Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion

Compromises needed if anything is to get done

Greg Theriault in his letter, “Pillars that sustained nation compromised away,” on March 10 took on Sen. Olympia Snowe. He said, “she was a leftist herself” because at times she compromised. Theriault is from Skowhegan; he really must have despised Skowhegan’s own Margaret Chase Smith. The Constitutional Convention in 1787 had to make many compromises […]

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Takings bill amendments good, bipartisan work

I would like to express my appreciation for all of the efforts that went into amending L.D. 1810, the “Takings Bill,” written by an attorney from the legal firm of Pierce Atwood and sponsored by Rep. Andre Cushing, R-Hampden. This bill, as initially written, likely would have had devastating consequences for the state, both fiscally […]