School budgets make up 60-70 percent of expenditures in towns and cities. I have a plan to take an arbitrary figure out of everyone’s gross income and allocate it to schools. I believe that Florida has a school tax. For retirees, the figure would be lower. Since the state has not met its 55 percent […]
George Ferguson
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Turn on the headlights
One good thing auto makers did recently is to have auto headlights go on when a car is started. Evidently, people who have older model cars and who don’t know the state law are unaware that once the windshield wipers are turned on, the car’s headlights need to be turned on. How many times, during […]
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Political commercials a waste of money
I have friends who are in politics, but none who are politicians. The latter are beholden to lobbyists who are financed by big business, a la “what can you do for me?” How did George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, etc., become president without wasting (yes, wasting) billions of dollars on caucuses, primaries and conventions? […]
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Too many tests; too much taxation
Here we go again. According to a Dec. 4 story in the Sun Journal, taxpayers will be forced to come up with millions of dollars for new tests for school children, and pay it to a firm in New Hampshire. How many more such tests are taxpayers going to pay for and to what end? […]
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NESN foolish for not rehiring Orsillo
I have been a Red Sox fan for 60 years, but believe the firing of NESN announcer Don Orsillo is a ridiculous decision, evidently made by one person. Rumors have it that said person didn’t like Orsillo. Who is he (big money man?) to totally disregard millions of fans who know Orsillo is a great […]
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G. Ferguson: Be aggressive, Red Sox hitters
I have been an avid Red Sox fan since the 1950s but, recently, my anger about their approach to the game has my cat and wife wincing at my comments during games. I hope someone in the Red Sox organization will wake up and realize that every team knows that Red Sox batters (90 percent […]
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G. Ferguson: Celtics need ‘big’ help
I do not profess to be a basketball guru, but my heart and soul bleeds Boston Celtic green. In the 1950s, before games were televised, I never missed Johnny Most on the radio, covering the Bob Cousy-Bill Russell era. The Celtics are the only NBA team I will watch on television. Unfortunately, during the past […]
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In rebuttal, G. Ferguson: A credit to the Telstar community
I am a Lisbon High School graduate and a former football player for four years. Not a very good one, I’ll admit, as blocking was my greatest asset. In my day, Coach Woodhead got a scrimmage with Lewiston’s three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense of Norm Parent. Riding on the bus to face “the big guys,” to say we […]
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G. Ferguson: A good role model for youngsters
After having watched a teary-eyed Arnold “Arnie” Palmer on television, I felt that I needed to comment on him as my all-time sports personality — not a hero, as that is reserved for those people who give of themselves for the betterment of others (or, maybe he is). As an aspiring athlete growing up in […]
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G. Ferguson: What, another tax?
People are being taxed into poverty, what with state tax, federal tax, tax on groceries, meal taxes at restaurants and property tax. In my community, I know of a few senior citizens who worked all their lives to enjoy the golden years who are paying the town $20 per month to keep from having liens […]