I thank the Sun Journal for its recent coverage of the University of Southern Maine’s plans to strengthen its presence in Lewiston-Auburn. As the July 7 story outlines, USM is both exploring the relocation of the Lewiston-Auburn campus to downtown Lewiston, as well as looking to expand its academic offerings. We believe the right space […]

I write in response to the article “Baldacci: CMP should reconcile with customers” (Sun Journal, June 29). How is it that ex-Gov. John Baldacci winds up on the board for CMP’s parent company, Avangrid.? That is the same company trying to put a power corridor through Maine. How long has Baldacci been on that board? […]

If Democrats in the U.S. Senate would have done something about the immigrants crossing at the southern border, the situation wouldn’t be like it is now. All Democrats think about is trying to impeach the president. If Democrats want those immigrants in this country so badly, they should take them in and care for them. […]

The Lewiston Democratic Party is excited to announce its endorsement of Safiya Khalid for City Council in Ward 1. A graduate of Lewiston High School and the University of Southern Maine, Khalid serves on the Lewiston Library Board of Trustees, the Maine Democratic Party executive committee, and as vice chair of the Lewiston Democratic Party. […]

As a public service, here is what steady Fox News viewers aren’t hearing about the president, or, at least, hearing in abbreviated, glossed-over form: Some 10,800 times, Trump has lied or misrepresented things, according to a Washington Post fact-checker, including blaming Obama for taking children from asylum seekers at the border. More than 1,000 former […]

More and more I witness discouragement, even disgust, in many Maine people as Sen. Susan Collins fails to represent their desires and welfare. She is being described as “spineless” in her apparent inability to vote or speak forcefully against the will of her party and Sen. Mitch McConnell. In the past, Collins succeeded in convincing […]

Does anybody remember when President Trump was accused of creating a manufactured crisis at the southern border by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer and social media? The reality is that he was denied the funds needed to help with that very real crisis. Now, all of a sudden it is all his fault. Those […]

After graduating from Bates College, I could not seriously consider staying in Maine without institutional action to lower energy costs, and to not only catch up with the clean-energy industries in other states, but exceed expectations to become a leader in solar power and solar jobs. Legislators who voted in favor of LD 1711 convinced […]

A year ago, this month, Gov. Paul LePage stated that Maine’s “rainy day fund” had a balance of $272.9 million. That amount was confirmed by LePage’s finance commissioner, Alec Porteous (source, Kennebec Journal, July 31, 2018). From that fund, $19 million would go to reducing Maine’s income tax rate — a step forward to keep […]

People shouldn’t cry for the people of Portland; they are reaping what they have sown. During my tenure as Lewiston’s mayor, I repeatedly asked members of the Mayors’ Coalition to address the asylum-seeker problem. I requested that we work on and submit legislation that would relieve our cities of the economic burden of supporting undocumented […]