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PublishedAugust 17, 2011
Retirement benefits of military shouldn’t be cut
I was blown away with the proposal to cut the retirement benefits for the men and women who fight to protect our liberty. How ungrateful can we get as a nation? Senators and representatives are fully vested after five years to receive 80 percent of their highest three years salary, which is currently $174,000 and […]
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PublishedAugust 16, 2011
Time to sign state workers’ contract, focus on jobs
Since July 1, state employees have been working without a contract. In spite of this fact, thousands of us go to work every day focused on providing Maine with quality services because we care about people and we care about the state of Maine. At the Maine Center of Disease Control, in the Environmental & […]
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PublishedAugust 16, 2011
Newspaper should apologize for anti-tea party cartoon
Groups of American citizens all over this country have organized, as is their right. They hold meetings, as is their right. They come together in political rallies, as is their right. They support, or oppose policies according to their fundamental beliefs, as is their right. They have decided to oppose candidates who do not support […]
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PublishedAugust 16, 2011
America’s slide resembles Alzheimer’s for nations
Although I wrote a political column in 2008 from the Democratic viewpoint, my current political affiliation is simply “American.” Like most people, I suffered through the debt ceiling debacle, and I’m fearful. I’m fearful when a New York Times cover pictures a woman shopping recklessly for a pair of $1,600 shoes while far too many […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2011
People who don’t do their jobs should be fired
“I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” Once again, those whom we have elected (or failed to un-elect) and sent to local, state, or federal government to do the people’s business, have ignored doing what is good for the country. They are interested only in doing what is good for […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2011
Proper siting of turbines would solve other problems
Vinita Burns’s Aug. 1 letter contains an obvious contradiction. She criticizes reasons for opposition to wind development — “costs, noise, place, nature disturbance,” calling them “excuses.” Then, the last sentence of the letter states that proper siting is essential. Land-based wind development in Maine is plagued by problems with all those things cited by Burns, […]
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PublishedAugust 15, 2011
Evidence of Dechaine’s guilt in trial record
William Bunting’s letter (Aug. 8) contains two erroneous claims regarding Dennis Dechaine’s conviction that I want to try to correct. First, Bunting writes that, “The only significant evidence that remains in the state’s case is that someone removed incriminating objects from Dechaine’s truck.” The state never contended any such thing. The state proved Dechaine murdered […]
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PublishedAugust 14, 2011
Congress members should be adults, work together
Our federal government has become dysfunctional. I find it hard to believe that the two major parties can be that far apart on the tough issues that we face today. The economy is in trouble, we are in two wars, and our debt in out of control. This debt ceiling debacle has become a joke. […]
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PublishedAugust 14, 2011
Michaud pores over trade pacts, side agreements
The news article about New Balance trying to keep its manufacturing in the United States, although circumstances make it difficult to do so (article, “Vietnam’s Fearsome Sneakers,” July 30) showed the harm trade agreements can do to American businesses, workers and communities. On the other hand, the editorial “Trade Shouldn’t be Hostage to Debt Crisis” […]
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PublishedAugust 14, 2011
State road crew prompt at replacing sign
I contacted Jordan Baker, the Transportation Department crew supervisor at the state garage in Solon, on a recent Sunday to tell him that the yield sign had been taken from the Route 16 side of the Bingham bridge and that the stop sign on the Pleasant Ridge side could not be seen because of the […]
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