I am writing to call attention to the way Gov. Paul LePage is planning to ignore the will of the voters. LePage has plans to do away with or greatly weaken the referendum questions many people voted for. He has even implied, in a newspaper article a few weeks ago, that voters were not smart […]
Diana Lovejoy
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D. Lovejoy: Government sold to highest bidder
The Citizens United and the McCutcheon U.S. Supreme Court decisions will destroy our democratic republic unless we, the people, act to demand a constitutional amendment repealing both Supreme Court decisions. “We, The People, demand that all members of Congress immediately sign on as sponsors of S.J.Res.18 (in the Senate) and H.J.Res.21 (in the House), to […]
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D. Lovejoy: No fast track
No fast track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is a proposal to expand the 2005 agreement between New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and Brunei to include Australia, Canada, Mexico, the United States, Vietnam and others. It is a sweet deal for big corporations and a ripoff to the American people. The secret negotiations, and the fact […]
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D. Lovejoy: Fair wages, fair treatment
Labor Day has just passed and in many parts of this country workers at some fast-food businesses walked off their jobs in protest of the poor wages they are paid. In this country, it is unthinkable that a person cannot make enough money to support themselves and their families. Yet, they can’t. We, the people, […]
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D. Lovejoy: Small farmers are losing out
If the Maine Senate can’t muster enough votes to overturn Gov. LePage’s veto of “An Act to Help Small Farmers in Selling Raw Milk and Homemade Food Products” (story, July 10), then the people need to make themselves heard. It is about food choice and those who would rather have raw milk for the health […]