The Sun Journal would do its readers a favor if, when it publishes letters to the editor from special interest groups, it would make note of that fact. The Nov. 5th anti-climate change letter from Tom Harris challenging Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Kolbert’s assertions about the climate change phenomenon is a case in point. […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Which do you choose?
Two forces motivate human behavior and choices — love and fear. Love motivates kindness, compassion, forgiveness, empathy, community, cooperation, generosity, inclusiveness, creativity, service to others. Fear motivates anger, hatred, violence, revenge, remorselessness, divisiveness, racism, misogyny, greed, selfishness, dishonesty. What do you see and hear around you? Does it speak of love? Or do you only […]
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Savage didn’t address the issue
This is in response to comments from Maine Republican Party Executive Director Jason Savage about a press conference I spoke at in Lewiston, mentioned in an article, “BIW workers lash out at Poliquin on pensions” (Sun Journal, Nov. 5). Savage did not address the issue of BIW pensions, raised by myself and Ralph Hilton, nor […]
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Lack of morals destroying America
I write in response to an article I read in the Sun Journal on Nov. 1 about a young woman, one wrong guy and her endless struggles. By my own thinking, that one wrong guy, the father of five children by four different women. When he gets out of prison he will look for another […]
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Water trustees doing their job
This past winter, the Rumford Water District’s Board of Trustees drafted a charter to clarify and update the more than 100-year-old district charter. Those changes were discussed in open meetings of the district trustees and were submitted to the Maine Legislature, using the normal legislative process under Maine law. The clarified charter does not expand […]
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Mayor should have voted no
In a Sun Journal story (Nov. 3), Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald bemoans the cost of asylum seekers. If Macdonald would have broken the tie vote at the council meeting by voting no instead of voting yes, he might have started at least a slow-down of asylum seekers flowing into City Hall. Lewiston officials need to […]
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RSU 16 issue will be resolved
In response to the article, “RSU 16 request annoys selectmen,” (Nov. 2), we would like people in our communities to know that the RSU 16 School Board is fully aware of the steps being taken related to the bus bay at the Poland Town Garage. Representatives of the RSU 16 board met with the Poland […]
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Revelation about AARP
Social Security is under attack, again. Particularly disturbing this time is that it appears AARP is aiding and abetting the effort. I recently found evidence that AARP has ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council. For those who don’t know, ALEC is an extreme right-wing-funded organization that creates right-wing policy and encourages politicians to pass […]
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A bad situation with Auburn bus
This is in response to a recent article regarding the Auburn school buses. My child attends Edward Little High School. On Sept. 10, the boys’ soccer team had a game in Hampden. The bus left EL at 8:15 a.m. The bus driver got off at the Waterville exit by accident and got lost, causing the boys […]
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Baseless attack on Poliquin
This is in response to a Sun Journal article (Nov. 3) that called into question the 13 years that Congressman Bruce Poliquin worked for Wall Street firm Avatar Associates. In the article, three employees of Bath Iron Works were quoted detailing their accusations that, during his tenure with Avatar Associates, Poliquin intentionally mismanaged the then-in-place […]