AUBURN — The Auburn Democratic City Committee will hold its monthly meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at Auburn Hall. The committee will review bylaws and discuss other committee business, as well as hear from candidates. This will be the final meeting before the summer break. Parking is available in the garage. […]
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Auburn Democrats to meet
AUBURN — Maine State Police Trooper Jason Wing and Auburn Police Lt. Tony Harrington will speak at the Auburn Democratic City Committee meeting Tuesday, May 24, on the illegal drug trade and how residents can fight it. The meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at Auburn Hall. Committee business will be discussed […]
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Maine Dems to try to unite Clinton, Sanders fans at convention
PORTLAND — The Democrats are hoping to use state conventions to unite supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in advance of the presidential election. The scenario is playing itself out on Friday in Maine, where Democrats are divided between supporters of the Vermont senator and former secretary of state. Party leaders will try to […]
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Trump thinks like us
Why are the liberals and the establishment Republicans so very scared of Donald Trump? They are demonizing him in the press, trying to railroad his campaign and accusing him of inciting riots. They are scared because Trump will not bow down to their demands. He will not follow their stupid, politically-correct agenda — an agenda […]
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Bill Clinton trashes his own legacy
WASHINGTON — How far they’ve come. And I’m not talking about the GOP, whose front-runner representing 37 percent of the Republican electorate has repudiated post-Reagan orthodoxy on trade, entitlement reform, limited government and Pax Americana (and possibly abortion, but who knows?). I’m talking about the Democrats. The center-left, triangulating, New Democrat (Bill) Clintonism of the […]
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Gov. Paul LePage effort to raise minimum wage falls short
AUGUSTA – An attempt by Republicans and Gov. Paul LePage to set a minimum wage lower than the eventual $12 an hour voters will decide about in November fell short Thursday night in the state Senate. A Republican-led effort to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2020 garnered a vote of 22-12, […]
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Legislature approves bill to create presidential primaries in Maine
AUGUSTA — The Legislature has sent Gov. Paul LePage a bill that would move Maine back to a statewide presidential primary in 2020. It’s a move LePage has said he supports, but at least a handful of state lawmakers are questioning whether all taxpayers should have to foot the $1 million to $2 million bill […]
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Oxford County Dems to meet Sunday
BETHEL — The Oxford County Democrats will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10, preceded by social time at 1:30 p.m., at the Crescent Park School. The major purpose is to fill slots for the May 6 and 7 Democratic State Convention in Portland. This will be done by delegates and alternates elected at the […]
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Lewiston lawmaker proposes using liquor profits to help veterans
AUGUSTA — A bill before the Legislature proposes using about $550,000 from the $46 million profit the state makes selling $144 million worth of alcohol each year to help Maine’s 140,000 veterans. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, offered the proposal Tuesday as part of an amendment that rolls together several recommendations from a special commission that […]
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Step forward, conservatives
Accountability — an important element in Maine’s welfare benefits. It seems the Maine Democrats have suddenly discovered it and are claiming authorship of new legislation. The question is, since Democrats had voted against its implementation in the past, why do they now accept it? Recent Sun Journal and other newspaper articles noted Republicans suspected that […]