Letters to the Editor - Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

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Letters to the Editor

Published
May 6, 2013

Tax cuts for rich will raise all Mainers’ property taxes

Our governor and Legislature have come up with some more voodoo economics.
Published
May 5, 2013

Antique auto inspection bill a very bad idea

A bill, L.D. 406, has been put forth in our Legislature to require the annual inspection of antique registered vehicles, which are currently exempt.
Published
May 5, 2013

Money spent by lobbyists not given to legislators

As a former state legislator, I read with interest the article about the State House lobbyists in the April 28 newspaper. Unfortunately, the reporter did not make clear that the thousands of dollars spent by lobbyists does not go into the pockets of legislators.
Published
May 5, 2013

Carton of cigarettes could pay for child to play ball

A letter writer on April 25 railed against President Barack Obama's budget, requesting to raise the cigarette tax "from $1.01 per pack to $1.95" further noting, "The state of Maine already charges $2 state tax per pack."
Published
May 4, 2013

We condemn cluster bombs, but use them in war

I am appalled at the fact that the Tsarnaev brothers created a bomb designed to inflict maximum harm to innocent civilians standing and cheering at the Boston Marathon.

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Published
May 4, 2013

Gratitude for, pride in all our veterans

Veterans have always been a part of my life. Words cannot express my gratitude for and my pride in them.
Published
May 4, 2013

No compromise between apples and oranges

Your opinion page piece, "Compromise is not a 'sin,' governor," urging Paul LePage to accept the Democrat deal of paying off the hospital debt of $484 million, provided he simultaneously agrees to a Medicaid expansion, is flat out flim-flam!
Published
May 3, 2013

What is traffic-flow policy around construction sites?

While waiting in traffic at the various road and utility construction sites in Augusta, a thought came to mind.
Published
May 3, 2013

We don’t need more guns or people with guns

The 30,000 or so gun-related deaths (64 percent suicides, 36 percent homicides) that occur annually in the United States, suggest to me that up to 80 people on any given day, in the interest of public safety, probably should not have had access to firearms.
Published
May 3, 2013

$20,000 for governor’s portrait not well-spent

In his last year of public service to the people of Maine, an official portrait of Gov. John Baldacci was made at a cost to taxpayers of $20,000.