This is in response to Charles Clark’s letter “GOP senators should do their job” (March 19). I guess I missed Clark’s first letter complaining when Sen. Joe Biden made his speech before the Senate on June 25, 1992 stating that there should be no confirmation hearings because it was an election year. On second thought, […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Stop the waste in Lewiston’s budget
It’s budget time again at Lewiston City Hall — another year for city officials to try to justify spending more money than they really have to. It doesn’t help that some top department officials who are paid top wages (for example, Public Works) don’t live in Lewiston so they don’t pay property taxes to the […]
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Conservative propaganda
Once again, Thomas Shields is spreading propaganda touting the virtues of conservative politics (March 19). Americans don’t support welfare as a way of life. Certainly fraud shouldn’t be tolerated. What conservatives and liberals disagree on is how to fix it. According to usgovernmentspending.com, welfare is 6 percent of the 2016 Maine budget and 7 percent […]
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How can Trump fool so many?
You are watching a beauty pageant and each contestant is asked a question, usually about world events, to measure her spontaneity and intelligence. Then that beautiful young lady opens her mouth and the truth comes out — she’s an air head. On the Today Show recently, the topic was the tragic events unfolding in Brussels, […]
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U.S. jobs hurt by politicians
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan’s policy of reducing quotas on foreign shoemaking killed the local shoe manufacturing industry. In 2013, the sales tax was extended to include newspapers and magazines. The legislators behind that destructive act have helped kill the papermaking industry here in the U.S. Those greedy politicians should be identified by name and […]
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Save paper, save yourselves
Another month, another paper mill gone. The loss of the mill in Madison marks a watershed moment. If the demand for paper is so low, does the U.S. really need to import any paper from outside its borders? Are jobs in Indonesia and China more important than jobs here? The answer to both questions is […]
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Ranked-choice voting works
We support the citizen initiative to enact ranked-choice voting in elections and primaries for governor, representatives to the U.S. Congress and to the Maine Senate and House of Representatives. For too long, candidates for these offices have been elected with less than a majority of voters supporting them. The past six governors have each gained […]
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A lack of integrity
It troubles me greatly that this nation is confronted by a potential candidate for the presidency who completely lacks the integrity and the depth of character required of that historic position. Donald Trump belittles and insults people, sows hatred in his path and appears to have been dishonest in some of his business dealings. He […]
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Death needs further investigation
I am so angry after reading the Sun Journal story about the Elan School (March 13). I believe every word of it and remember the rumors and stories about that school. Why the state did not investigate, I cannot imagine. Perhaps it was because it believed in smaller government; or that kids who weren’t nice […]
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GOP senators should do their job
Some members of the U.S. Senate have indicated that they will, again, block President Barack Obama. Senators have a constitutional responsibility to confirm a Supreme Court justice nominated by the president. However, the Republicans in power have stated that they will not even conduct hearings regarding the president’s nominee, Merrick Garland. Garland should not be […]