LePage ‘feels he has the right to ignore’ citizens

Letters to the Editor

Published
April 9, 2011

LePage ‘feels he has the right to ignore’ citizens

I am not an “idiot.” “And I am not to be “laugh[ed] at.”” Yes, I was at the rally to save the mural, along with hundreds of others. It was not trivial. Others have written about that event and the event at the University of Maine at Farmington the day before that and the earlier […]
Published
April 9, 2011

LePage’s ‘behavior is not helping to create jobs’

Can a governor effectively lead this state if he received only 39 percent of the votes cast? Yes. If he has the ability to govern. If he shows respect to those he governs. If he demonstrates that he is working for all Maine people — not just the minority who voted for him and the […]
Published
April 8, 2011

Negative effect of 3 bills worries landowner

As someone from away who also owns and pays tax on a piece of lakeshore property in the state of Maine, I want to voice my concern about a few bills set to be voted on in the House. The specific bills of concern are L.D. 219, L.D. 424 and L.D. 888, which all negatively […]
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April 8, 2011

Country music isn’t what it used to be

What’s happened to country music? I never thought I’d turn off a country music awards show, but I did last night. George Strait, Alan Jackson and George Jones are among a few of the good country singers. I was a country fan even in high school (1960s). Yes, I’m from the old school, but I […]
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April 8, 2011

Kids, parents, teachers all responsible for learning

This letter is in response to Mark Pantermoller’s letter (March 21) regarding who is to blame when children don’t learn. I think that Pantermoller may be partially correct when he says that it is the children who are to blame when they do not learn. But as a student and a child myself, I think […]

Published
April 8, 2011

‘Gardasil is a different ball game’ of vaccines

In response to “Vaccines given early protect later, when needed” (letter, March 26), Marty Soule defends the use of Gardasil. She says, “Immunization given early in life allows our immune system to prepare so that it can protect us from disease later in life.” This may be true in some vaccines, but Gardasil is a […]
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April 8, 2011

Have we created a monster in LePage?

As far as I’m concerned, politics has gone full swing back to the 1800s, the days of bullies, innuendos and half-baked ideas. Back then, a good candidate, the one welcomed by those looking for changes and who didn’t care how the changes came about, had everyone’s attention. With that attention, the candidate could say anything […]
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April 8, 2011

Children saved lives of kittens left to die

Two children saved lives tonight. Two beautiful kittens were put in a Sunkist 12-pack box wrapped in blue duct tape and left to die at Oosoola Park here in Norridgewock. The kittens had no water, food or any chance of survival against the cold night had it not been for these kids. I would like […]
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April 8, 2011

Government money used for mural, but not war heroes

In years past, I was asked and did donate to the Vietnam memorial and the World War II memorial. Government money could not be used to honor our war heroes. Today, I see that government money was used to pay to honor unions with a mural at the expense of the 75 percent of open-shop […]
Published
April 8, 2011

O’Keefe goes undercover to expose agencies’ fraud

I disagree with David B. Offer’s assessment of James O’Keefe. Offer says it is unfair that O’Keefe goes undercover, as was the case with Acorn and now NPR. I’m fine with O’Keefe. With his undercover work, he is exposing the fraud that lies within these agencies. Let’s think back to the Acorn unveilings in which […]

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