It is sad to see Sen. Collins buying into President Trump’s election-scam of blaming the Democrats for refusing to roll over and give up on protecting the American people in the face of the impending economic catastrophe we face at the end of the expired assistance agreement. She calls it blackmail when her opponents commit […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
Roland Morin: Maine doesn’t need a Trump clone
Paul LePage should go back to Florida and stay there. We don’t need a clone of Trump in Maine. Gov. Janet Mills and Dr. Nirav Shah are doing a good job, and if LePage were still governor we would have more corona cases and deaths. Roland Morin, Livermore
Carl Bucciantini: Legislature must reconvene now
The Maine Legislature adjourned in March because of the coronavirus and left hundreds of bills unaddressed. Initially, the Republican Party wanted to reconvene the Legislature to discuss these bills at a later date. Oddly, now that the Democrats are calling to reconvene the Legislature, the Republicans refuse to participate unless they get to control the […]
Linda Flagg: CMP corridor is bad for Maine
Hydro-Quebec is a Crown Corporation owned exclusively by the Province of Quebec. Hydro-Quebec stands to make $12.4 billion in profits off of the proposed CMP corridor project by rerouting power they already sell to the Northeast on existing power lines, and charging Massachusetts more for it. Hydro-Quebec will return much of its profit from this […]
Linda-Lee Desmarais: Many questions for our schools
When we heard the term “social distancing” as one of the solutions to COVID-19, my daughter, a Florida kindergarten teacher, asked “How will I be able to lead my class to lunch or PE and keep them six feet apart?” My reply to her went something like this: “Now is the time to call upon […]
Rudolph Ziehm: GOP can’t win with present platform
I wonder if President Trump cheats at golf? I think our historic president would only cheat if he got the chance. Florida has election tampering issues. Trump says he wants to count their mail-in ballots. Them only. Reality Winner is in jail for revealing Russian attempts to tamper with voting machines in states Trump won […]
Rene Fraser: Support for Laurel Libby
As a veteran of 56 years, I took an oath to protect this country and the Constitution — the same oath representatives and senators swear to when taking office. As the years go by, I see people’s rights and freedoms eroding. I’m saddened that those politicians do not take their oaths seriously. Laurel Libby, a […]
Silver Moore-Leamon: I really and truly object, really
This letter concerns the long analysis (Sun Journal, Aug. 6) detailing how Sen. Susan Collins really and truly “feels” about our current president. Its intent could only have been to persuade us that she is “really” and “truly” the independent, courageous person Mainers would be likely to vote for. Recording that she has supported him […]
Nancy Willard: Nothing wrong with absentee voting
Trump has claimed there are big problems with absentee ballots. While teaching at the University of Southern Maine it was necessary for me to vote absentee ballot and I never felt there was a problem. Since retirement I have counted absentee ballots in my hometown of Woodstock. I see absolutely no problem with citizens who […]
Michael McClure: Democrats, beware
President Trump is trying to steal the November election. There is still time to demand voter ID before the election. Democrats should call your representatives and senators and insist on voter ID to keep our elections fair and honest. Michael McClure, Lewiston