I am concerned about how Gov. Janet Mills handled President Trump’s visit. On June 1, Mills falsely claimed she encouraged Trump to check his rhetoric and expressed concern his visit would cause division during a conference call. She also claimed she was refused answers to questions asked.  She may not have liked the answers, but […]

I am writing in support of Jennifer Blastow, who is running for Maine House District 72. I have known her for 25 years. She is honest, dependable and will be a strong advocate for affordable health care, the environment, local small business and community. She has volunteered at the Otisfield Community School, Alan Day Community […]

Growing up in Maine, you learn to be prepared, resourceful and be ready for anything. When COVID-19 hit, however, no one was prepared for what might happen to the economy, especially restaurant owners. We were suddenly closed, no way to generate revenue and no clear timetable to reopen. Sen. Susan Collins wrote the Paycheck Protection […]

The Maine Legislature established the Maine Climate Change Council in May of 2019. Very little has been heard from it after holding dozens of meetings. Looking at the legislation establishing this council, I am struck by its complexity and have the impression that this is a very unwieldy structure. The bill, LD 1679, “An Act […]

Recently, I saw an advertisement on television that claimed a product is “one tough (vulgarity unstated).” Does anyone not know what the next word would be? Vulgarity on television? There is never any need for vulgarity in advertising. This country is becoming like ancient Rome. Not yet, but headed that way. Tacit vulgarity. Why? David […]

In the past four years, we have been subjected to disturbing quotes from our leaders, many of which at least I would like to forget. Quite frankly, those quotes are not worthy of repeating, since they included some racist language pertaining to “sh**hole countries” (President Trump, Jan. 12, 2018), and drug dealer references by “guys […]

The Maine economy is on thin ice and certain parts of the state continue to see new cases and more deaths from COVID-19. But instead of focusing on these challenges, the Maine Republican Party is spending $400,000 to collect signatures to try to turn back the clock on Ranked Choice Voting. They didn’t get the […]

Regarding Terence McManus’ letter to the editor (June 7), I thank him for having the courage to address the rioting which seems to follow most of the protests in major cities. I’d like to think that the majority of people still believe that the mayhem taking place has nothing to do with peaceful protesting nor […]

I strongly support Martha Poliquin’s candidacy for Maine’s District 22 Senate seat. Poliquin’s concerns are all of our concerns: a strong and flexible educational system, property tax relief, and safety nets for people in distress. She has proven her desire for a strong and healthy community across many years of action and leadership through her […]

Terence McManus asked, in his letter to the editor, (Sun Journal, June 7) to add context to the protests around the killing of George Floyd. The problem is that he really doesn’t understand context. So, as a SOP to his reasonableness, he states in his opening sentence that it was an “… inexcusable killing …” […]