Western Kennebec County Indivisible is a local group aligned with a nationwide grassroots progressive movement in the U.S., founded in 2016. The purpose of this movement is to resist the extremist agenda now so prevalent in our U.S. government, using local advocacy, community building and political action. Our focus is defending our communities, democracy, the […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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George Mitchell does not deserve to be shunned | Letter
I read, with sadness, that the portrait of former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell has been banished from the Maine State House by House and Senate members. Like Mitchell, many older Mainers were the children or grandchildren of poor immigrants who barely graduated from high school. But also, like Mitchell, these Mainers were intelligent and blessed […]
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We need a Maine where we can age at home | Letter
The Maine State Legislature is currently considering whether or not to fund LD 814, the Older Mainers Act. This act would provide needed funding for Area Agency on Aging (AAA) services that help older Mainers age safely at home. We are asking all Mainers to support this legislation. Maine’s AAAs provide programs and services that […]
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Remember how Collins and Golden voted on War Powers Resolution | Letter
Mainers should take note of how our congressional delegation voted on the recent War Powers Resolution. Though this bill was never expected to clear the House of Representatives or the Senate, it marks on the record how our delegation views our country’s latest incursion to the Middle East. Sen. Collins and Rep. Golden both opposed, […]
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Send the candidate with the most energy to the Senate | Letter
A March 10 letter said that voters were in an “absolute rush to ‘dump’ Janet Mills” as the Democratic Senate nominee. Many of us are grateful for Mills’ long service, while recognizing that a generational change in Washington, D.C., is overdue and necessary if our republic is to survive. I greatly respect Mills, and am […]
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Enough about Mills and Platner. What about Costello? | Letter
I just read a March 11 letter from a Maine voter who was dismayed at what what he sees as a lack of choice in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate (“Where are the true progressive candidates for Maine?”) . This particular voter felt neither of the frontrunners, Janet Mills or Graham Platner, offered […]
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I have no gratitude for the policies of Janet Mills | Letter
What we would appreciate from the governor? A lower cost of living, better schools and safer communities.
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Grieving America’s relationship with Canada | Letter
I cannot adequately express my sorrow and embarrassment about what the president has done to our relationship with Canada, a relationship developed through trade, tourism and standing together. During World War I, Canada was involved from the beginning — declaring war in support of England. Canada sent roughly 424,000 soldiers overseas and many gave, in Abraham […]
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Protest of Iran war amounts to selective outrage | Letter
Where were all of the anti-war Democrats when Democrats held the White House?
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Maine’s female inmates deserve better protection | Letter
Mark LaFlamme’s coverage of the women inmates at the Maine Correctional Center was long overdue (“Maine women inmates accuse transgender prisoner of harassment,” March 4). Men, as a group, pose a danger to women in prison — this is recognized internationally in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and by the separation of sexes provision in […]