1) Ask Sen. Susan Collins if she is a gun owner. 2) Ask her what the rate of fire is for a high-capacity magazine versus a standard magazine. 3) Ask her what the rate of fire is for an AK-47 or an AR-15. I will hold my tongue, sometimes too long, but your congressman just […]
Judith Meyer
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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Sarah Russell: For Lewiston, for our kids. Vote
The slaughtering of innocent people using military-style weapons that we have witnessed for decades throughout this country has come to Maine. It is visceral, real and terrifying. We blame the politicians for not doing anything to protect our community from guns, but we are the ones who voted those politicians into office. We are a […]
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Randall Tate: God bless departed, survivors and all who love them
I just want to express my sincere sympathies to all that have been directly impacted by the horrible assassinations at the pub and bowling alley in Lewiston. It’s so shocking, and so senseless. God bless the departed and the survivors, and all who love them. Randall Tate, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Deborah Harris: Offering my sincere condolences
After learning of the tragic shootings in Lewiston I felt I needed to reach out to you and offer my sincere condolences. The losses your community has sustained, and some of you individually, affects not only you, but every citizen in the United States on many levels. Please know that even though you may not […]
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Sarah Mikesell Growney: Here we are, in America, no longer free
Everyday I sent my children to school in Cody, Wyoming, I was afraid. With the proliferation of gun violence in the nation, and the fact that here in the Wild West, most, if not all, are gun-owners. Between the hunting , cowboy, and the “don’t tread on me” cultures, guns are everywhere in Wyoming. We […]
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Kenneth Burke: No one is immune. No one is safe.
My condolences to all the people of the area who have suffered in this horrible event. I am pleased to see Jared Golden change his position on an assault rifle ban. I hope he is absolutely sincere. Why it takes some the sight of their neighbors being killed or wounded to see the truth of […]
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Rick McIlveen: Politics and lobbyists can’t drive live-saving decisions
In an emotional presentation, Jared Golden indicated that he was changing his position on assault weapons and would work with any colleague to ban them. It was a stunning announcement, and, he admitted, the result of the impact of the mass murder in his home town. It was apparent that he had done some “soul […]
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Suzanne Tarlin: Does anyone actually want to have these tough discussions?
In or about 1961, as a member of Lewiston High School’s debating team, I took part in a tournament at Dartmouth College. We were driving home after the event. I was sitting in the back seat of our teacher’s car when a bullet entered a side window and left through the rear windscreen passing by […]
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John Cobarruvias: Don’t be like Texas. Don’t forget.
My heart hurts for those affected by the recent mass shootings taking the lives of 18 individuals and affecting the families and the community. As someone from Texas, a state with a history of mass shootings, I want to assure you that things will get better. Here in Texas most Texans quickly forgot about the […]
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Jason Parks: Support community minded candidates in Lewiston
Following years of bullying, forcing personal agendas, and disregarding the needs of Lewiston citizens, voters are getting to see the true colors of some of our city councilors. Whether it’s Rick LaChapelle slinging insults at audience members, Robert McCarthy yelling to the point of turning red-in-the-face, or Lee Clement’s condescending dismissal of anyone he disagrees […]