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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    April 3, 2011

    Simple solution to issue of bathrooms for transgender

    I will be the first to admit that I don’t understand transgender very much, but rather than spend way too much money arguing about it, and worrying about protecting students’ safety, why not build a few more bathrooms? One for everyone. Cathy Cook Breau Burnham

  • Published
    April 2, 2011

    Does LePage think he can rewrite history on mural?

    I am outraged at Gov. Paul LePage’s latest attention-grabbing ploy. The governor wanted the mural removed because he doesn’t want to give an impression of bias favoring labor over business? Who does he think supports the businesses, if not the laborers? Does he believe that he can rewrite history by removing the visual struggles of […]

  • Published
    April 2, 2011

    LePage is ‘on the verge of being a dictator’

    I hated to see the Department of Labor murals come down. For one thing, Gov. Paul LePage is only taking orders from the Heritage Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce. He was only a figurehead in Waterville, and he’s a figurehead in Augusta. A recall is in order because of incompetence and violation of his […]

  • Published
    April 2, 2011

    Mural removal against freedom of expression

    I want to voice my opinion about the recent events in the news of the governor of Maine. When it comes to politics, I can be a little sleepy, although I do vote, but when it comes to art you have my attention. I have a degree in fine arts from the University of Maine […]

  • Published
    April 2, 2011

    Moose on license hurtful to victims of collisions

    According to the article in the newspaper on March 23, an example of the soon-to-be-issued license displays a large moose as visible and perhaps a better photo than the actual bearer of the license. It isn’t a mystery as to how this came about. Matt Dunlap, our former secretary of state, designed it. We live […]

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  • Published
    April 2, 2011

    Calling people ‘idiots’ shows LePage’s narrowmindedness

    I am one of the 62 percent of Maine voters who did not vote for Paul LePage. I can’t understand how he could possibly think he has a mandate from the residents of Maine when he got only 38 percent of the vote. His very narrow win should have told him that he should work […]

  • Published
    April 2, 2011

    LePage’s actions speaking louder than his words

    I have some simple questions I think our governor should answer: Why try, yet again, to balance the state budget on the backs of its dedicated and already overburdened employees? Gov. Paul LePage’s plan is defined perfectly, in my opinion, by the quote: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a […]

  • Published
    April 2, 2011

    Mural ‘travesty’ has deepened political rifts

    What is the value of history? My students often ask that question. History has no real value for them until they are directly affected, possibly experiencing various aspects of our great Constitution or in discovering their roots. Those who immerse themselves in the Great American Story will realize the nation has some sordid chapters about […]

  • Published
    April 2, 2011

    Private groups monitor their own smoking policy

    Rep. Anna Blodgett, D-Augusta, has proposed L.D. 1230 to Sen. Earl McCormick, R-West Gardiner, chairman of the Health and Human Services committee, which will prohibit smoking inside private clubs unless they construct a special hermetically sealed room. Without substantial budgets, these clubs will be forced to go non-smoking. This will diminish the number of contributing […]

  • Published
    April 2, 2011

    LePage’s Franco-American heritage depicted in mural

    As if anyone needed further proof of Paul LePage’s intentions to put Maine labor (working stiffs like you and me) in its place and eradicate the middle class, we now have his disgraceful action of removing any hint of Maine’s long fight for labor rights at the Labor Department. In doing this, he has turned […]