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PublishedAugust 7, 2012
We need to make George Smith our governor
I just read George Smith's Aug. 1 column, "Our governor should be proud promoter of all things Maine." Can we please make him governor?
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PublishedAugust 7, 2012
Maine a laughing stock because of LePage Inc.
On July 26, the newspaper reported Gov. Paul LePage as saying that the reputation of Maine's schools is suffering nationally. "I don't care where you go in this country -- if you come from Maine, you're looked down upon now," he said.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2012
Wealthy don’t really pay that much in taxes
On today’s opinion page, Scott LaPlante (letter, July 28) complained that more Americans should shoulder the tax burden and that the “free ride” must stop. He goes on to say that the top 10 percent of wage earners pay 70 percent of all income taxes and that 49 percent of the population pays no income […]
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PublishedAugust 6, 2012
Folks in unincorporated townships have no voice
Living in Lexington Township for the past 15 years has been one of the best decisions that my husband and I have made in our 51 years of married life. The locals took us under their wings and made us feel like one of them as soon as the moving van departed. We could not […]
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PublishedAugust 6, 2012
Legal same-sex marriage would cause more problems
I expect a lot of passion will be shown on the upcoming referendum on same-sex marriage and also many viewpoints. The first question to consider, is marriage the sanctification of a relationship of man and woman by God or is it a manmade approval system? If the latter, man can say OK to man and […]
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PublishedAugust 5, 2012
It’s frightening GOP chief doesn’t read newspapers
Unfortunately, we have good reason to be cynical about political party leadership in today’s society. It is frightening when the chairman of the Maine Republican Party (newspaper, July 28) is quoted as saying that “he does not even read the newspapers.” It seems so logical that persons in responsible positions, especially ones associated with so […]
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PublishedAugust 5, 2012
Chamber attack on King displays gross arrogance
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce attack on Angus King was a stunning display of gross arrogance. Where does the U.S. Chamber get the nerve to tell Maine people how to vote? It has no idea about the challenges faced by Maine businesses. Recently, a group of Maine’s business leaders came forward to defend King and […]
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PublishedAugust 5, 2012
LePage’s comments not effective promotion
The long-running farce that Maine’s current governor has become threatens to overwhelm rational debate with its ridiculous excess. Recently, of course, Paul LePage spewed out mind-boggling, offensive invective, comparing the IRS to the Gestapo. And now he blithely claims that Maine students are “looked down upon” everywhere in the U.S. Does he imagine that such […]
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PublishedAugust 5, 2012
It’s time to look beyond sexual orientation
I would like to comment about a recent letter from a woman who decided to boycott TV shows that depict gay characters, including “The Good Wife” and “Army Wives.” She called it filth and said that people will become indifferent to it and accept this lifestyle as norm. I find it incredulous that narrow-mindedness such […]
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PublishedAugust 5, 2012
CBO counters diatribe against health care law
M.D. Harmon’s diatribe against the Affordable Care Act (“Supreme Court plunges us into the abyss,” July 7) has again been countered by the recent nonpartisan CBO review (“Health care law to cut deficit, says budget office,” July 25). The CBO finds federal costs will be cut by $84 billion over the next decade. If the […]
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