I’m writing to draw attention to a critical piece of legislation that is being proposed. Specifically, L.D. 1359, which is An Act to Provide an Opportunity for Resentencing Individuals Who Were Sentenced for Crimes Committed as Juveniles. If this bill is passed, the judicial system would be restricted from imposing a sentence of imprisonment on […]

Rudolph Ziehm doesn’t like the Electoral College (“Popular vote bill ‘makes perfect sense to me’,” Jan. 25). That’s his right. But L.D. 1578 is riddled with technical problems, violates the Maine Constitution’s residency requirements for voter eligibility, is incompatible with ranked choice voting and would undermine Maine’s exceptional method of allocating electoral votes by congressional […]

Lewiston’s city administration has thus far failed to justify its recommendation to eliminate the sanitation/code enforcement officer, which entails housing as well as food service inspections. Furthermore, administration has not justified why it is not renewing its contract with the director of planning and code enforcement, as there is no supporting paper trail. Administration was […]

The mass shooting last year in Lewiston has increased the call for removing guns from society. To the media and liberals, the quickest fix is remove all the guns or at least bar the so-called “assault weapons.” That is what all the government lackeys wish for, and they are dead wrong about it. As has […]