It’s not often that I get excited about voting for a candidate, but I can’t wait to cast my vote for Kristen Cloutier to represent me and District 60 here in Lewiston. Cloutier is exactly the person needed in Augusta right now. She is smart, she is dedicated and she tells it like it is. […]
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Raise minimum wage
This November, Maine voters will have at least one non-partisan referendum to vote on — raising Maine’s minimum wage. In 2014, Republicans enjoyed a very successful election across the country. Yet, even in perennial red states (Arkansas, South Dakota, Nebraska, Alaska) in an election that turned out large numbers of conservative voters, red state voters […]
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Lewiston at a turning point
Why would anyone move to Lewiston? This question is clanging around in my head as my co-workers wonder aloud, “What the heck is going on in Lewiston?” They wonder how a mayor responsible for so much of Lewiston’s negative press can receive so many votes. They are appalled by the sometimes subtle, often blatant, racism […]
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B. Noddin: Moving L-A forward
Room 126 of the State House was packed for the Joint Transportation Committee’s public hearing on LD 323 — Lewiston Rep. Jared Golden’s bill requesting funding to complete a study concerning a long-proposed passenger rail link between Portland and Lewiston-Auburn. Rep. Golden explained the bill, then the chorus of bipartisan support ensued. Rep. Peggy Rotundo, […]
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P. Gagne: Poor people do vote
Bruce Noddin is a longtime acquaintance of mine and although I think the world of him, there are some things in his recent letter to the editor (Jan. 16) that I must respond to. First of all, I am not sure what a “progressive” Catholic is, but I am a Roman Catholic and a Republican. […]
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B. Noddin: Letter writer lacks understanding
Thomas Shields’ latest rant against the poor and those who fight for them, namely Democrats, was particularly sad. Sad because his letter (Sun Journal, Jan. 7, “Photo ID would reduce fraud”) clearly showed that he has no understanding of what it is like living in hopeless poverty. He used the examples of needing a photo […]
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B. Noddin: How did it happen?
It seems that the timing of Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew’s latest rally against the poor is perfect. Since it is Thanksgiving, what better time to send a letter to Maine’s congressional delegation pushing for federal reduction in Food Stamp assistance as she and the LePage administration are trying to make […]