As a taxpayer, the thought of how many refugees are coming to Maine scares me. I do feel bad for them, but where is the money coming from to support them? Is it from the taxpayers who can just about live on what they’re making? I think the state should be taking care of people […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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L-A stronger as one
I attended the recent presentation at the Franco Center of One LA, the recommendations from the professional consultants and local citizen groups of the Joint Charter Commission on how Auburn and Lewiston can come together to become a greater community as one. I was born in Lewiston and have lived in these Twin Cities my […]
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Senators' hypocrisy
The hypocrisy of Maine’s U.S. Senators was on full display recently as they voted for the former head of the world’s biggest oil company to lead the nation’s State Department. Exxon-Mobil’s Rex Tillerson said during his confirmation that he was “unaware” of federal subsidies going to his company — subsidies that Sen. Susan Collins has […]
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Take care of our own first
It’s about time someone from Lewiston City Hall speaks up. Mayor Bob Macdonald (Sun Journal, Jan. 31) said exactly what many Lewiston taxpayers have been trying to say right along. I think the Lewiston officials should close the General Assistance office and give someone else a turn with the burden. I saw two panhandlers recently […]
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Free press are the true patriots
E.J. Dionne’s column (Jan. 31) ends saying that rather than the media being “the opposition party,” as Trump strategist Steve Bannon has said, they are true patriots, the same as the original American patriots — persons who are prepared to vigorously defend democracy against enemies — in this case, defending the First Amendment to the […]
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Two types of people
There are differences between conservatives and liberals. For instance, conservatives enforce the laws. If they don’t like them, they vote in people who will change them. Liberals — if they don’t like the laws, they ignore them and don’t enforce them. To conservatives, illegal means “against the law.” For liberals, it depends on what the […]
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A legacy of the past; a future in doubt
President Barack Obama’s legacy includes: • Reduced the unemployment rate from more than 9 percent to 4.6 percent; • Worked diligently to make progress on the environment and climate change; • Made progress on immigration as exemplified locally with immigrants from six countries at Lewiston High School who won the 2015 state soccer championship. They […]
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Two types of people
There are differences between conservatives and liberals. For instance, conservatives enforce the laws. If they don’t like them, they vote in people who will change them. Liberals — if they don’t like the laws, they ignore them and don’t enforce them. To conservatives, illegal means “against the law.” For liberals, it depends on what the […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Free press are the true patriots
E.J. Dionne’s column (Jan. 31) ends saying that rather than the media being “the opposition party,” as Trump strategist Steve Bannon has said, they are true patriots, the same as the original American patriots — persons who are prepared to vigorously defend democracy against enemies — in this case, defending the First Amendment to the […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
A legacy of the past; a future in doubt
President Barack Obama’s legacy includes: • Reduced the unemployment rate from more than 9 percent to 4.6 percent; • Worked diligently to make progress on the environment and climate change; • Made progress on immigration as exemplified locally with immigrants from six countries at Lewiston High School who won the 2015 state soccer championship. They […]