Letters
Money is not there
When it is voting time there is always a space for bond issues being offered by the state. They are for underfunded roads and bridges mostly. There has always been a space for another bond for something or other.
The state must stop spending money it does not have. It now has $153+ million in bonds outstanding. Maine residents are being highly taxed because of the heavy outstanding debt plus interest, and now there is another request for $50+ million more.
If the debt for the cities and the school departments are added in, people would know why their property taxes keep going up.
The state must live within its means, and if taxpayers have to say no, so be it. The state cannot keep spending money it doesn't have.
William Ferentz, Lewiston
Advertisement
Displaying comments, from newest to oldest
verified We don't have to vote for
We don't have to vote for this, as long as we leave the excise tax alone.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Most Popular Today
verified on "Former director Violette pleads guilty in turnpike corruption case"
Remorse????
What a joke Paul is showing remorse, I hope he gets what he deserves 20 years.
He robbed from the tax payers of Maine and thought he was untouchable.
verified on "An impassioned, diverse dialogue on wind power"
that is a wetland
eye can see green in the spring...do you hate amphibians?
verified on "An impassioned, diverse dialogue on wind power"
Sorry Jason, but they do destroy nature.
Just ask the birds, including eagles, and bats that fly into these spinning blades. Just ask the fish that die from the runoff of all the herbicides used to maintain the cleared sites. Ask deer and other large game who are poisoned by the herbicides when they browse. Ask all the small critters blown up by dynamite when the blasting of ridges and mountaintops begins. Ask people who get sick from poisoned well water. And, ask the trees, who give us oxygen in return for CO2s. They are living, breathing life forms, too.
All dead or dying from wind turbines.
- Agree Agree (1)
In order to make comments, you must verify your account.
In order to comment on SunJournal.com, you must use your real name and include the town in which you live in your profile. A member of our staff will call you to verify this information. To join in, fill out your user profile completely and check the box "please verify my status." We'll get back to you within one business day to verify your account.
Login or create an account here.
Our policy prohibits comments that are:
- Defamatory, abusive, obscene, racist, or otherwise hateful
- Excessively foul and/or vulgar
- Inappropriately sexual
- Baseless personal attacks or otherwise threatening
- Contain illegal material, or material that infringes on the rights of others
- Commercial postings attempting to sell a product/item
If you violate this policy, your comment will be removed and your account may be banned.