The North Carolina Legislature recently passed a state law that restricts public bathroom use. As I understand it, the law specifies that people must use the bathroom corresponding to the sex stated on their birth certificates. That is fine with me. It is not about discrimination, it is about protecting children who are old enough […]
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Blind eye on radical Islamists
There are threats of terrorism all over the world. America should learn from that if it is to survive as a nation. Radical Islamists are moving to countries such as England, Holland, France and, soon, to America. The far left and the so-called president turn a blind eye on radical Islam or call criticism of […]
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Tax relief for the lower middle class
The middle and lower middle class (those making less than $50,000 per year) should not have to pay any federal income tax. Those people would have more money to spend and that spending would boost the economy big time. The federal government is going the wrong way. The billionaires don’t pay their fair share. But […]
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A show of partisanship
Here is what passes for political dialogue in an era of hyperpartisanship: • In his letter (Nov. 22), Reggie Bechard wrote that mayoral candidate Ben Chin “must be stopped” because he supports immigrants and asylum seekers. Really? What about Quebecois seeking a new life in Maine more than a hundred years ago? Or for that […]
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Stop the liberal agenda
Ben Chin, a progressive, admitted that there were big differences between himself and current Lewiston mayor Robert Macdonald. I agree — Macdonald is against the city giving out free stuff. The number of Lewiston residents on welfare is out of control and the cost is killing the city. Lewiston has become a dumping ground of […]
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Lewiston has a problem
Lewiston seems to have a problem with the number of new students entering the school system. Why so many? And why so many that the school system didn’t know were coming? Is it because of more immigrants coming in? Or, maybe the ones here are having too many children? I have no problem with immigrants […]
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Obama and his clan must go
President Barack Obama is a very dangerous man. He and his clan have caused the release of five terrorists for the return of a traitor, Bowe Bergdahl. There are homegrown Islamic radical extremists now in this country but Obama doesn’t care about that danger. Obama and his clan made deals with a country whose people […]
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R. Bechard: Feed your children
I read a letter to the editor, printed May 5, about helping stamp out hunger. I am all for stamping out hunger, but fix the real problem — the parents who are not feeding their children. Kids are going to school hungry every day. To me, that is child abuse and it is sad. One […]
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R. Bechard: A waste of taxpayer money
I cannot believe Lewiston City Councilors approved changes to Lisbon Street in Lewiston (story, Sun Journal, March 4). The city will eliminate the right-turn lanes on Pine, Ash and Chestnut streets. That is nuts. And to have a five-foot bicycle lane is crazy. The councilors who opposed the project, Leslie Dubois, Shane Bouchard and Michael […]
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R. Bechard: Maine needs the death penalty
I understand that state Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, is proposing the death penalty for a person convicted of killing a child featured in a snuff film. The death penalty should be for all who are convicted of murder in Maine. Maine’s superior courts should stop plea deals in murder trials. For years, people with criminal […]