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PublishedApril 16, 2012
Foreclosure bill was unnecessary, duplicative
Your recent editorial, "Latest LePage veto rejected foreclosure bill," lacks a recognition of Maine law and court rules governing the foreclosure process.
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PublishedApril 15, 2012
Don’t expect free ride at others’ expense
As long as non-union state employees are required to reap the benefits negotiated by unions, they should pay that part of the dues. Recalcitrant employees should lobby to have themselves eliminated from the benefits. Then there would be less opposition to their position. There should be no free ride at the expense of others. Charles […]
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PublishedApril 15, 2012
Fiscal responsibility doesn’t trump human dignity
The current climate in Maine politics is shocking and frustrating to many state residents. Gov. Paul LePage has made many bold moves and has been working on sweeping change and reform in the state budget; however, he has done so without the proper support of his constituents. When LePage was elected, the vote came down […]
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PublishedApril 15, 2012
Don’t criticize Ryan Plan without alternative
As a young Mainer, I am troubled by this newspaper’s opinion “Interparty battle all but over; GOP has to shift focus,” April 5, because it attacks Republicans for trying to start a national dialogue about possible reforms that our country so desperately needs. The newspaper criticizes the Ryan Plan because it caps spending on Medicare. […]
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PublishedApril 14, 2012
Rail cheaper than trucks for hauling freight
Apparently the east-west highway has again emerged from the crypt; this time as a private toll expressway stretching from one Canadian border to the other that promises untold riches for Maine’s north country. What’s not to like? Well, aside from environmental concerns and the costly and cumbersome business of obtaining rights-of-way, there is the small […]
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PublishedApril 14, 2012
Right and wrong ways to clean restaurant seats
For many years, I have observed how tables are cleaned in restaurants before the next patrons are seated. Only once have I seen a proper cleaning of tables whereby one cloth is used for the table and another one for the seat. I find it offensive to see the wait staff go from the seat […]
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PublishedApril 14, 2012
No one in Iran would be on our side
As the pressure to take action against Iran increases, we should consider the possibility that military action will produce an unwinnable war worse than Vietnam. In all the wars we have ever fought in our history, some element of the population in that country always has been on our side. In Iran, no one is […]
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PublishedApril 14, 2012
We need system that supports independence
Our welfare system is hurting the very people it’s supposed to help. And I believe, I’m ashamed to say, that most of us know it. We’re raising another generation of people who think we owe them whatever they want (not need). The result is that they are being cheated out of self-respect, dignity and the […]
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PublishedApril 13, 2012
Poliquin as senator not good for Maine, economy
Maine State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin sent me a fundraising letter this week reporting that a handful of state legislators — including mine, Rep. Phil Curtis of Norridgewock, and Rep. Larry Dunphy of Embden — have come out in support of his campaign for U.S. Senate. How state legislators from the poorest county in Maine could […]
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PublishedApril 13, 2012
President Hayes must have been an Easter event
Regarding the AP story about the White House Easter egg roll, published in the newspaper on Easter morning: If the tradition was started by Rutherford B. Hayes in 1898, then he himself was an Easter event. He died in 1893. President Hayes arose! Who knew? Richard Dostie Fairfield
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