What other freedoms will LePage take away from us?

Letters to the Editor

Published
April 9, 2011

What other freedoms will LePage take away from us?

OK! That’s it! I’ve had it! Gov. Paul LePage has finally pushed me over the edge! I am usually a fairly temperate individual but one who strongly and passionately believes in the freedoms that our country is privileged to experience on a daily basis. I am also against censorship when it is forced on people […]
Published
April 9, 2011

Others removed artwork ‘that didn’t fit their beliefs’

Just one anonymous fax and Gov. Paul LePage deems a piece of artwork not fitting for the Department of Labor. LePage then had the mural removed, covertly, over a weekend. What about majority rule? What about due process? You know, I recall other people and groups who removed certain artwork that didn’t fit their beliefs. […]
Published
April 9, 2011

Mural ‘depicts history of Maine and its people’

If you were born in Maine during the last century, then your parents, grandparents and/or great-grandparents likely worked in a paper mill, shoe factory, on a farm, or in boat building, fishing, etc. Many of those now in the Legislature came from such hard-working people. “Made in Maine” was identified with words such as honesty, […]
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 […]
Published
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 […]
Published
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 […]
Published
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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