I will be supporting Question 1 in November to create a universal home care system. As a disabled senior, without a vehicle, home care services would be a godsend. I have limited mobility — I use a walker to get around. There is no cartilage in my knees; it’s difficult to stand or walk. I […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Espling the best candidate for Senate
This is a letter of endorsement for Ellie Espling for the Maine Senate. There are many things about her that make her stand out more than the other candidates. First thing is that she loves helping out the community. She helped me and my friends out by bringing us up to the State House to […]
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Republican candidates the best choice
America’s Founding Fathers believed that the most important of the unalienable rights are the right to life, the right to liberty (which is being eroded by huge government and its unelected bureaucracies) and the right to pursue whatever course of life a person may desire in search of happiness, so long as it does not […]
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Sen. Collins shouldn't give support
The citizens of Maine are looking down the double barrels of a possible Brett Kavanaugh appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins says women’s rights are important to her, but then shoring up insurance markets were important to her, as well, and everyone knows how well that worked out. Now, she is […]
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Enjoyed stories by Eloise Jordan
Years ago, readers of the Lewiston Evening Journal looked forward to the Saturday columns written by Eloise Jordan. There was always a thirst for the type of local history and lore that Jordan propounded. That thirst still exists and I am pleased to say that Julie Ann Baumer is a worthy successor to Jordan in […]
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Kavanaugh would preserve Constitution
The Kavanaugh confirmation hearing by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee was described by Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, as an “Intergalactic freak show.” Good description for what people have seen so far. Some Democratic members were shameful and showed how low they will go to prevent a constitutionalist judge from being confirmed to serve on the […]
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Navy veterans overdue for benefits
Recently, I contacted the offices of Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins with a question. Both expound that veterans be given total care, as they declare that today’s military and veterans are the protection of the nation’s democracy. Senate Bill SR 299: “The restoration of presumptive rights to Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans exposure to […]
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Keep Jess Fay in office
Having interacted with Jess Fay as a citizen, select board member and adult education teacher, I can say that she is a caring and passionate representative for my community. Last year, when my son came home and told me that Rep. Fay sat in on one of his high school classes, I was very impressed, […]
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Golden's ad is reprehensible
A political ad on television showing Rep. Jared Golden discharging a rifle stunned me. The symbolism of deadly force in a political campaign is horrifying. In one breath, the candidate is marching valiantly off to war, the next discharging a weapon in the direction of a public policy, embraced by a serving U.S. Congressman. Keep […]
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Carbon tax is best first step
In his letter (Sept. 8), Garrett Mason stated, “a carbon tax would raise gas and electricity costs for all consumers and have little environmental impact.” Though raising fossil fuel costs for consumers, the proposal by the Citizen’s Climate Lobby includes a dividend which would give more money back to the majority of Maine households than […]