I hope everyone will vote “yes” on Question 1 — universal home care. Help with home care would have made a huge difference for my family as we cared for my mother, Betty Williams. Three years ago, she died from multiple myeloma. We struggled to care for her at home for many years. I am […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
Standing on the line for unions
Recently, I received a letter from McKayne Boedeker, executive director of New England Citizens for Right to Work. He is from New Hampshire. In his letter, he asked me to contact my elected officials to show my support for the Right to Work law. I replied to him as follows: “Had we workers not been […]
Jessica Fay has earned my vote
Maine’s legislative session has finally ended. I watched as the governor’s vetoes stopped legislation that would have addressed challenging issues for everyone. I believe in compromise. I know we all don’t get what we want. The partisan approach that has taken over both the state and federal government is so disheartening. I believe in the […]
District needs Doretta Colburn
I don’t usually write letters to a newspaper, but I think it is important to share why I am supporting Doretta Colburn to represent my district (Norway, Waterford, Sweden and West Paris) in the State House on Nov. 6. I have gotten to know Colburn quite well through community events. Her support of great health […]
Brakey's campaign merely partisan
Eric Brakey should find a worthwhile campaign to work on, as his is so desperately devoid of issues that might matter to the majority of people. The report of his attack on Sen. Angus King’s 9/11 speech (Sept. 12) demonstrates that Brakey’s campaign is merely partisan, something people don’t need any more of. What people […]
Send Golden to Washington
If anyone wants to know what big out-of-state money looks like in politics, look no farther than all the big, expensive Bruce Poliquin signs that sprang up overnight. Someone paid big money for those signs and for a crew to put them up. His television ads are more expensive still. That is not a grassroots […]
Republican candidates the best choice
America’s Founding Fathers believed that the most important of the unalienable rights are the right to life, the right to liberty (which is being eroded by huge government and its unelected bureaucracies) and the right to pursue whatever course of life a person may desire in search of happiness, so long as it does not […]
Passage of Question 1 would help
I will be supporting Question 1 in November to create a universal home care system. As a disabled senior, without a vehicle, home care services would be a godsend. I have limited mobility — I use a walker to get around. There is no cartilage in my knees; it’s difficult to stand or walk. I […]
Espling the best candidate for Senate
This is a letter of endorsement for Ellie Espling for the Maine Senate. There are many things about her that make her stand out more than the other candidates. First thing is that she loves helping out the community. She helped me and my friends out by bringing us up to the State House to […]
Enjoyed stories by Eloise Jordan
Years ago, readers of the Lewiston Evening Journal looked forward to the Saturday columns written by Eloise Jordan. There was always a thirst for the type of local history and lore that Jordan propounded. That thirst still exists and I am pleased to say that Julie Ann Baumer is a worthy successor to Jordan in […]