Shame on Nutting for stooping to name-calling

Letters to the Editor

Published
August 13, 2011

Shame on Nutting for stooping to name-calling

Shame on House Speaker Robert Nutting for calling the good people of his district who disagree with him about same-day voter registration, “the extreme left-wing groups and individuals behind this signature gathering effort.” That is the kind of read-from-the-script political nonsense that has given us a do-nothing Congress in Washington; we don’t need more of […]
Published
August 13, 2011

Why does U.S. survival rely on private company?

So now America’s credit rating has been lowered from AAA to AA+. So what? Maybe now we will be forced to either stop borrowing so much from foreign countries and/or tighten our belts financially, as so many Americans are now doing. Thanks to the greed of our banks, who with the help of the Republican […]
Published
August 13, 2011

Broken economic system values only profits

In discussions of Maine’s lackluster job growth we hear a lot about the need to create jobs, but we hear almost nothing about decades of systematic job cuts that created the problem. It should be no surprise that jobs get harder to find. We have a broken economic system that values only shareholder profits. Intent […]
Published
August 12, 2011

Mudslinging, negativity not the American way

I am disheartened with the constant mudslinging between political parties in Maine throughout our nation. So much negativity and blame placing and ridicule is just embarrassing to see and/or hear. As Americans and human beings, we are supposed to be caring of one another and of our needs and to be patriotic Americans. What I’m […]
Published
August 12, 2011

Republicans don’t want to return to ‘good times’

Republicans are fighting back! Going back to the 1950s and ’60s, when the wealthy paid 91 percent income tax, they were still very prosperous and everyone had a job, middle-class workers could buy homes, had insurance, could take a week’s vacation, get a pension and Social Security after 25 to 40 years’ work, and could […]

Published
August 12, 2011

Democrats no different from the rest of politicians

While I understand the concept that our elected leaders in Washington need to compromise to pass legislation, and our democracy works only when two sides come together, I cannot comprehend why it is always the Democrats who fold. I was a proud supporter of Barack Obama; put up signs on my lawn, put the “Yes […]
Published
August 11, 2011

Waterville requires dogs to be leashed in public

Waterville has a leash law that requires all dogs to be on a leash when in public places. That does not mean if the dog listens to its owner, doesn’t normally jump on people or if the dog and owner are in the woods on a trail, the dog doesn’t have to be leashed. The […]
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August 11, 2011

Destroying NASA isn’t about saving money

On July 8, we watched the last liftoff of the space shuttle. Back on April 15, 2010, President Barack Obama announced his plans to scrap NASA’s current space program. Why would he destroy NASA? Don’t we have the best aeronautical program in the world? Why does Obama want to fix what isn’t broken? He thinks […]
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August 11, 2011

LePage’s honesty is without tact, bipartisanship

Michael Emery (letter, Aug. 3) wrote a successful rebuke of the commentary written by John Frary, former professor and congressional candidate. I agree with much of what Emery had to say, but think more was left unsaid. Frary and Gov. Paul LePage apparently care about provocation as a form of honesty, while completely ignoring those […]
Published
August 11, 2011

Smell the clam flats as traffic backs up

The recent decision by the Department of Transportation to postpone the Wiscasset bypass is really great news. Drivers will now continue to slow down and smell the clam flats. That’s a good thing. Ezra Smith Winthrop

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