For the past 20 years, Bath Iron Works has received an annual $3 million tax subsidy from the state of Maine. Rep. Jennifer DeChant of Bath has introduced a bill (HP1227, LD1781, “An Act to Encourage New Major Investments in Shipbuilding Facilities and the Preservation of Jobs”) in the current session of the Legislature, that […]
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Terry Hayes gets my vote
During the past few elections, I have sometimes felt as if I was voting for the least bad choice. When I heard that Terry Hayes was throwing her hat into the ring to be the next governor, I knew that one of my votes was going to be easy this year. I met Hayes five […]
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A few words about the president
I read in the newspaper Jan. 26 that the Trumps wanted to borrow a van Gogh painting from a New York museum. With all the money the Trumps have, why not support a struggling artist and pay for a painting? Then, when they return to their own world, they could keep the painting, take it […]
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Consumers lose again
I think everyone has noticed the recent changes introduced by corporations that reduce the size of a product and/or increase the price. Unfortunately the president and governor choose to support big business instead of the oppressed consumer. Any decrease in taxes is more than offset by the increases in consumer goods and other government fees. […]
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Trump is a great president
I, for one, am so glad Donald Trump is president of this great country. He has restored my faith in the Constitution and in the greatness of America. The tax cut will help my family immensely. What may be crumbs to millionaire Nancy Pelosi is a lot to working people like myself. People no longer […]
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Two articles connected
On Friday, Jan. 26, the Sun Journal published articles on pages A2 and A3 that were obviously connected. The articles caused me to stop and wonder in sadness and dismay. The story “Flashes of Memory” (page A2), concerning holocaust victims recounting atrocities of the Nazi regime via photo displays, caused my sadness. The story on […]
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Dream Act passage important
The Dream Act would allow immigrant students a path to citizenship. Known as “dreamers,” these people grew up in the United States and have lived and built their lives here since they were children. They are American in every way except for their immigration status. Under the current law, they live in fear of deportation […]
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How’s this for a wall?
Here is a stupid idea — let’s build a 30-foot wall around Mexico, Maine. All we have to do is negotiate land easement rights with Roxbury, Carthage, Dixfield, Peru and Rumford. Of course, it would be necessary to cross Routes 2, 142, 17 and 120. A bigger challenge would be the construction of the wall […]
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Democrats lacking resolution
Democrats generally always cave in during negotiations with the Republicans. As a Democrat, I’m mad. Democrats under the leadership of Sen. Charles Schumer caved in to Republicans on the government shutdown on a promise of negotiating a DACA agreement in three weeks. They simply threw in their negotiating chip. Last week, Schumer had a deal […]
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Great story about goats
Reading the story “Gray goats and hikers make up ‘herd’” (Forecaster story, reprinted in the Sun Journal Jan. 21) brought back memories of the 1980s. I was walking with my goats in the woods in the evening. It started getting dark so I headed for home. I got to a fork and couldn’t remember which […]