process without performance: “This is how it’s done.” “It has to go through the process.” “That’s just the way it works.” The result is delay, inefficiency, and erosion of public trust.
Reform doesn’t mean dismantling institutions or weakening due process. It means adopting execution standards that already work elsewhere — without compromising constitutional structure.
How this stays serious
A mature campaign tells you how it would measure progress.
Three numbers this campaign will keep returning to
10,004
Pending family matters at year-end 2025
Backlog remains one of the clearest public signs that child time is being consumed.
73.1
Judicial officers implied as needed in the workload study
Performance arguments need to acknowledge capacity and staffing reality.
2.2%
Maine rental vacancy rate in 2025
Family stability does not exist in a vacuum when the housing market is this tight.