What good does it do for the people of Maine to go to the ballot box and vote when Gov. Paul LePage’s will runs over the people’s rights as citizens? Maine is not a democracy; it is a dictatorship. When is it going to stop? Maine residents have the right to expect that their votes […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Better pay for home care workers
On Nov. 9 the Sun Journal published a letter from Josette Malacaria criticizing Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s positions on the Affordable Care Act, tax cuts and cuts to social service programs. After the letter ran, Ms. Malacaria called to say the letter was not the one she had written. On Election Day in Ward 4 in […]
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Use antibiotics properly
This year, Antibiotic Awareness Week is No. 13-19. Antibiotic resistance happens when germs no longer respond to an antibiotic. Because of that resistance, many infections are becoming harder to treat and may lead to higher health care costs and longer hospital stays. Improper antibiotic use is a major cause of antibiotic resistance. It is important […]
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GOP tax plan hurts everyone
“Born in the halls of money” should be an italicized first footnote of the new congressional tax plan. It could, as well, be placed as a disclaimer at the end of the slick commercials touting the plan’s benefits to the “average American family of four” — a windfall of $1,200 — which, the ad fails […]
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Voters were not fooled
Kudos to the citizens of Auburn and Lewiston for defeating the proposed merger of the cities. As both Abraham Lincoln and P.T. Barnum were reportedly quoted as saying, “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the […]
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Legislators paid off?
The following list of statistics should shock every American to the core: Virginia Tech, April 16, 2007; 32 dead, 17 hurt; Killeen, Texas, Nov. 5, 2009, four dead, 16 hurt; Tucson, Jan. 8, 2011, six dead, 14 hurt; Aurora, July 20, 2012, 12 dead, 70 hurt; Newtown, Dec. 14, 2012, 26 dead; Washington Navy Yard, […]
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Sen. Collins deserves our thanks
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins once again showed great leadership and demonstrated her support of Maine’s credit unions and other local financial institutions by voting to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s arbitration rule. Recently, I was part of a group of local credit union officials who met with her and discussed that issue at length. […]
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Doesn't represent his constituents
I have worked as a personal care assistant, and I have seen so many people who rely on Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. Without it, their lives are on the line. Rep. Bruce Poliquin has repeatedly voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and cut medical benefits for the elderly and Mainers with disabilities. He […]
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Better ways to alert the public
Recently, there was a tragic hunting accident in Hebron. A young woman was killed while on her own property. My understanding is that she was not wearing orange and, in fact, was unaware that hunting season had started. I live in South Paris, right next to Hebron, and I am in the woods walking my […]
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Give playwrights their due
Having a brother-in-law who is a playwright and having recently read Moss Hart’s entertaining autobiography “Act One,” I was a little saddened to notice that neither Hart’s name, nor that of George Kaufman, the play’s co-author, were mentioned in the article about Lewiston High School’s upcoming production of “You Can’t Take It With You.” I’m […]