Home health care is very important as Maine’s population ages and health care costs remain unstable. However, I cannot support Question 1. Tax policy and the tax rates should be set by the Legislature, not by a ballot question. Some may find it satisfying to increase taxes on “the wealthy” at the ballot box, but, […]
David Griswold
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Funding turned down
It is discouraging to see that 14 Western Maine Community Action staff received conditional layoff notices recently. After a long career, I worked temporarily at the Wilton CareerCenter following my own layoff and saw first-hand how hard those fine folks work to assist people in difficult positions find training, employment or re-employment. They are unfailingly […]
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Business as usual isn't best option
The time to combine Lewiston and Auburn has come. I have lived in Auburn for 29 years — longer than anywhere else. I have served on the Auburn School Committee and the Lewiston-Auburn Community Forest Board and am active in the community. Auburn’s history includes several expansions: part of Poland in 1852, Danville in 1867 […]
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David Griswold: Poetry important for youngsters’ mental growth
Growing up isn’t what it used to be. Today, our kids, from even the youngest of ages, are bombarded with stimuli far exceeding what we, or any of the generations preceding us, ever had to cope with. How do we keep our kids grounded in the midst of iPads and pop-up ads, TV screens and […]