I am heartened by the local and vocal responses to the emergencies presented by President Trump and his administration. But I am still tremendously disturbed by his success in destroying our government’s checks and balances. The checks and balances were put there by our constitutional framers for good reason: to keep any branch of government […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Reese Perkins: Travelers should keep an open mind
We are a nation of people with mixed backgrounds, faiths and beliefs. In a recent letter here (“We’re vacationing in South Carolina instead of Maine,” March 6), a traveler to Maine expressed disgust with our governor and thus decided to cancel their summer vacation here. Similarly, my wife and I, Mainers born and bred, plan […]
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Carlene Hill Byron: Our single issue must be democracy
I was among the first to cheer when Maine’s governor stood up to the bully-in-chief at the White House. I did that while entirely disagreeing with her on the specific issue where she took her stand. Like Gov. Janet Mills, I’m for democracy and against autocratic tyrants. I’m for a government in which I can […]
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Emily Ingwersen: Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave program benefits everyone
I own Ginger Hill Design + Build, a small construction company in Arundel, and as both an employer and a self-employed individual, I strongly support Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program. While my company has fewer than 15 employees and isn’t required to contribute, we’ve chosen to cover our employees’ premiums because it’s […]
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Betty Marchesseault: Democrats display poor adult leadership
The proof is in the pudding: Democrats don’t really care about women’s rights … because if they did, they would not be supporting biological males in female sports. The Democrats, who can be quoted as saying “trust the science” during the pandemic, will not admit that real science (that which can be tested and proved) […]
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Dan Hart: ‘Is this what we want?’
President Trump’s wishes: “Make Russia Great Again.” It’s on our doorsteps. Is this what we want? Dan Hart, Auburn
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Scott Cole: Trump’s tragic address to Congress
On March 4 I watched the tragedy of President Trump addressing Congress. He was his typical self, which ranged from entertaining to enraging to lunacy to mendacity. Members of Congress also demonstrated a variety of dubious behaviors. The event was surreal. Curious, I stayed up to see what the Democratic response might be. Sen. Elissa […]
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Kyle Gray: Golden has some explaining to do
When I received a newsletter last week from Rep. Jared Golden titled “For Democracy, Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast,” composed entirely of finger-wagging and scolding Democrats, I had to double-check: yep, we did, in fact, send Golden to D.C. to fight for us. You could be forgiven for thinking we’d elected Austin Theriault, […]
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Wendy Munsell: Rep. Libby was unfairly censured
Last week my House representative, Laurel Libby, was unfairly censured. This attack on her right to free speech was a blatant abuse of power on the part of the Democrats in Augusta, and I hope they rescind the censure soon. Although Rep. Libby’s opponents have gone to great lengths to silence her, I don’t believe […]
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Stan Tetenman: Libby has right to express opinion, not to endanger student
Rep. Libby has every right to express her opinion on the participation of transgender people in sports competition. She has every right to bring this issue before the Legislature. She does not have the right to publish a picture and name of a student whom she has endangered. She and her Republican colleagues seem to […]