Why vote to reelect Rep. Laurel Libby to the Maine House? We’ve seen unprecedented disruption in our governmental leadership in the last few years, and in the last few weeks. This past spring Maine’s legislative leadership was holding votes at 3 a.m. Some Maine papers and social media are full of comments where Maine people […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
In rebuttal: Celeste Yakawonis: Lowry should be more concerned about Trump than Harris
Rich Lowry’s column published Aug. 8 (“The teleprompter campaign“) focused on Kamala Harris repeating her words — she said “understand” three times, “diplomacy” two times, etc. — and he was quite concerned. I have to ask how he feels about Donald Trump’s story about a helicopter ride with Willie Brown when it fact it was […]
Rudolph Ziehm: Biden can be proud of himself
It’s no secret that an 81-year-old man can, and often does, have issues of cognitive lapse. Joe Biden just engineered a prisoner swap involving a large amount of tact and strong relationships with our allies. Do people really believe Donald Trump could have done it all, much less better? Trump is the oldest man ever […]
Marya Goettsche Spurling: Maine’s primary care funding needs a major boost
Your weekend cover story of the growing problem of a primary care shortage in Maine began to scratch the surface of what we are all facing. Thank you for shining a light on this crisis. I am a family physician who has practiced primary care in Central Maine for eight years, and I am increasingly […]
Cara Courchesne: Rep. Cloutier ‘the right choice to represent us in Augusta’
I’m excited to support Kristen Cloutier’s reelection to represent House District 94. As a small business owner who is also a single mom, I’m grateful for Kristen’s leadership on passing paid family and medical leave. Kristen’s commitment to this program means Mainers like me will have the financial security to manage life’s emergencies. This kind […]
Carole Richards: The answer’s not blowing in the wind
We’ve all seen the tall, floppy balloon figures at car dealerships. They remind me of one of our presidential candidates, bending over to the right to please his rich donors, flipping back up in the air waving his small arms, bowing low to the left to his misguided followers, and back up flopping his tiny […]
Susan Martin: Campbell would back initiatives important to area voters
I am writing in support of Dan Campbell for the Maine House of Representatives, District 90. Three issues were brought forth and supported by Democrats in the last two sessions. The first is full funding for education. That means both Auburn and Minot have to raise less local money for education. The second is increased […]
Kathie Leonard: Auburn’s Merrow Road is deadly, needs repair
Just read the Sun Journal article that the driver of the truck that crashed on Merrow Road last year has been sentenced to prison for manslaughter for driving too fast, resulting in an accident that killed his passenger. (“Florida man to serve 3 years in prison for fatal 2023 Auburn crash,” Aug. 2). What a […]
Richard Fortier: Trump unfit to be entrusted with America’s votes
It is a puzzle to me that so many of my fellow Americans say they would vote for Donald Trump. Yes, he is charismatic, but in a very dark way, using tactics of tyrannical strongmen of the 20th century. Unlike honorable candidates, he refused to concede an election that he clearly lost. He then promoted […]
Gerry Nadeau: ‘We have a gem in Laurel’
I’d like to encourage people to vote for Laurel Libby for state representative. Laurel is a rare politician who is honest, works hard, and can get people moving in alignment toward a goal. She is committed to hours and hours of extra work with little to no pay in order to not only do an […]