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  January 20, 2012

  Cut state aid if minors don’t attend school

  Parents who receive state assistance for minor children should not continue receiving aid if the minors do not go to school. Parents should be held accountable, and their children should not be allowed to drop out of school. If minors drop out of school, any assistance should be stopped immediately. No state aid should be […]

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  January 20, 2012

  Goold Health Systems editorial inaccurate, unfair

  I was greatly disappointed to read the editorial, “Legislators need to reveal links to funded businesses” on Jan. 8, that implied that there was some kind of loophole by which Goold Health Systems won state of Maine contracts during Joe Bruno’s time as CEO. I have been with this company for 10 1/2 years, and […]

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  January 20, 2012

  LePage going full bore to find, fix state’s problems

  I open the paper to read yet another commentary, I mean article, against the governor’s approach to getting the legislators to fix this state. This time it was about the upset he created by saying Democrats were not only holding up the deficit reduction process but that they were responsible for it in the first […]

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  January 19, 2012

  Truth behind clean energy referendum: it’s about wind

  Maine Citizens for Clean Energy is collecting signatures for a November ballot initiative aimed at requiring at least 20 percent of Maine’s electricity come from new renewable energy sources by 2020. I’m all for “clean energy.” Who isn’t? I’m also for truth, justice and the American way. Truth: Creating a mandate for 20 percent “new […]

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  January 19, 2012

  Important rules for new drivers; for all drivers

  I want to present a few important rules for children who want to get their driver’s licenses: * They are not to use their cellphone at all while driving — no texting and no calling. Pull over if you must do these things. * When stopped at a traffic light, they should not rush out […]

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  January 19, 2012

  Lack of coverage adds to woes of local hockey players

  This has been a difficult winter for local ice hockey players. With no ice arena to call home ice, local players have had to rely on other arenas to provide them with a place to play. To add insult to injury, the newspaper has not published the scores of some recent Gardiner High School hockey […]

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  January 19, 2012

  Romney’s business success a model for government

  All along, Mitt Romney’s fellow Republican candidates have been taking pot-shots about his ability to serve as our next president. It seems as if they are intent on providing President Barack Obama with all the ammunition he needs to defeat Romney in November. The latest attack accuses Romney of being a “capitalistic predator” because he […]

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  January 18, 2012

  Why are Collins, Snowe against protection bureau?

  President Barack Obama deserves our whole-hearted support for his recess appointment of Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. There is no question we need a cop on the beat to prevent the reckless behavior that helped cause the financial crisis. The bureau will help protect those of us who use credit […]

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  January 18, 2012

  Paul only candidate willing to cut military spending

  Machiavellian manipulation is the description that came to mind while listening to President Barack Obama’s recent speech about his plan to reduce defense spending. I liken it to shell game or three-card monty. What we see is not what we get, and the loser is us taxpayers. A “reduction” from what? Doesn’t his proposed “reduced” […]

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  January 18, 2012

  Solving problem of teen pregnancy should be first

  I was glad to read another view concerning the issue of teenage pregnancy in the Jan. 9 Maine Compass by Sharon Abrams/Martha Kempe, but I thought the tone was defensive. I also thought the focus on programs that assist teen mothers and their children and how well some teenage parents succeed because of these programs […]

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