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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    October 30, 2012

    Pouliot can bring new ideas to State House

    Matthew Pouliot, Republican candidate for House District 57, has new ideas and wants to make a fresh start in the State House.

  • Published
    October 29, 2012

    Mother, not 10-year-old, should be charged

    I would like to know when parents are going to start being parents.

  • Published
    October 29, 2012

    It’s time for new faces in our Legislature

    Pamela Boivin and Joanne Dunlap, Democratic candidates for House 83 and Senate 18, would bring to Augusta a wealth of experience building careers and serving people, and a sense of fairness which recognizes that Mainers are in this together.

  • Published
    October 29, 2012

    Teddy Roosevelt had it right in 1906

    Campaign finance controversies have been with us a very long time. Teddy Roosevelt in 1906 said, "Let individuals contribute (to campaigns) as they desire; but let us prohibit in effective fashion all corporations from making contributions for any political purpose, directly or indirectly."

  • Published
    October 29, 2012

    Longley helps families with difficult issues

    I am supporting Susan Longley for re-election to the position of Waldo County Judge of Probate.

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  • Published
    October 29, 2012

    Remember last two years; vote Democratic

    This election, I hope people will consider what Paul LePage and the Republicans have done the past two years.

  • Published
    October 29, 2012

    Romney’s status in Mormon church scary

    I have nothing against religion, unless it is organized. The Mormons, or Latter-day Saints, are extremely organized.

  • Published
    October 29, 2012

    Voters need information about Questions 2-5

    I'm disappointed that two weeks before Election Day there has been no reporting or discussion about the Questions 2-5 bond initiatives.

  • Published
    October 29, 2012

    Chamber doesn’t stay out of partisan political issues

    I read with utter amazement the quote in Wednesday's paper attributed to Peter Thompson of the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce that "the chamber stays out of partisan political issues."

  • Published
    October 29, 2012

    Why no rescue action for ambassador in peril?

    When flying combat missions in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and '70s, we all knew that if we had to eject from a crippled aircraft, the command authority in the war zone would pull out all the stops and allocate whatever assets were required to rescue downed airmen, if at all feasible.