As long as there is a demand for illegal drugs, someone will supply them if they can make a buck. Law enforcement can put dealers in jail from now until the cows come home, and someone else will step up to sell drugs if there is money to be made. No one, when they are […]
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D. Dawn: What the people can do
Once upon a time there was a place called Vacationland. It was the most beautiful place on Earth. People came from afar to experience its magic. It was wonderful. Then, one fateful day, a dark “Paul” was cast over the land. There was a new leader. He lacked compassion for the people. He wanted all […]
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R. Melendy: Gov. LePage’s inadequacies
Gov. Paul LePage opposes expansion of Medicaid. Gov. LePage opposes the Affordable Care Act. Gov. LePage opposes services that help the most destitute and handicapped citizens of this state. Gov. LePage has hired the most inadequate and unqualified Department of Health and Human Services commissioner in recent memory. Her qualifications appear to be that she […]
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R. Tolman: Craven needs to prove her point
This is in response to Sen. Margeret Craven’s statement in the Sun Journal story Jan. 9 concerning the DHHS report. Sen. Craven accused Gov. Paul LePage of telling so many lies “you can’t even trust him when he says anything, anyways.” Generalization about a person’s character can easily be tossed out for all to read. […]
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J. Brochu: Governor an embarrassment
What if the citizens of Maine had the same attitude about Maine’s laws as the so-called governor? Just how would that work? Just break any law you choose to and when enforcement agencies try to enforce them, you just tell them, “sue me.” That embarrassment needs to go. I cannot imagine anybody voting to re-elect […]
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A. Pelletier: Waste of tax dollars
Two stories appeared in the online version of the Sun Journal Nov 20: “LePage threatens to sue Legislature over state budget,” written by the Bangor Daily News, and “Lawmakers challenge LePage on contract for Medicare critic,” written by the Sun Journal’s Scott Thistle. How can the state Appropriations Committee come up with a balanced budget […]
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P. Caron: Republican troublemakers
I saw on a news program a while ago that Gov. Paul LePage is worried more about putting money in government officials’ pockets and getting them back to work than he is about all the people who are out of work and out of money. Boy, if that doesn’t tell it all. And U.S. Speaker […]
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C. Rivard: Governor didn’t misspeak
I would like to correct a misinterpretation of Gov. Paul LePage’s use of the term “every people,” as first referred to in a letter from Irene Lagasse on Sept. 22 and in a recent letter from Donna Harrison (Oct. 1). LePage was, indeed, correct. The word “people” can also mean the same as “ethnic group,” […]
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T. Bulger: Misrepresenting Maine
Maine’s tourism income is the goose that lays the golden egg. The return on investment is very good and much of the income is in the form of dollars from out of state. Seeing Maine as a vacation destination (Sept. 29) is dependent upon the stereotype of a serene environment with laid-back, sensible people. When […]
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J. Snipe: Story was pure hearsay
The tabloid-style, non-news story on the front page of the Sun Journal Aug. 20, “Governor reportedly tells backers Obama ‘hates white people,’” is an insult to those people who read a newspaper for news, not hearsay. Gov. LePage has accomplished what Democratic and independent governors had no concern for — paying the hospitals and doctors […]