I have it from sources at Central Maine Power that it plans to quietly pay some company in Massachusetts $50 million as an inducement to take the power CMP will provide if it can build a power line through the pristine western Maine mountains and forests. Yes, that power will service customers in Massachusetts, not […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Strengthen health care options
Health care issues have been of concern for a long time. The foundation for the government helping people was laid as far back as President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Families are not as close knit as they once were. It is a changing world. Home health care is needed now, more than ever. People are faced […]
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State has wrong priorities
Recently, I read an article about how Maine ended the past fiscal year with a large budget surplus (Sun Journal, July 31). Not too long ago, I read an article about Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services being short of staff for child care workers, who are overworked, taxed with paperwork, in addition to […]
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Join me in support of Kristen Cloutier
Kristen Cloutier’s experience as a leader in Lewiston makes her well suited to represent House District 60 in the Maine House of Representatives. Serving on the Lewiston City Council with Council President Cloutier has given me firsthand knowledge of her skills as a unifying leader. I am continually impressed by her ability to voice her […]
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Elect a kinder mayor in Lewiston
A more citizen-friendly mayor in Lewiston may have set a softer tone of true caring, which might have helped avert Lewiston’s recent spree of violence. A left-leaning mayor who truly cares about the quality of life of all the city’s citizens shows it, rather than worrying that someone is getting an extra dollar a month […]
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Disappointed by Bethel Citizen editorial
I was surprised and disappointed to read the opinion of the Bethel Citizen’s editorial staff (is that really a staff or is it one person’s opinion hiding behind the Citizen banner?) calling the residents of Greenwood “self-centered” and “ignorant.” Such a disrespectful take on the lively debate surrounding the controversial proposal to build industrial wind […]
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Trump simply can't tell the truth
My dictionary defines “collusion” as a secret agreement between two or more persons for a deceitful or fraudulent purpose. The public may never learn what was discussed in Helsinki and that sure reeks of collusion. President Donald Trump has repeatedly called the Mueller investigation a “witch hunt,” but a lot of Russian warlocks were indicted. […]
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Trapping isn't 'family fun'
Bethel will host a trappers’ weekend in mid-August, billed as “family fun.” What will not be highlighted during that event is trapping’s dark side, which is amply revealed in the National Trappers Association Handbook by Tom Krause (2007). The actual language of the following excerpts, chosen at random, is too graphic to be published in […]
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Another side to wind power issue
Facts matter — all of the facts. We were astonished to read the editorial published in the Bethel Citizen on Aug. 2 in favor of wind development in Greenwood. It’s fine that they are in favor of wind development — everyone is entitled to their own opinion — however, the idea that the group opposed […]
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Residents can save their mountains
How often do people read an article about a wind power project in which the term “wind farm” is used? When most people think of a farm, they picture open fields and pastures where the hard-working owners practice good stewardship of the land to make it more productive. On the contrary, a “wind farm” only […]