April is National Alcohol Awareness Month. On average, 88,000 people die every year from alcohol-related causes, making alcohol the third-leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Alcohol use at a young age is dangerous. Teens’ brains are at a fragile stage of development, including lack of judgment and likelihood of addiction. Yet, the […]
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Depriving Maine people
The governor of Maine is a former manager from Marden’s. He brings to Maine Marden’s-quality government. The people of Maine think they are getting a good deal because it is cheap. Government officials in New Mexico, on the other hand, are quite willing to take the federal money that pays for the mental health services […]
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Problem with gun referendum
In 2014, voters in the state of Washington passed a universal gun background check referendum similar to Maine’s upcoming 2016 referendum. In Washington, a group of billionaires, including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, raised more than $10 million to push the initiative. Opponents of the referendum were outspent by a ratio of nearly […]
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Customer surveys
It seems that the only way now that one can get involved in customer surveys, printed on merchants’ sales receipts, is by owning a computer or smart phone. My wife and I are both senior citizens who have never owned a computer or smart phone and have no interest in getting either one now. We […]
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Solar power a win-win
I write to urge my Senator, Garrett Mason, and Representative, Paul Chace, to support LD 1649, the solar energy policy under consideration in Augusta. That bill would create 800 new jobs in Maine’s solar industry, help keep young people in Maine, lower electricity rates for Mainers, and grow Maine’s economy by supporting Maine solar energy […]
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Repurposing is a mockery
Money, repurposing and a name change will never eradicate the spirit, sacraments and memories associated with St. Patrick’s Church (story, Sun Journal, March 20). A grand mockery is being made of a stately religious institution in the name of this new “transformational,” “artistic, culinary and cultural hub.” Never mentioned are the for-profit motives of this […]
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Support Maine Clean Elections
Though Maine voters enacted the 1996 Maine Clean Elections law requiring the state to transfer $2 million to that fund on Jan. 1 each year and an additional $1 million beginning this year, the program has been shortchanged $6 million thanks to insufficient funding and diversion of funds. Lawmakers must rectify that shortfall and refrain from […]
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Texas law must be stopped
The Supreme Court must strike down the Texas law that challenges women’s Constitutional right to make decisions about their own health care. It turns back the clock on women’s rights and jeopardizes the health of future generations of women. That law is set to further limit access to reproductive health care, including contraception and abortion, […]
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Turn on the headlights
One good thing auto makers did recently is to have auto headlights go on when a car is started. Evidently, people who have older model cars and who don’t know the state law are unaware that once the windshield wipers are turned on, the car’s headlights need to be turned on. How many times, during […]
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Increasing governor’s salary
Gov. Paul LePage is recommending increasing the salary for future Maine governors to $150,000. That change would not impact LePage’s salary, but it would definitely impact his retirement compensation. Retirement compensation for Maine governors is three-eighths or 37.5 percent of the current governor’s salary when the former governor leaves office or reaches age 60. Gov. […]