This is in response to Leroy Walker Sr.’s guest column (March 19) regarding his thoughts as it relates to the Joint Charter Commission’s vision for Lewiston and Auburn. I certain respect his thoughts regarding the commission’s vision, however, I disagree with Walker’s comments regarding the Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth Council. I was executive director of […]
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Leaving Growth Council is wrong turn for Auburn
I served as executive director of the Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth Council at the time the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, the Lewiston Development Corp. and the Auburn Business Development Corp. chose to join forces in an effort to diversify and strengthen the tax base and to create new and better job opportunities for the […]
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LaBonte will serve Auburn well
Auburn Mayor Jonathan LaBonte deserves another term. He is a young man with wisdom beyond his years and has core beliefs that will serve Auburn citizens well. He has developed contacts in both the private and public sectors and clearly understands the strengths of both when it comes to job creation for our young, unemployed […]
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J. Turner: The silence is deafening
Once again, We the People Maine, whomever they may be, are promoting the idea of taking away the constitutional right of corporations to exercise free speech. Calling corporate campaign contributions “dark money,” the organization wants the U.S. Congress to call a Constitutional Convention to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” ruling of 2010 affirming […]
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J. Turner: Need people with new ideas
Twenty-plus years ago, I ran for the state Senate against John Cleveland. That is how long he’s been hanging around government. It is time for a change and I believe Eric Brakey would represent the Senate district well. Also, I was distressed to learn Cleveland is misrepresenting his record as it relates to the welfare […]
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J. Turner: VA problem should be investigated
As a veteran, I am having a very difficult time trying to understand why Congressman Michael Michaud, a long-time member of the Committee on Veterans Affairs, has not, before now, shone the light of day on the way the Veterans Administration has treated veterans. The idea that veterans were kept waiting months, and sometimes years, […]
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J. Turner: Small businesses at risk
The impact of Obamacare on small businesses and employees will be dramatic. The cost will be the further denigration of the middle class, which will take the financial brunt of this far-reaching and expensive program. Maine has the oldest population in the union. Those with wealth are moving to Florida or New Hampshire, where there […]