I recently joined an important effort called Marsy’s Law for Maine — a victims’ bill of rights that seeks to grant crime victims rights and protections that are equal to those of the accused or convicted. Equal rights for crime victims deserve to be priority. As law enforcement officers, my colleagues and I regularly see […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Impeach President Trump
I have had it with this president. It is time to impeach President Donald Trump. He is inadequately prepared to be leading this country. It is bad enough that the president uses Twitter as the communication channel to the citizens of this great country, but when he uses his bully Twitter pulpit to demean more […]
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Lewiston needs big face lift
Lewiston needs more stores similar to Reny’s, Levinsky, the Christmas Tree Shop and others. It would help the city if the owner of the mall would lower the rent for space there. A city councilor said that Lewiston is an attractive community. I don’t believe that most people see it that way. I have lived […]
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Information program needed
It is disturbing that the reports of narcotic overdose deaths have increased to more than one per day in Maine. What is the reason for this? A number are addicts, others are those starting to use and who made a mistake. A person’s habitual use of drugs is a self-imposed practice — entirely voluntary. People […]
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President Trump should resign
President Donald Trump’s continual use of insulting tweets is making a mockery of the office of the president of the United States. If he really cared for the country, he would not act as he does. He needs to resign. And what is this about him wanting the personal information of all voters of this […]
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Businessman should lighten up
As I was reading the Sun Journal on Saturday morning (July 1), I couldn’t believe how the Sun Journal wasted space on a front page article about businessman Andrew Knight moving back out of Maine citing “this strong negativity” “that’s very, very taxing” as his reason for doing so. Knight complained that “the belief that […]
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Nurses, doctors at Togus are friends
I read with slight dismay a letter to the editor (Freeman Lewis, June 22) about poor service he had encountered recently at the Togus VA facility. First of all, on medications they tell patients to get them renewed 10 days before they run out. In 35 years, I have never failed to get my medications […]
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A significant potential savings
In his letter to the editor (June 28), Robert Reed expressed three valid concerns about the proposed merger of Lewiston and Auburn. I will address his first assertion about the cost of leveling up wages, estimated to be between $1 million and $1.6 million, annually. That wasn’t included in projected savings because, as the report […]
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Horridly behaved children
I disagree vehemently with the Sun Journal editorial (June 29). If some brat reached over and put his hand in my popcorn, despite my age (87), he would get a hand across his face. I cannot believe the Sun Journal would not censure those horridly behaved children. If I pay the price to see a […]
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Modernizing Maine's transportation
If there is one topic lawmakers agree on, it’s the need to improve America’s deteriorating infrastructure. And they’re right to prioritize it — American households and businesses rely on the transportation system to obtain goods — and demand for goods transported by trucks is expected to grow 40 percent by 2045. The American Society of […]