I wish to thank Laurel Libby, state Representative from Auburn and Minot, for her support of women and girls-only sports. The fact our great state allows males to compete against females is beyond belief. Males competing against females is not fair and more importantly, it is dangerous. Arthur Wing, Auburn
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Zoë Lidstrom and Jae Zimmermann: Trans girls in sports is a distraction
We are being pitted against one another over a hot-button issue that keeps us distracted from the power and money grab taking place under our very noses. The Trump administration has weaponized the issue of trans girls in sports to threaten to override congressional power of the purse by withholding taxpayer money already allocated via […]
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Donald Potter: Trump/Vance ambush of Zelenskyy was shameful
On Feb. 28, never in my life had I been so ashamed to call myself an American. The ambush of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance in the Oval Office was a despicable display of brutish disrespect of a wartime ally of the U.S. The past three years have seen the […]
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Patrick Eisenhart: I don’t support Rep. Libby
Wow. On the Feb. 28 front page in super-sized lettering, “I support Libby.” Well, I don’t. Wasn’t Rep. Laurel Libby just censured by the state Legislature for breaking federal Title IX law and Maine Child Online Privacy Protection laws by posting on her Facebook page the picture of a Maine high school student athlete she […]
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Judy Cyr: Rep. Libby deserves an apology, removal of censure
The Democrat majority took away the right of Republican Rep. Laurel Libby to vote and speak on the House floor until she’s complied with the speaker’s request for an apology because she posted a photo of a male athlete playing in a girls’ sport, that had already been posted online by the school and others. […]
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Holly Lasagna: Article on Libby was biased, incendiary, unfair
I am astounded, horrified and furious at the piece on Rep. Laurel Libby and the vilifying of trans women and girls in the Feb. 28 paper. Not only is it incendiary and unfair, but it is also weak, lazy journalism. Interviewing three people at a pizza place and country store is ridiculously biased. I worry […]
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Steven Libby: Rep. Libby had a right to express her opinion
I have been a citizen of Maine all my life. I am 71 years old. I have been very disappointed in a lot of decisions that this government has made over the years, but I am appalled at the recent decision to silence an honest and upright person when the House of Representatives censured Laurel […]
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Evan Fleischer: Signs of an attempted authoritarian takeover
I write to express my dismay at reading U.S. Rep. Jared Golden’s “For Democracy, Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast,” which he published on his personal blog on Feb. 19. In a wide-ranging piece, Golden took a moment to urge his colleagues in Washington to “choose our words carefully” when it comes to characterizing […]
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Bryan Morgan: Sen. Collins should help protect, maintain IRA funding
While not an expert on renewable energy, I consider myself well read. Maine is already a leader in clean energy, with renewables like hydropower, wind, solar and biomass accounting for two-thirds of all electricity generated in our state in 2023. Federal funding, rebates and tax credits provided by the Inflation Reduction Act are helping us […]
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Matthew Martin: Lawfare against Rep. Libby will fail
The Maine House of Representatives just doubled-down on the failed practice of lawfare by censuring Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn. The House leader, Ryan Fecteau, allowed this party-line censure vote to take place on the floor in Augusta. He obviously has not read the writing on the wall. Lawfare against a political opponent only served to […]