Biographical information Name: Matthew P. Roy Office Sought: Lewiston School Committee, Ward 6 Home Street Address: 357 Randall Road Campaign Phone Number: 207-240-4391 Campaign Email Address: [email protected] Facebook page: Twitter Account: YouTube Channel: Occupation or primary source of income: Food Service/Receiver Education: BS, Business Administration/Accounting Family: Public offices sought or held? This campaign will be […]
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Ballot 2013: Zam Zam Mohamud, Lewiston School Committee at large
Biographical information Name: Zam Zam Mohamud Office Sought: Lewiston School Committee, at large Home Street Address: 66 Tall Pines Drive Campaign Phone Number: 207-376-6602 Campaign Email Address: [email protected] Facebook page: Twitter Account: YouTube Channel: Occupation or primary source of income: CNA Education: High school, Vocational School Family: My two kids when through Lewiston public school.. […]
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Ballot 2013: Cynthia Mendros, Lewiston School Committee at large
Biographical information Name: Cynthia Mendros Office Sought: Lewiston School Committee, at large Home Street Address: 135 Hogan Road Campaign Phone Number: 207 332-4768 Campaign Email Address: [email protected] Facebook page: Twitter Account: YouTube Channel: Occupation or primary source of income: Mother of two small children. Full time student. Education: Brunswick High School; University of Maine Augusta, […]
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Auburn Ward 4 candidates think they have right skills for job
AUBURN — Two newcomers to city politics both say they have the temperament and experience to represent the residents in Auburn’s Ward 4. Doris Russell, a former state employee, said she has a mind for policy discussions. “It may sound weird, but I like policy,” she said. “A lot of things at the city level […]
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E. Field: Far too much influence
The Taliban are a religious dictatorship whose members believe that they are the only ones who can interpret the Koran. The American extreme religious right believes the same about the Bible. Neither believe in separation of church and state. Like our religious right, the Taliban are determined to eliminate many modern ideas, including most scientific […]
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Budget default looming
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats in Congress lumbered through a day of political maneuvering Saturday while a threatened default by the Treasury crept uncomfortably closer and a partial government shutdown neared the end of its second week. “We haven’t done anything yet” by way of compromise, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said after Senate leaders […]
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Top LePage consultant worked on failed Lewiston casino campaign
LEWISTON — A top political consultant who is the campaign spokesman for Gov. Paul LePage was heavily involved in a failed 2011 attempt to bring a casino to downtown Lewiston. The Sun Journal has learned that Brent Littlefield was hired by a pair of Maine political action committees to buy airtime on Maine television and […]
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Political observers see civil emergency as a way for LePage to deal with shutdown
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s longtime political antagonists, including the state employees union and Democratic legislative leaders, called his declaration of a civil emergency a nuclear option power grab, but some more detached political observers in Maine described it as an act of strong leadership ahead of a looming catastrophe. LePage has been widely criticized […]
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LePage says civil emergency meant to help state employees
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday defended his proclamation of a civil emergency and said he intended to use his broadened authority for the benefit of state employees. “It is my goal, solely, to get money in state employees’ pockets as quickly as possible,” he told reporters after meeting with legislative leaders. On Wednesday […]
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House GOP leaders seek short-term debt extension
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner told Republican lawmakers Thursday he will give President Barack Obama a proposal extending the government’s ability to borrow money through Nov. 22 — but only if he agrees to negotiate over ending the partial government shutdown and a longer-term increase in the debt ceiling. “It gets us down the […]