Gov. Paul LePage has been quoted as saying “Only when Washington politicians stop kowtowing to powerful retail grocers … will American taxpayers have a respectable food net.” Why not have a food necessity card? Buy a bag of grapes instead of chips; a container of juice, milk or water instead of soda? LePage has a […]
Robert Martel
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Misinformed about welfare reform
Mark Cayer (letter, April 30), the public and politicians are misinformed. There has been no welfare reform. An EBT-TANF card is a debit card. There is an ATM within a mile of every jail and grocery store in the state. Those with an EBT-TANF card can go to the ATM on Court Street in Auburn, […]
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Cheers for Blue Devils soccer
Congratulations to the Lewiston High School Blue Devils boys’ soccer team for its undefeated regular season. Hopefully, success will continue through the next couple weeks. LHS could possibly win its first state championship in boys’ soccer. As a member of the inaugural soccer team at LHS in the fall of 1974 (which was also undefeated […]
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R. Martel: A glaring example of a cheat
This is in response to Justin Pelletier’s column (Jan. 23), “Enough is enough, focus on what really matters.” In his column, Pelletier wrote about “deflategate” and listed violations other teams committed. Why was the violation by Josh McDaniels and the Denver Broncos omitted? McDaniels brought a former New England Patriots employee, a cameraman, with him […]