Base tax incentives on jobs actually created

Letters to the Editor

Published
February 25, 2012

Base tax incentives on jobs actually created

Trickle-down economics does not work, and neither does taxing the snot out of the wealthiest. On and on, the same arguments. We need a different approach to make everybody happy. Let’s think logically. Let’s talk tax incentives. The right screams, “We want tax incentives and lots of them.” Some people agree. The left screams, “We […]
Published
February 24, 2012

Feeding birds on lake causes pollution

The picture (Feb. 11) of Kevin Violette feeding the birds on Messalonskee Lake is wrong. This is pollution; now more people will feed the birds, leading to more pollution. There should be a fine for feeding. Let’s keep our lakes clean. Red Giroux Fairfield
Published
February 24, 2012

Juvenile driver in crash should have name released

I don’t understand why a 16-year-old can get a driver’s license and operate a vehicle, but, if he causes a serious accident (article, Feb. 13), his name cannot be revealed because is a juvenile. Jeremy Gilley fought for our country and returned home unharmed but then an accident from a juvenile caused the loss of […]
Published
February 24, 2012

Workers’ comp fraud by Maine workers rare

My job is not a desk job, and the men and women I work with every day don’t sit behind desks, either. We work in a mill, and sometimes it’s more dangerous than people realize. No matter how careful we are, things can happen, and they do. One of the protections for workers in these […]
Published
February 24, 2012

New traffic light system causing problems in city

I realize this complaint will fall on deaf ears, but felt I must write it anyway. Waterville seems to be promoting the gasoline industry with its new traffic light system. Under the old system, an electric eye kept traffic moving smoothly and quickly in an efficient manner. Under the new system, numerous vehicles sit idling […]

Published
February 24, 2012

Examples of danger of cellphone use in cars

The headline of the Jan. 11 editorial was “We need total ban on drivers using cellphones.” As a highway safety professional for over half a century, I wholeheartedly agree. Research shows that a person talking on a cellphone, hands free or not, is distracted equally as much as a person operating while impaired by alcohol […]
Published
February 23, 2012

Maine GOP needs to repair damage caucuses caused

The leadership of the Maine Republican Party needs to restore the confidence many Republicans lost in its ability to conduct fair and transparent business. I hope that it will not conduct the upcoming state GOP convention in the manner it did to declare Mitt Romney the winner of the Republican straw poll and the election […]
Published
February 23, 2012

Gay Catholics find real support at other churches

The group Courage is bringing to Maine the long-discredited ideas of reparative or conversion therapy, which assumes a person needs to overcome same-sex attraction, instead of changing the negative social attitudes towards homosexuality. These “therapies” to “pray away the gay” contribute to a person’s negative self-image, leading to depression and even suicide. Conversion therapies encourage […]
Published
February 23, 2012

Maine has bad reputation for non-payment of bills

I’m not a great fan of Gov. Paul LePage’s budget, but the one produced by the Appropriation’s Committee is just as bad. Ten million dollars borrowed from next year’s budget is just “kicking the can down the street.” I had hoped that they might have had more “guts” than that, but alas, they just took […]
Published
February 22, 2012

Maine has true Republican for governor

The voters of Maine, a state I have lived in for 75 years and love as a place to live, has voted in a governor that is truly a Republican. To restore Maine’s finances, he has chosen, as they all do, to put the burden on the poor, the sick, the old and disabled. He […]

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