Congratulations to Gov. Paul LePage for introducing a bill to repeal the Expedited Windpower Act, enacted in 2008. It is about time the Legislature repealed that act, which is destroying Maine’s mountains. The 2008 act was prepared by a top-heavy group of power companies, developers and conservation organizations. There is no mention in their report […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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You got what you asked for
According to my dictionary, a megalomaniac is a person who is caught up in grandiose delusions, with an abnormally large ego. Take a bow, America. You got what you asked for. Michael Boom, Lewiston
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Democracy demands compromise
I read with great interest Thomas Shields letter (Feb. 8): “Democrats being obstructionist.” As I have in the past, I would remind Shields of the following: • After Barack Obama was elected president, Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, stated that the only thing the Republicans would work on was to ensure that Obama didn’t serve a second […]
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A world-weary crime boss
You could call it the cherry on President Trump’s wannabe dictator cake: practically ordering the Pentagon to put together a military parade in Washington sometime this year in order to exhibit America’s military might. Naturally, he wants a parade “the likes of which the world has never seen,” to borrow his words from another context. […]
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Food stamps are for people food
I saw on television a news report about a man in Mississippi who has petitioned the Department of Agriculture to let him use food stamps on kibble and pet treats. The petition has attracted numerous supporters. People should not have animals if they cannot afford to feed them. Food stamps are for people who can’t […]
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Support for Terry Hayes
I support Terry Hayes for governor. She is a genuinely honorable public servant with a track record of reaching compromise and actually enacting important change. As an independent, Hayes has twice been elected state treasurer with bipartisan support. In fact, her leadership seems to be one of the few things Augusta Democrats and Republicans can […]
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Parade is a waste of money
President Donald Trump’s plans for a military parade make as much sense as his plans for a border wall. According to him, both would be beautiful displays of American might. Many of us can remember the military parades in Moscow’s Red Square featuring troops, tanks and missiles passing in review as scowling Soviet leaders looked […]
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Past time to remove political signs
With all the energy that goes into an election, I understand that a plethora of signs can be posted in parks, meridians, street corners and lawns. Sadly, those who put out the “Yes on 1” signs apparently don’t have the energy of a nearly 70-year-old man with a cane who braved the sheets of ice […]
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Give thanks to the Border Patrol
I was stunned to see Anthony Esposito’s reaction (Jan. 30) to a Washington Post article ( in the Sun Journal Jan. 26) about inspection stops made by the U.S. Border Patrol. Equating those inspections to the “atrocities of the Nazi regime” is bizarre in the extreme. I have gone through Border Patrol checkpoints dozens of […]
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Climate change or climate cycles?
I write in response to commentary titled “Yes, Earth is Warming,” by Jason Samenow of the Washington Post, printed Jan. 30 in the Sun Journal. I grew up in Maine during the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, when people were panicked about “global cooling.” For the balance of the century, the public was then being warned […]