All consenting adults should have right to marry

Letters to the Editor

Published
February 29, 2012

All consenting adults should have right to marry

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Published
February 29, 2012

Taxpayers shouldn’t pay for study for private road

In a time of government austerity, why are taxpayers being asked to pay for private projects? This should have been the question that legislators on the Transportation Committee asked before they approved a resolution that would fund a new feasibility study for the fabled east-west highway with $300,000 from the state’s highway fund. According to […]
Published
February 28, 2012

Maine’s post-conviction review process examined

The Maine Law School recently held a groundbreaking conference about Maine’s post-conviction review process. About 100 attorneys and academics, the attorney general, law court justices and Carl Bradford, the original Dennis Dechaine trial judge, were given a critical look at the process faced by defendants claiming innocence. Descriptions of the post-conviction review process as far […]
Published
February 28, 2012

Legislative panel members disrespected bill’s foes

I attended the Transportation Committee’s recent public hearing about whether Maine taxpayers should provide funding for a feasibility study for an east-west highway. I was appalled at the disrespect committee members showed to citizens who spent their valuable time attending a hearing to protect the Maine they believe in. After the proponents (legislators, administration, lobbyists […]
Published
February 28, 2012

Gas line could be winner for Madison residents

“Skowhegan voters OK TIF” read the Sentinel’s headline on Feb. 15. The TIF (tax increment financing) is a tax break for Kennebec Valley Gas Co. So I thought, “There goes another victory for Kennebec Valley Gas in its bid to beat out the town of Madison in providing natural gas from Richmond to Madison.” Then […]

Published
February 28, 2012

No state subsidies for religious schools

Paul LePage and Stephen Bowen, commissioner of Education, have done it again. The first of four bills dealing with new rules for schools would give public tuition dollars to religious schools. They feel if private schools such as Erskine Academy and Maine Central Institute educate predominantly public school students and receive public funding, it discriminates […]
Published
February 28, 2012

Men shouldn’t dictate women’s health care

I am a woman of deep faith and a proud to serve the United Church of Christ and the people of Central Maine in my ministry. The recent debate about a woman’s right to equal health care and the meaning of true religious freedom has compelled me to speak out. My faith and religious tradition […]
Published
February 28, 2012

Mourning the loss of a grand old house

The building stood for many years as a home that was loved by many. With its beautiful grounds, a gardening shed and glassed-in porch overlooking the river, it was the house. I grew up in Randolph, and as a young girl I could see this home from my yard. I would imagine the family who […]
Published
February 27, 2012

Teaching security fading for smart young people

Your editorial Sunday included gratuitous comments about the teachers’ union while enthusing about a “LePage legacy.” Leaving aside those comments and asking all parties to stop asserting without evidence that “what I am proposing is for the kids,” I’d like to address one of the thorny problems confronting the state. Most teachers take their jobs […]
Published
February 27, 2012

How about Ride for Rover to collect pet food?

A councilor recently nominated me for Gardiner’s Orton Grant committee. I’m flattered, but I believe charting Gardiner’s future should be left to those under 40. I’m turning 64 this month — waaaaay too old to suffer committees. Rather, with what little time I have left, I’m volunteering for the local church’s “St. Francis of Assisi […]

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