Young people who can’t find work can join military

Letters to the Editor

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April 9, 2011

Young people who can’t find work can join military

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Published
April 9, 2011

Budget does not improve pension system solvency

In Joseph Reisert’s column of March 25, he writes, “The governor and our Republican state treasurer are working actively to improve the long-term solvency of the state pension system.” I disagree. The Gov. Paul LePage’s budget proposal would increase the public employee’s contribution to the pension fund by an additional 2 percent of salary, but […]
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April 9, 2011

Artist promises never to ‘paint a large mural’

As an artist, I am a little apprehensive to start any new works of art. I just don’t know. Do I tell the state of my ideas and concepts and wait for its approval, or produce the work of art and then take it to the state and hope it is deemed acceptable? I would […]
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April 9, 2011

LePage’s ‘type of governing is a cancer’

To get personal for a moment, let me say that I’m a three-time cancer survivor: Skin-removed, prostate-removed, a foot of my colon removed. I recall a statement that went something like this: “If thine eye offendeth thee, pluck it out.” Our state has a very visible black eye, and it is called “the governor.” During […]
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April 9, 2011

LePage is ‘arrogant, divisive, small-minded’

When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, they destroyed the centuries-old Buddha statues because they despised and wanted to eliminate any point of view other than their own. Gov. Paul LePage’s ordering the removal of the mural depicting the history of labor in Maine from the Department of Labor lobby comes from the same authoritarian mentality and […]

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April 9, 2011

All state’s walls should be available for advertising

Your editorial opinion on March 25 knocking Gov. Paul LePage’s removing the mural from the walls of the Department of Labor is really off base. These murals are supported by a special interest group — unions. Why should the unions have control of messages on walls that were paid for by state taxpayers? If the […]
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April 9, 2011

LePage threatens veto of solar program that works

Last year, the Solar and Wind Rebate Program was extended until 2015 with bipartisan support. Because of an oversight, a later bill accidentally rescinded this extension. The program is funded by a surcharge on electricity bills that amounts to less than $1 per household annually. L.D. 761 was introduced to continue this successful program. For […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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, […]

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