I write to lend my strong support to Ned Claxton, who is running for Senate District 20. I have known Claxton off and on through the years, first playing recreational basketball with him and later I got to know him as a physician. I have always been impressed by his decency and common sense. I […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Keim is my choice for Maine Senate
I find myself depressed by the relentless partisan politics raging around me. It is wearisome navigating the unacceptable and unconstitutional maelstrom tearing through the news and watching as politics reduces itself to a toxic boiling mess, poisoning everything. Thankfully, I find I am not the only individual who still feels that the ends do not […]
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Pressure on Sen. Collins
Sen. Susan Collins appears to be leaning toward approval of Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice. I wonder about Collin’s vote on that and also her vote on that unthinkable national budget that President Trump provided. Trump and Collins had a private meeting and, suddenly, Collins decided to vote for his budget. I can […]
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Claxton listens more than talks
Ned Claxton is exactly the type of legislator needed now. Many voters remember him as a gentle, primary-care doctor who always took the time to listen to his patients, engage them in conversation and treat them with kindness and respect. He will be the same as a state senator. As he has traveled around Auburn, […]
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State fails those with mental illness
It is a sad fact that there are people in Maine who live with mental illness. This state has failed those people who are now being locked up. In my mind, people can and must do better and put more of a focus on community-based mental health treatment. Elected officials and the governor are all […]
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Strong Democratic candidates
Lewiston residents are fortunate to have such a strong slate of local Democratic candidates running for the Maine Legislature this year. I have worked closely with Nate Libby, Jim Handy, Heidi Brooks, Kristen Cloutier and Margaret Craven and know they approach their public service with intelligence, compassion and integrity.They work respectfully with others who hold […]
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A better health care system
There are a lot of inaccurate commercials on television slamming universal health care. The commercials suggest huge costs to these systems. The truth of the matter is the next 10 countries that have better health care results than the U.S. spend less as a percentage of their GNP on health care. These are facts based […]
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Support for Kristen Cloutier
I have the pleasure of serving alongside Kristen Cloutier on the Sophia’s House Steering Committee — a group dedicated to creating a healing place that supports and empowers women who have survived addiction, trafficking and incarceration. Cloutier’s strong call to lift up the vulnerable in this community shows through her work in that setting. Her […]
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Wrong timing for book release
Seventeen years ago on Sept. 11, several acts of terrorism of horrific proportions was played out upon America. I take offense with the publishing house of Simon & Schuster. The offense is not in publishing Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear: Trump in the White House,” it is with the timing of the book’s release — […]
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Lisa Keim has my support
This year, on Nov. 6, western Maine voters will have the opportunity to re-elect a hard-working, life-long Mainer who has worked very hard for the past two years for the people of the 18th Senate district. Lisa Keim has an independent, common-sense approach to dealing with the challenges facing people here in western Maine. Among […]