I am writing in regard to Gov. Paul LePage’s freeze on grants to towns. It’s not the flashiest news story of the year, but it hits many of us close to home. Communities throughout Maine applied for and were awarded these grants for specific projects to rehabilitate downtowns and make other improvements. It is especially […]

We’ve all heard about the woman who was teased and taunted on the school bus and was sent thousands of dollars in donations. She’s been interviewed numerous times on TV and asked what she’ll do with all that money; she says she doesn’t know. To me, it’s a no-brainer. I’d give to animal shelters, homeless, […]

So now we have the Gestapo comment. Once again, but surely not for the last time, Maine’s not as much “open for business” as open for embarrassment. Just as the recent Supreme Court ruling ruined M.D. Harmon’s summer by creating an “abyss,” Gov. Paul LePage surfaces with his abysmal vocabulary and characteristic thoughtlessness. In 2008, […]

Gov. Paul LePage recently compared the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the mandatory health insurance provision in Obama’s health care legislation to the “new Gestapo — the IRS.” LePage’s Gestapo comment may be accurate in reference to his bullying approach. As the son of Nazi Holocaust survivors, I have learned about Nazi intimidating tactics. Upon […]