I support Jess Fay’s re-election. She represents House District 66, parts of Raymond, Casco and Poland. Rep. Fay worked across the aisle throughout her term. She listens to her constituents and is not an ideologue, as often appears to be the current vogue in state capitals around the U.S. She had three bills signed by […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Proud to vote for Brakey
Before he was elected to the Maine Senate, I had met Eric Brakey and was familiar with the principles that he believed in. Once he entered the Senate, I happily watched as he worked steadfastly for the people of Maine. He has demonstrated the important quality of being able to work graciously with colleagues on […]
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Issues important to Democrats
I have some ideas I would like to see incorporated into the Democratic Party platform. They are issues that many people are concerned about. They include: • Affordable health care for all; • Protecting Social Security and Medicare; • Clean air and water; • Affordable education; • Repair and maintaining the nation’s infrastructure (roads, parks, […]
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Dishonesty is the new policy
Will lying (dishonesty) be joining the list of basic concepts of democracy, the fundamental worth and dignity of every person, equality of all persons, majority rule with minority rights, the necessity of compromise, the widest possible degree of individual freedom and “lying”? Today’s lying is referred to as “truthful hyperbole.” That means that American people […]
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Sen. Collins, please stand up
The utter debacle of Donald Trump’s Helsinki summit with Vladimir Putin, followed by Trump’s weak and unpersuasive “oops” press conference, should cement in the minds of all patriotic Americans that this president is not operating on anyone’s behalf but his own. He is denigrating U.S. veterans and everything this country stands for, making America appear […]
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Have their heads in the sand
The public sector employees who felt compelled to pay union fees or dues to unions they did not belong to are probably celebrating the recent Supreme Court ruling that claimed it was a violation of the First Amendment on free speech (see Elliott Epstein’s Rearview Mirror article “Supreme Court’s Janus decision upsets union balance, in […]
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Where was the outrage then?
In her letter of July 10, Nancy Pinkham (a child of immigrants) alludes that U.S. military have fought many wars to protect children and the vulnerable. My two percent Mohawk blood suggests she tell that to the descendents of thousands of First Nation children born within this nation’s borders, whom this government ordered wrested from […]
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Trump and Republicans
President Donald Trump has decided that NATO, the EU, U.S. intelligence agencies and all news outlets (except FOX) are enemies of the people; that Kim Jong Un is a dictator who loves his people — even though he had imprisoned thousands, starves his people, and has murdered untold numbers; and that Vladimir Putin is America’s […]
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Shame on Democrats
I watched as FBI agent Peter Strzok was being interviewed by members of Congress. The Democrats acting like spoiled brats. They were ridiculous in their tactics trying to stop the interview. I watched the news media questioning of Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump. I believe Putin when he said he had nothing to do […]
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Distinguishing truth from fiction
Now that Commander-in-chief Donald J. Trump, whose latest reality TV role is Russian intelligence asset, has ignored his inauguration vow to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” it is time for all of us to go beyond partisan bickering and resist — like true patriots. How? For starters, as a former […]