Lewiston Mayor Bob Macdonald recently stated that more than 100 buildings have been demolished in Lewiston and makes it sound like he is proud of that accomplishment. When you give people who never had to pay for anything a decent place to live, there is no respect for the building, or the landlord. All this […]
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Keep watch on Lewiston Council
Lewiston taxpayers need to keep watch over City Council meetings. People will learn very quickly how bad residents are getting hosed. A couple weeks ago, the Council voted on the school budget — four yes votes, three no votes. One councilor said it was a disservice to the taxpayers to vote yes. The other four […]
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Lewiston needs new thinking
It is time to re-educate Lewiston Public Works personnel about how they do winter operations in the city. The salt and calcium chloride they put on the streets in winter are very destructive. Administration officials should either be re-educated, or replaced with fresh minds with fresh ideas to manage the operations. My daughter lives in […]
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Stop the waste in Lewiston’s budget
It’s budget time again at Lewiston City Hall — another year for city officials to try to justify spending more money than they really have to. It doesn’t help that some top department officials who are paid top wages (for example, Public Works) don’t live in Lewiston so they don’t pay property taxes to the […]
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Be smart, Auburn, stay single
Aubiston or Lewburn? Gov. Paul LePage wants the Twin Cities to merge. Lewiston’s Mayor Bob Macdonald couldn’t agree fast enough. Auburn Mayor Jonathan Labonte isn’t convinced. He knows Lewiston’s situation and, in my opinion, really doesn’t want any part of it. Lewiston really doesn’t need a Public Works director, a deputy director, an operations manager […]
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Let’s take care of our own
Does anybody in City Hall have the honesty to tell Lewiston residents how many taxpayers make up the population of Lewiston? What is the ratio between taxpayers and welfare recipients, or immigrants? Every year, Lewiston taxpayers face tax increases. When you see what’s going on here, it’s a real insult to the homeless population. While […]
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Mayor should be top authority
When Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald tries to do good for the taxpayers of Lewiston, other politicians try to handcuff him. I think the mayor of a city should be the most powerful figure. From what I have seen of the Lewiston City Council, with few exceptions, they do not have the taxpayers’ best interests in […]
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B. Pelletier: Time for change in city government
It is definitely time for a change in city government. Lewiston residents should be thinking that when they vote for a city councilor and mayor this fall. They should vote for someone who cares about the citizens and the ever-increasing tax burden. Lewiston is not big enough to sustain the status quo any longer. The […]
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B. Pelletier: Taxpayers are fed up
I am going to clarify a few things that were discussed during the past few Lewiston City Council meetings. The vacuum sweeper the Public Works director wants to replace is a 2006 Elgin Whirlwind; it is not 23 years old. The bulldozer is a 1989 model, not a 1968. The vehicle replacement seems to be […]
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B. Pelletier: Revenue sharing quandary
The question is: to share, or not to share. In my opinion, Gov. Paul LePage has the right idea of holding back revenue sharing. That being said, not all municipalities should be penalized. The smaller towns and cities — that ones that realize who pays the bills and cannot put any more burden on their […]