Gov. Paul LePage tells it like it is. He isn’t fancy, sometimes a little rough, but people know where he stands and there are good reasons why he makes decisions on issues. One problem in understanding his actions is that his opponents’ objections are sensationalized in newspaper headlines. Sometimes buried in the last part of […]
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T. Shields: Knows fiscal responsibility
David Sawicki is a superb candidate for the Legislature, District 64, a newly established district including the northern part of Auburn and the adjacent town of Minot. He lives in Auburn and grew up in Oxford County. Sawicki has his own business and knows fiscal responsibility. He has an interest in education curriculum. He understands […]
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T. Shields: Give the governor credit for improvements
Gov. Paul LePage’s actions speak louder than his words. The current Republican legislators and Gov. LePage have demonstrated common sense. Maine promised care to the needy who are unable to care for themselves. That funding was increased. Welfare fraud was addressed. Additional nursing home reimbursement was needed but was blocked by Democrats. States were urged […]
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T. Shields: Republicans have done the job
This is a response to David Webster’s letter of March 10, which took issue with my letter of March 3. I indicated Republicans are better in managing state government. The Constitution of Maine, Article IX, section 18-A, says that as of July 1, 1997, retirement funds must be funded annually on an actuarially sound basis. […]
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D. Webster: No confusion about mismanagement
In his letter (March 3), former State Rep. Thomas Shields makes several points about the Maine state budget. Having served on the budget vetting Appropriations Committee, I hope to clarify a few things. Shields claims confusion about the cause of “shortfalls” in the budget, then goes on to outline several reasonable explanations for shortfalls, including […]
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T. Shields: State budget woes
I wonder why several multi-million-dollar “shortfalls” have occurred in the Maine state budget. Those deficits must be covered, according to the Maine Constitution’s balanced budget requirement. To comply, are certain programs shortchanged, or new taxes added, or a state expense passed on to the communities? As I understand it, Maine’s spending for a two-year biennium […]
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N. Smith: A two-party system
Thomas Shields commented on Jan. 16 that the Democrats at the state and federal level are, once again, the reason for all the failures that plague this great nation. Every letter he writes to the Sun Journal has the same theme and, as I have suggested in the past, he must believe in a one-party […]
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T. Shields: Republicans a better choice
David Marquis commented (Jan. 7) that the Republican-led House voted 47 times to repeal Obamacare and produced “not one jobs bill.” By way of explanation, on 47 occasions, Senate President Harry Reid refused to bring the House bills forward for a Senate vote, preventing Democratic senators’ votes from being on record. “Jobs bills” means an […]
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D. Marquis: ‘R’ is for ‘reprehensible’
I thank Thomas Shields for sharing his version of Sesame Street (letter, Jan. 3). Here’s mine, brought to you by the letter “R.” “R” stands for Republican. Could it also stand for “reprehensible”? The Republican-led House of Representatives is the least productive Congress in history. Members took 47 votes trying to repeal Obamacare. Not one […]
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T. Shields: Problems with Obamacare
“Obamacare” is suffering from the results of careless preparation without testing it first. We should have seen this coming after Congress passed it without reading it. The exemptions from participating in it for special people are glaring discriminations. The U.S. Constitution does not give the federal government the power to require citizens to buy a […]