Letters to the Editor - Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

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Letters to the Editor

Published
October 3, 2013

Vote against Obamacare shows Collins not with us

Our Sen. Susan Collins voted with other Republicans against funding the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The majority of the Senate approved funding for Obamacare and funding the government until Nov. 15. The vote was 54-44.
Published
October 3, 2013

If Collins, GOP don’t like Obamacare, then fix it

I don't understand Republicans. Do they really think they are "saving the American people" by shutting down the government and whacking the economy?
Published
October 2, 2013

Cruz had forum to offer alternative to Obamacare

The debate about Obamacare has been lacking in reason and nauseatingly familiar in form and substance. Emotion seems to dominate the debate, not fact or logic.
Published
October 2, 2013

Hospitals must be denied nonprofit status

Mark Eves, D-North Berwick, is leading a series of roundtable talks with "lawmakers and other public officials" to solve upcoming problems in Maine caused by "powerful demographic forces."
Published
October 2, 2013

Time for citizens to revive Clean Election system

Maine the Clean Election State is now forcing all of our would-be governors to engage in a high-stakes money chase.

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Published
September 28, 2013

Common Ground Fair left big carbon footprint

My perspective on the Common Ground Fair was that of a 4-mile long procession of barely creeping, idling vehicles, a procession that lasted most of the day. Talk about a carbon footprint!
Published
September 28, 2013

Does North Woods meet criteria for national park?

I was again interested to read (Sunday, Sept. 15) about Roxanne Quimby's effort to establish a national park from her holdings of Elliotsville Plantation Inc.
Published
September 28, 2013

Legal hunting should not be unfair, inhumane

To some degree, I can accept legal hunting as a means for wildlife population control. But I cannot accept hunting as a sport for trophies. Nor can I accept unfair or inhumane hunting, no matter how long it's been done.
Published
September 27, 2013

Politicians should do what’s best for people, not them

I'm going to make this letter short and not so sweet. I -- and the rest of America, I bet -- am getting sick and tired of politics.
Published
September 27, 2013

Good to read article about Skowhegan Indian work

I appreciate the Sept. 11 Morning Sentinel article about the restoration of the famed Indian sculpture by Bernard Langlais, who once attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.