If anyone wants to know what big out-of-state money looks like in politics, look no farther than all the big, expensive Bruce Poliquin signs that sprang up overnight. Someone paid big money for those signs and for a crew to put them up. His television ads are more expensive still. That is not a grassroots […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Standing on the line for unions
Recently, I received a letter from McKayne Boedeker, executive director of New England Citizens for Right to Work. He is from New Hampshire. In his letter, he asked me to contact my elected officials to show my support for the Right to Work law. I replied to him as follows: “Had we workers not been […]
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Jessica Fay has earned my vote
Maine’s legislative session has finally ended. I watched as the governor’s vetoes stopped legislation that would have addressed challenging issues for everyone. I believe in compromise. I know we all don’t get what we want. The partisan approach that has taken over both the state and federal government is so disheartening. I believe in the […]
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Why send another Democrat?
Democrat Jarrod Golden wants to work for the people of Maine’s 2nd District. I think it is reasonable to look at how hard the past two Democrat congressmen worked for Maine as a predictor of how hard another Democrat will work. During his 12 years in Congress, Mike Michaud, passed 11 bills, which includes two […]
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District needs Doretta Colburn
I don’t usually write letters to a newspaper, but I think it is important to share why I am supporting Doretta Colburn to represent my district (Norway, Waterford, Sweden and West Paris) in the State House on Nov. 6. I have gotten to know Colburn quite well through community events. Her support of great health […]
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Brakey's campaign merely partisan
Eric Brakey should find a worthwhile campaign to work on, as his is so desperately devoid of issues that might matter to the majority of people. The report of his attack on Sen. Angus King’s 9/11 speech (Sept. 12) demonstrates that Brakey’s campaign is merely partisan, something people don’t need any more of. What people […]
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Passage of Question 1 would help
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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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 […]