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PublishedFebruary 12, 2012
Catholics not only ones against Obama mandate
I was certainly floored by the audacity of Gay Grant’s letter (“Bishops should not insert politics into Mass,” Feb. 4). What a slur against our Bishop Richard Malone and church teaching. Does she actually think the church has no business informing its people about something so inherently evil as this Obama mandate? This is especially […]
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2012
Fund for Healthy Maine helps business climate
The LePage administration has made improving the business climate in Maine a priority. The governor has signed regulatory reform into law, established a small-business advocate and declared that Maine is open for business. These are significant steps forward. That’s why I’m so confounded by the governor’s proposal to raid the Fund for Healthy Maine, which […]
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2012
Nuns’ ghosts may be paying a visit to Devine
I found J.P. Devine’s concern for homeless ghosts following the demolition of St. Francis Church to be touching (column, Feb. 5), though he need not worry. Immediately following the final Mass, I posted Devine’s home address prominently on all the walls of the church, hall and rectory. Even though he attended parochial school elsewhere, I […]
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2012
Maine’s workers’ comp system one of US best
In its 2011 report to the Legislature, the Workers’ Compensation Board called Maine’s system “one of the more stable workers’ compensation systems in the country.” The frequency of claims here is low, compensation rates have been reduced by 53 percent since 1993, the Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Co. recently paid a dividend to businesses and […]
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2012
7-year-old thinking about state’s problems
Does Gov. Paul LePage know that if he shuts down schools then he will lose money? Because a lot of people work at school. People will lose jobs and money. Also people won’t move to Maine, and people will move away. Plus he would not be governor without school because school helped him learn. That […]
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2012
Sand could be ‘real’ ingredient in food
A month of so ago, I wrote a letter about the purveyors of foodstuffs advertising their products as “natural, all natural or 100 percent all natural” in an effort suggesting that their products are superior. In other words, a scam. I had very few comments about that letter. So be it. The other day, I […]
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2012
Could lack of money cause Maine to shut down?
Oh woe, could the state of Maine really shut down because it ran out of money? I wonder if the governor has any idea that possibly the fault might be his. Joan Moes North New Portland
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2012
Letters falsely malign Maine State Housing
I’m tired of reading inaccurate letters falsely maligning the Maine State Housing Authority. It is difficult to tell if the writers are ignorant of the facts and are simply venting their hatred of government, or are part of the misinformation campaign being waged by some extremists. A recent letter, for example, stated that “the operations […]
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2012
Legislature should stand firm against LePage budget
I behoove the Legislature to kill Gov. Paul LePage’s incompetent, morally corrupt effort to close the reported $221 million shortfall in the Department of Health and Human Services budget. The figure is undocumented, and this must be corrected. It is an outrage to force the most vulnerable — the poor, the sick, the disabled, the […]
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2012
Roman Empire fell after neglecting its citizens
Lisa Savage’s Feb. 4 letter said, “The Roman Empire learned the hard way that circuses are not substitute for bread.” Indeed, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, as Edward Gibbon extensively described, was due in large part to neglect of the masses of Roman citizens. Roger E. Condit Farmington
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