I own Ginger Hill Design + Build, a small construction company in Arundel, and as both an employer and a self-employed individual, I strongly support Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program. While my company has fewer than 15 employees and isn’t required to contribute, we’ve chosen to cover our employees’ premiums because it’s […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Betty Marchesseault: Democrats display poor adult leadership
The proof is in the pudding: Democrats don’t really care about women’s rights … because if they did, they would not be supporting biological males in female sports. The Democrats, who can be quoted as saying “trust the science” during the pandemic, will not admit that real science (that which can be tested and proved) […]
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Dan Hart: ‘Is this what we want?’
President Trump’s wishes: “Make Russia Great Again.” It’s on our doorsteps. Is this what we want? Dan Hart, Auburn
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Scott Cole: Trump’s tragic address to Congress
On March 4 I watched the tragedy of President Trump addressing Congress. He was his typical self, which ranged from entertaining to enraging to lunacy to mendacity. Members of Congress also demonstrated a variety of dubious behaviors. The event was surreal. Curious, I stayed up to see what the Democratic response might be. Sen. Elissa […]
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Kyle Gray: Golden has some explaining to do
When I received a newsletter last week from Rep. Jared Golden titled “For Democracy, Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast,” composed entirely of finger-wagging and scolding Democrats, I had to double-check: yep, we did, in fact, send Golden to D.C. to fight for us. You could be forgiven for thinking we’d elected Austin Theriault, […]
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Wendy Munsell: Rep. Libby was unfairly censured
Last week my House representative, Laurel Libby, was unfairly censured. This attack on her right to free speech was a blatant abuse of power on the part of the Democrats in Augusta, and I hope they rescind the censure soon. Although Rep. Libby’s opponents have gone to great lengths to silence her, I don’t believe […]
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Stan Tetenman: Libby has right to express opinion, not to endanger student
Rep. Libby has every right to express her opinion on the participation of transgender people in sports competition. She has every right to bring this issue before the Legislature. She does not have the right to publish a picture and name of a student whom she has endangered. She and her Republican colleagues seem to […]
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Kelley Bowden: Libby endangered a child with social media post
Rep. Laurel Libby is a licensed nurse. The American Nurses Association, the professional organization for all nurses in the U.S., has a 10-point code of ethics. Provision one is “The nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person.” While Rep. Libby was not a direct health […]
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Susan Trask: DOGE is state-sponsored cruelty
I think that it is time to rename the DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) to DOGC (Depart of Government Cruelty). The depth and scope of massive layoffs across the board in the name of finding “waste, fraud and abuse”) is appalling. The callous indifference to human suffering is staggering. To name but a few instances: […]
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Ronald Lebel: Disappointed by changes to SJ’s delivery, publication policies
I write, as a 50-year subscriber, in response to the March 5 notice of changes to the paper’s delivery and publication policies, which are terribly disappointing. First, relying on the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the paper reliably and timely is a fool’s errand. Second, when the National Trust for Local News purchased the paper, […]