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PublishedMarch 5, 2012
Don’t use taxpayer funds on east-west highway
I am worried about the east-west highway bill, L.D. 1671, before the Legislature. Taxpayer money shouldn’t be spent on private projects, such as this highway. Legislators say we don’t have enough funds for basic needs, such as fixing our existing roads, yet some of them sponsor a bill to use state money to study the […]
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PublishedMarch 4, 2012
Other technology would have worked better for TV
I can understand the necessity of the digital changeover, but why did Time Warner have to go with poor-quality converter boxes with near-useless remotes? If Time Warner wanted to protect itself by scrambling the signal, why not provide a small, in-line decoder that would enable us to use the far superior remote that came with […]
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PublishedMarch 4, 2012
No Republican candidate should become president
After watching the Republican presidential debates and caucuses, I do not believe any one of them should be president. In an interview, Mitt Romney said, “Let the auto industry fail.” He said the banks could buy them and then the industry would come back. Ask the people of Detroit if that would work. The auto […]
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PublishedMarch 4, 2012
Retirees association fights for members’ security
When I was accepted by the Peace Corps as a volunteer in Belize, Central America, I made plans to retire from my position at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. I did not have sufficient years to qualify for a retirement fund, but then I was asked, “How many years did you teach […]
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PublishedMarch 4, 2012
Headline about Wescott inflammatory, defamatory
Your headline regarding Seth Wescott’s tax situation was nothing short of a publicity stunt to sell papers. This young man travels internationally, working at his craft. He runs a business, is a spokesperson for the state and a role model for young and old alike. While not excusing him from paying his taxes, remember, someone […]
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PublishedMarch 3, 2012
Today is birthday of US national anthem
Today, our community and country will celebrate a unique birthday. On that date in 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed Public Law 823, which established the Star Spangled Banner as our national anthem. The American Legion went on record at its national convention supporting the birthday of this special music with a national day of observance. […]
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PublishedMarch 3, 2012
High Medicaid rate because Maine is ‘oldest’
The Feb. 21 newspaper ran a story headlined “State’s Medicaid rates fifth in nation” by Clarke Canfield of the Associated Press. The article lamented that Maine had the nation’s fifth-highest Medicaid rate, and that our Medicaid expenses per year were 61 percent higher than the national average. The author didn’t mention that Maine is also […]
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PublishedMarch 3, 2012
Papers make things clear by taking Sussman’s $4M
After learning that Donald Sussman, husband of Chellie Pingree, our U.S. congresswoman, has invested $4 million in your paper, I felt a spiritual calm come over me. No longer will I question if your staff writers slant the news or wonder why many of your opinions, editorial cartoons and Bill Nemitz’s opinions on the front […]
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PublishedMarch 3, 2012
Domestic violence bill might help stem the tide
Domestic violence is a serious and costly problem that hurts us all. Roughly half of Maine’s homicides each year are lethal incidents of domestic violence. Annually, more than 5,000 domestic assaults are reported to law enforcement agencies in Maine, but since it is an under-reported crime, the actual number of individuals affected is probably much […]
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PublishedMarch 3, 2012
LURC change would give more local control
I read with interest and some trepidation, the column headlined, "County government has outlived its usefulness, why expand it?" by George Smith in the Feb. 15 newspaper.
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