Letters to the Editor - Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

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Letters to the Editor

Published
January 17, 2013

Paper’s coverage vital to area’s winter activities

The paper is playing an important role in spreading the message about great winter activities in Central Maine.
Published
January 17, 2013

Teacher is honored when protege does well

Scott Bolduc (article, "Innovator lauded by Chamber," Dec. 28) was 16 years old when he joined the Aviation Explorer Scout Post I formed when I was in the Air Force and stationed at Colby College in 1971.
Published
January 17, 2013

Times have changed. Guns have changed.

We don't deserve the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment was written almost 250 years ago.
Published
January 17, 2013

Firearms need to be kept,need to be used safely, too

In 1757, George Washington was fighting alongside British regulars in the French and Indian wars. He had even asked for a commission in the British Army. He was turned down because he was a colonial.
Published
January 17, 2013

Transportation key for a new beginning in Maine

A proposal for a commuter option between Lewiston-Auburn and Portland is being discussed, with bus and rail as the proposed options. I believe we should take this initiative as a new beginning for transportation in Maine.

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Published
January 16, 2013

LePage’s facts about education questionable

Gov. Paul LePage recently said, "Our school systems are failing."
Published
January 16, 2013

If drunkards wrote the Bill of Rights, we’re lucky

I have some comments about Robert W. Vitolo's letter published Jan. 8. Our nation has persevered for some 236-plus years. The framers of the Constitution, deep in their cups according to Vitolo, demanding of innkeepers "another gill of hot buttered rum 'round the table," still managed to be sufficiently coherent as to create a most perfect blueprint for the people to control their government.
Published
January 16, 2013

NRA the new KKK?

It sounds more and more as if the National Rifle Association is the new Ku Klux Klan, with legislative support.
Published
January 16, 2013

If BPA banned from some packaging, why not all?

The Board of Environmental Protection will meet on Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center to decide whether bisphenol-A should be banned from infant and toddler food packaging.
Published
January 15, 2013

2012 Waterville highlights have curious notations

In a recent article, Waterville Mayor Karen Heck articulated highlights of the year 2012 for the city.