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PublishedJune 24, 2013
Renters pay their share of property tax, too
I am writing in response to a letter published on June 14, written by Lois Doran of Belgrade.
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PublishedJune 23, 2013
Maloney: DA’s office knows what it’s doing
On June 16 Steve Parker wrote a letter to the editor about the Adam Keene day care case, attempting a legal argument about misdemeanor versus felony charges while lacking all the facts. With every open case there is information that we are required to present only to the jury or the judge but I can comment generally on the relevant Maine law.
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PublishedJune 23, 2013
Animal cruelty cases must be taken seriously
The man who shot the black dog 100 times, Aaron Armstrong of Waldoboro, should have a psychiatric evaluation as part of his sentence. People who torture animals often graduate to hurting people. He should also be banned from ever owning an animal of any kind.
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PublishedJune 23, 2013
LePage’s TV shows fiscal irresponsibility
Wow $1,500 for a TV paid for by taxpayers that nobody's watching. It just flashes propaganda messages.
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PublishedJune 22, 2013
Young people like Ellis need understanding, help
After five years of working with the addiction population in methadone clinics as a professional drug and alcohol counselor, I can say that Jordan Ellis (19-year-old's overdose highlights growing heroin problem in Maine, June 5) is yet another example of how the current programs do not offer the recovery needed. Maine is 8.5 percent higher then the national average of addicted youths. That statistic is begging for a solution.
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PublishedJune 21, 2013
Dennis Dechaine’s clock keeps on ticking
As I write this letter, the clock keeps ticking against Dennis Dechaine -- 9,104 days or 24-plus years -- for a crime that DNA taken from the victim's thumbnail and other data, including time of death evidence, show he did not commit. The list of organizations and individuals advocating a new trial for the Madawaska native and former Bowdoinham businessman is impressive: the Innocence Project, Court TV, famed lawyer F. Lee Bailey, former Maine Attorney General Jon Lund, former ATF agent and author James Moore, a great majority of present and past legislators, an increasing plurality of polled Maine citizens and even some prison guards and other Department of Corrections personnel. Conspicuously absent from the list is the Maine attorney general's office. In fact, our own top law enforcement agency has opposed most of the legislation that might help bring justice to the Dechaine case. It testified against my post conviction DNA bill, which makes a new trial possible for any inmate who can provide new DNA evidence that could have led the jury to reach a different verdict. Fortunately, the Legislature passed the bill, and the governor signed it into law.
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PublishedJune 21, 2013
What administrations do when not being watched
Obama and his administration are mired in muck up to their eyebrows. So much that he is shouting, "Don't make waves! Don't make waves!" Here's what is going on.
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PublishedJune 21, 2013
Republicans should find courage to bypass vetoes
Will Republican legislators find the courage to vote to overturn Gov. LePage's veto? Let's pass the budget and other legislation necessary to keep the state of Maine a place we can be proud of. Overturn the vetoes. Not all Republican party members are LaPagettes, we don't want to see a future Legislature with no Republican members.
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PublishedJune 21, 2013
Some easy definitions are being forgotten
There appears to be much confusion by the voting public recently as to the meaning and interpretation of some words that have been bandied about in state government. Perhaps this will clear up any misunderstanding. Most of these words have been discussed at length in civics class by all junior-high school students, but it seems to bear repeating. Example, "discretion." Webster's Third College edition states, "The freedom to make decisions or use power to judge or act." Another word worth mentioning is governor, defined as a person who governs. The elected head of any state of the U.S. If this method of governing continues, we will follow the lemmings right over the cliff and into the sea. And, how about the word emperor, as "The supreme ruler of an empire," e.g. Holy Roman Empire? Too one-sided, if you know what I mean. Ermine robes and slippers are no longer in style.
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PublishedJune 20, 2013
Gagnon’s death reminder to thank those who serve
The recent sudden passing of long time Waterville Housing Authority worker Hank Gagnon Jr. brought back memories of losing Winslow's long time Public Works worker Bruce Waldron in August of 2008.
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