Even if you take the dimmest view of all that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has done — from battling COVID mandates to trying to keep woke instruction out of schools to pushing new congressional lines favorable to Republicans — it makes him a sharp-elbowed partisan with mistaken priorities, not a clear and present danger to American democracy. None of it is remotely comparable to Donald Trump’s post-election conduct.
Alex Lear
A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
In rebuttal: Sam Saltonstall: No one being forced to buy electric vehicles
In his column about electric vehicles (“It’s not easy being green,” July 6), Cal Thomas says “technology should precede ideology.” An ideology is a system of ideas and ideals, for example the set of beliefs that if we are to preserve a world hospitable for human life, we need to quickly stop warming the planet. […]
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Renee Cote: Auburn development doesn’t take into account residents’ desires
Maine needs about 20,000 more affordable housing units, and Mayor Jason Levesque has decided that Auburn is going to create 2,000 new units — in other words, take on the burden of supplying 10% of the state’s need, with no concern as to whether most people who live here would like that level of increased […]
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Froma Harrop: Democrats don’t have to be dumb
Democrats … continue to mismatch the intelligence of the voters and their economic messaging. Accusing the Fed of a crime it has yet to commit — or gas stations of price-gouging — is dumb politics, and doubly so as their prospects improve.
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: What is wrong with American men?
Everyone has bad days. Everyone gets their feelings hurt. Everyone grapples with life not going according to plan. Only American men seem to routinely take this as an excuse to shoot up churches and schools.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Eileen Kreutz: State Senate District 5 needs Wheeler
Much in the news these days has to do with the rising cost of living. As I write this letter of endorsement for Farmington resident Stan Wheeler, I am reminded that at the top of his list of priorities is his goal of addressing that rising cost with common sense solutions. I wholeheartedly agree. Stan […]
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Bob Mennealy: Auburn officials need to hear whether taxpayers are happy
I completely agree with the expressions in Pamela Larouche’s letter, published June 25, as well as Bruce Rioux’s letter, published June 30. Auburn’s city officials need to hear from their citizen taxpayers as to whether they, the citizens, are happy with the present direction the city is being led by Mayor Jason Levesque. It is […]
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Andrea Breau: Rep. Cloutier is what Lewiston needs in Augusta
Those who attend any community event in Lewiston — a business opening, a beloved leader’s retirement, a celebration in the park, a championship game, a rally where residents are voicing issues that really matter to them, a public talk at the library — will see Rep. Kristen Cloutier in genuine conversation with, well, anyone. Kristen […]