LEWISTON — Monday is the deadline for citizen-initiated campaigns to submit signatures to the Secretary of State’s office to qualify for the November ballot. Of the active petitions, half hired Olympic Consulting in Lewiston to send field workers out to collect signatures, a pay-for-signature process that came under fire earlier this week when workers accused […]
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Androscoggin County GOP treasurer resigns after money reported missing
LEWISTON — The treasurer for the Androscoggin County Republican Committee has resigned his position with the political organization, and Executive Committee members have called for the removal of Chairman Stavros Mendros. Mark Ramsay of Lisbon Falls, who has served as treasurer of the Androscoggin GOP committee for about two years, resigned Dec. 1 after $8,000 […]
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Stavros Mendros leads effort to repeal extension of GA to asylum seekers
AUGUSTA — A group of concerned Mainers, including three Republican lawmakers, has launched a citizen petition drive to veto a controversial bill that extends General Assistance benefits to some immigrants for up to two years. Stavros Mendros, a former Republican legislator and city councilor from Lewiston, filed preliminary paperwork for the petition drive on Friday, according […]
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S. Mendros: Putting aside the rhetoric
I thank Maine Turnpike Executive Director Peter Mills for his eloquent words opposing toll relief for Lewiston-Auburn (letter, April 23). I could explain round trips from L-A to Portland cost $5.50, $2 from Biddeford and nothing from Brunswick, yet all three communities are roughly equidistant. I could explain that of the 10 largest cities in […]
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Road signs oppose Maine Turnpike tolls
The black-and-white signs sprouting along Androscoggin County roadsides may have some motorists scratching their heads. The signs read: “Tear down these tolls,” a message aimed at abolishing tolls along the Maine Turnpike system. But the message continues: “Support LD 120.” That bill, making its way through the Maine Legislature, doesn’t seek to eliminate turnpike tolls. […]
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S. Mendros: Maine needs a leader
Nations survived epidemics, wars, invasions, immigration and disasters. Debt, however, kills nations. Listening to the three 2nd District congressional candidates, it’s painfully obvious only one possesses the mental capacity to grasp the debt issue. Bruce Poliquin stands apart. He understands finances and is one of a handful of Americans capable of solving that complex issue. […]
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In rebuttal, S. Tetenman: Extremists on both sides
In his guest column (May 4), Stavros Mendros stated “the hate and obsession of certain Democratic leaders and extremist groups has gone too far” and that “their leadership and their party has been hijacked by extremists.” Perhaps he neglected to look in the mirror, because surely he should say the same of the Republican Party. […]
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Stavros Mendros: A dose of reality to counter liberal hysteria
As the hyperbole, hysteria and histrionics of another election year moves toward summer, claims become ever more crazed. This year however, the hate and obsession of certain Democratic leaders and extremist groups has gone too far. It is unfortunate, too. There really are an awful lot of good hard-working Democrats in Maine. I will even […]
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Maine GOP sets sights on winning Craven’s Lewiston district
AUGUSTA — Lewiston is a Democratic town. That has been the conventional political wisdom — and reality — for decades. It’s also the message that has been received by GOP candidates looking to get elected to the Maine Legislature from Maine’s second-largest city. But Republican Party leaders are planning to wage a high-profile campaign in […]
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Ethics panel tables case
AUGUSTA — Two Lewiston men who helped organize a statewide campaign aimed at bringing a casino to that city’s downtown endured a barrage of questions Thursday before the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. The commission tabled action on the case because it did not hear from all of the witnesses it had […]