Last month, I submitted a letter about Lewiston needing a total replacement of its mayor and City Council. After the Council’s Aug. 11 meeting, I know for sure at least four councilors have to go. Despite the Planning Board’s advice not to purchase land on Oxford Street and Councilor Shane Bouchard’s statement that this was […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Road to success is sacrifice
I hear a lot today about the need for higher wages in order to make ends meet. I ask, why have jobs moved to the South or other countries? It is my opinion that people going on strike to gain higher wages and more benefits upsets the economy. Employers cannot afford to pay everyone higher […]
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The true side of the MPA
Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald frequently demonizes the Maine People’s Alliance, as does Gov. Paul LePage from time to time. I want to set the record straight as to what MPA does. Any reader who reads the list below will attest to the fact the MPA cares greatly for Mainers who have worked hard all their […]
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Immune to the horror?
The following facts about the 21st century are closely connected: • Almost every day, innocent people lose their lives to gun violence; • The United States has the highest per-capita rate of gun ownership of any developed nation; • Legislators, the National Rifle Association and other gun-huggers have misinterpreted the Second Amendment (which was intended […]
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A burden on Lewiston taxpayers
This is a response to Rep. Jared Golden’s guest column, “Mayor misleading Lewiston residents” (Sun July 31). Golden, along with Reps. Peggy Rotundo and Heidi Brooks, felt that continued monetary support for asylum seekers trumped the fiscal burden placed on Lewiston property taxpayers and voted “yes” on LD 369. LD 369, as originally written, would […]
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Program funds in limbo
I recently read a letter to the editor from James Parakilas (July 22) in which he wrote that Gov. Paul LePage has no “moral integrity.” I could not agree with him more and would like to shake his hand. For the past several years, I have gagged almost every day over LePage’s antics — from […]
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Important member of community
Recently there appeared a brief item in the Sun Journal noting the death of Nathaniel J. Crowley Sr. in Bangor. Nat Crowley was an important member of this community during the many years of his athletic coaching and as an administrator in the Lewiston school system. Coming to Lewiston High School in 1952, after a […]
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Keep proficiency-based learning
I was a freshman at Lewiston High School last year. With a new school year coming, I would like to share my thoughts on the past year’s grading system. The system had two different sets of grades: habits of work and summatives. One controlled work habits, while the other controlled what students knew. That indicated […]
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Repent from our wicked ways
Vile. Inhumane. Barbaric. Immoral. Those are just a few words I can think of to describe Planned Parenthood’s latest atrocity — the sale of fetal tissue from aborted babies. Those same words could be used to describe those in the U.S. Senate who voted to continue funding that evil organization to the tune of a […]
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Maine’s bombastic governor
The bullying tactics that Gov. Paul LePage has used and the damage he has caused to his relationship to the Legislature will prevent him from accomplishing his policy goals. His bombastic leadership style has long ago alienated Democrats and even some Republicans are fed up with his high-profile antics, squandering his political capital. His decision […]