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M. Roussel: Commissioners deserve a fair shake

I am writing in response to Minot Selectman Dean Campbell’s comments in a Sun Journal article (Dec. 9) in which he stated: “In what part of the world do you get full benefits for working a couple of hours a week?” Androscoggin County commissioners, as the county’s chief elected officials, are ultimately responsible for the […]

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S. Dufault: Self-centered commissioners at work

Years ago, I worked for the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department. I was only part-time, but I spent enough time there to see how terrible county government can work. The people have changed but the dirty games with the commissioners continue. As history will show, the commissioners will spend tens of thousands of dollars fighting the […]

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E. Makas: Setting the record straight

In response to Peter Letourneau’s letter (Nov. 30), I will clarify the decision that Beth Bell and I made about compensation for county commissioners. Current annual compensation for a commissioner in this county is $7,273 plus single or family health coverage. To keep costs down in 2015, despite an increase from three commissioners to seven, […]

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P. Letourneau: Decision should not be allowed to stand

In response to the Sun Journal story (Nov. 26), I am appalled that Commissioners Elaine Markas and Beth Bell have seen fit to ignore the wishes of Androscoggin County taxpayers and given themselves an obscene increase of $2,000 in wages and $8,400 in benefits on what was supposed to be a $3,000 job without benefits. […]

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County officials and union disagree over new contract

AUBURN — County officials are seeking to reverse the opinion of an arbitration panel that sided with a county workers’ union in allowing members to change the way they protest disciplinary actions and firings. The Board of Commissioners for Androscoggin County filed a complaint against the Androscoggin County Employees Association in December in an effort […]