Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
James Cogan: We need Sara Gideon’s voice in DC
Susan Collins has failed us in recent years. She has failed to firmly speak out against Mitch McConnell’s refusal to consider hundreds of bills sent to the Senate by the House, including a bill passed by the House in May, which would have continued the $600 add-on to unemployment checks, and continued protection from eviction, […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
Doretta Colburn: Full support for Ken Morse
Ken Morse cares about the well-being of people and our planet. He has long been an advocate for food security, increased job opportunities, a strong educational system that gives young people practical skills in navigating a changing world and recognizes the need to protect our environment. Ken understands that building sustainable communities is critical to […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
Audrey Murphy: Laurel Libby is the right choice
When people in my district were looking for someone to present our concerns about LD 2117 and our concerns about maintaining privacy and security of our medication use information, Laurel Libby advocated for us. As a nurse, she brought a unique and informed perspective to this topic and was instrumental in getting the proposed bill […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
Michael B. Quinn: Trump belongs in jail, no pardon
“The Donald” was born into wealth, lied and cheated his way through life, finished 3 million popular votes behind his opponent but still became president of this great republic. Obviously out of his element, he has made many horrible decisions and now he is messing with the Census and the U.S. Postal Service. After Joe […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
Michelle Harrison, in rebuttal: Not buying the shell game
Serge Abergel, an employee of Hydro-Quebec, recently contributed to your paper. While this is a free country, and he can say as he pleases, he is not from this country. Rather, he’s a representative of a utility owned by the Canadian government, a utility that is spending record amounts on a propaganda campaign to force […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
Ray Cooley: Public bonfire ‘moose’ better use of money
What a really good use of money for virus relief — a masked moose in Bethel to help educate proper virus safety. As if everyone doesn’t already know safety procedures. If the rest of those relief millions are destined to be spent in such other useful schemes, here is a suggestion of how to use […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
Richard Aishton, in rebuttal: NECEC will never be good for Maine
In light of the recent Maine Supreme Court decision regarding the unconstitutionality of the referendum on the NECEC, I have a few comments about this entire process. The Maine Public Utilities Commission is comprised of three people in appointed positions and none of whom have any educational or practical work experience in the natural resource […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
Linda Wooten: We must preserve in-person voting
At this unprecedented time in history due to COVID-19 and the U.S. Postal Service not up to mail delivery capacity, nor the municipalities up to capacity as before the pandemic and before operational slowdown, those at the helm want to mandate absentee ballots only for our general election. I beg to differ due to my […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
Froma Harrop: A good end to an identity politics orgy
A sharp mind combined with experience in some of America’s biggest law enforcement jobs makes Harris someone who could conceivably step in as president.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
Rich Lowry: QAnon is getting its first congresswoman
A conspiracy theory has its pleasures. No matter how convoluted, a good conspiracy theory offers a relatively simple explanation of the world — namely, that it is controlled by a cabal.
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