Democrats generally always cave in during negotiations with the Republicans. As a Democrat, I’m mad. Democrats under the leadership of Sen. Charles Schumer caved in to Republicans on the government shutdown on a promise of negotiating a DACA agreement in three weeks. They simply threw in their negotiating chip. Last week, Schumer had a deal […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Great story about goats
Reading the story “Gray goats and hikers make up ‘herd’” (Forecaster story, reprinted in the Sun Journal Jan. 21) brought back memories of the 1980s. I was walking with my goats in the woods in the evening. It started getting dark so I headed for home. I got to a fork and couldn’t remember which […]
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A win-win situation
I could not be prouder of Lewiston. I watched the Jan. 23 Lewiston City Council meeting via Livestream and was was deeply moved by the level of goodwill, civic engagement and passionate, civil discussion of the bill LD 1492, An Act To Attract, Educate and Retain New Mainers To Strengthen the Workforce. There was much […]
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A bit of real news about Trump
I live on a street with great kids running around and adults helping each other, pushing a snow blower up my driveway or handing out huge chunks of moose meat. Donald Trump lives in a neighborhood (the world) where just 30 percent of people interviewed by Gallup in 134 countries approve of American leadership — […]
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Democrats jeopardize national security
In their zeal to oppose anything that President Donald Trump tries to accomplish, Democratic leaders, from Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi on down, are seriously damaging America’s national security. They are doing that by refusing to go along with any increases in the defense budget without corresponding increases in their pet give-away social […]
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America is in trouble
How much more are people going to take from the childish person who calls himself president, yet has the mind of a 14-year-old? President Trump has half the world hating the U.S., including Asia, Africa, Haiti, North Korea, etc. Other countries, even France, Germany and England, all think he is nuts. He is going to […]
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Not a good deal for residents
Taxpayers in Auburn are about to get fleeced out of at least $342,000 and most of them won’t know a thing about it until it is all over. Most people in Auburn use the Troy Street parking lot as the overflow parking lot when they go to the Auburn Public Library. People who cannot find […]
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What is commission's purpose?
Franklin County Commissioner Terry Brann is quoted (Jan. 17) as saying “I don’t think we should mandate taxpayers to pay for something they may not believe in.” What, exactly, is the function of government, if not to identify community needs and mandate that community members share equitably in seeing to them? If I don’t go […]
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Brakey's response disappointing
As the 2018 election for U.S. senate approaches, I find looking at current performance gives me a hint as to how candidates might act if elected. I found it very helpful to compare reactions to President Trump’s recent remarks about Haitians. Sen. Susan Collins found them “completely inappropriate, highly unfortunate, and out of bounds.” 1st […]
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Parties should work around Trump
The Republican Party is in deep turmoil. Because it is the majority party in Congress, the government is in disarray. The cause is the chief executive. I believe that more than 80 percent of Republican legislators disagree with the way the executive branch is being conducted. The separation between the two major parties has widened […]