I am reading in the newspaper all kinds of negative articles about President Donald Trump pulling out of the Paris accord. Didn’t people listen to him the day before he made the announcement? Why can’t people understand how America pays the most and other countries benefit the most? Countries with the most pollution will be […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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People passed the referendum
Should the governor or the Legislature change or actually kill a law that is the result of a referendum? Certainly there have been several referenda that I have not liked, but 381,438 Maine people voted for the three-percent surcharge of taxable income over $200,000, and I feel it should be instituted unless found to be […]
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Facts do matter
I remember back in junior high school, learning the “five Ws and one H” questions (who, what, where, when, why, how) that were considered the most essential to answer in any news report. While the article “Bates College addresses allegations that black student handcuffed at dance” (May 24), doesn’t come close to answering those questions, […]
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Taking issue with school budget
I have read with interest the Oxford Hills School District’s Annual Report for 2016-2017 and Proposed Budget for 2017-2018 and am pleased that the budget reflects a reasonable 1.73 percent annual increase. I understand the fiscal quandary confronting the administration and school board resulting from Gov. LePage’s proposed changes to the Essential Programs and Services […]
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Honor the fallen
Memorial Day is set aside to remember servicemen who gave their lives in the belief that they were acting to support freedom and justice. A suitable memorial would be for all of us to do our part to reduce conflict and injustice throughout the world. We can teach peace in our homes, welcome refugees, support […]
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Call the insurance company
The cost of health care has become a gigantic problem. Understanding that overhead (doctors, nurses, food service, etc.) is very high, a hospital stay of any length of time can ruin a person or family financially. As teachers trying to raise two children in the ’70s on our salaries, it was difficult. We could not […]
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Why should taxpayers pay?
I agree with Gov. Paul LePage, who wants to charge anyone who receives Narcan to save their life after an overdose of an opioid. Why should the state or taxpayers pay for it? I am a citizen of Maine, now retired, but when I was working in the shoe shop, I had to pay more […]
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Liberals are offensive
I am offended. I am offended every day by the liberal media’s biased rhetoric on Donald Trump, the president of the United States. I am offended that conservatives are shouted down and not allowed to speak on college campuses. I am offended by the inability of elected officials to work together. I am offended by […]
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Knee-jerk reaction increases suffering
Once again, I’ve watched another sunrise because my chronic pain has kept me awake for most of the night. I’m 68 years old, have had surgery 20 times because of orthopedic degeneration in my legs and lower back, and now I get less medication because of the criminal element that overdoses on illegally obtained opiates. […]
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What motivates Charter Commission?
This is in response to Carl Sherline (letter, May 4). Simply asking the question “what possibly could the Joint Charter Commission members gain?” does not legitimize their cause. Old men with big egos who have a need to establish their legacy by imposing their half-baked ideas on an uninterested population could be one possible explanation […]