I was appalled to see a large photo on the front page of the Local section of the Sun Journal (Jan. 12) featuring “Family night out.” It showed a mother and five-month old son at a BYOB Family Night at Kiddos Indoor Playground in Auburn, which “gives families an opportunity to relax, eat and drink […]
Robert Hansen
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People’s rights relinquished
Haven’t voters had enough of those who can’t accept that their concept of what is correct — “politically correct” — is out of touch with constitutionality (and a huge segment of the American citizenry)? First, it was term limits for state legislators. The poster boy for that successful(?) movement was John Martin of Eagle Lake. […]
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Hayes’ diatribe unwarranted
In his letter (May 4), former Auburn Councilor Bob Hayes criticized Mayor Jonathan Labonte for “a flood of e-mails” to recent city managers. Having personally tried to get those former employees to work for Auburn taxpayers, I am confident that the mayor’s e-mails were warranted. While weak mayors historically are typical of the manager-council form […]
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Independent voting for Poliquin
I remember how, years ago, Americans revered individuals who worked hard, became successful and strove to do good for others. Now, society is so bereft that it denigrates those people, wanting someone who, in their biographical information, hasn’t exhibited measurable positive attributes. As an independent voter who has voted the person, whether Democrat, Independent or […]
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R. Hansen: Reality has caught up
This is in response to Robert Sevigny’s attack on the Auburn School Department (April 23). A decade ago, the city budget was 40 percent of the municipal tax levy while the Auburn School Department’s was 60 percent. Today, those percentages are virtually reversed. The average price to educate students in the latest statistics available (2013-2014) […]
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R. Hansen: Looking at the candidates
As a taxpayer, honorably discharged veteran, still working “retiree” and independent voter, I offer thoughts for Nov. 4. Shenna Bellows, for eight years has been Maine director of the ACLU, the parent organization having been founded by communists Roger Baldwin and William Foster; it stances almost always oppose the Constitution. Emily Cain wants a 34.6 […]
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R. Hansen: Lack of integrity
First, I do not know Ryan White. Second, I don’t have sympathy or empathy for people who, of their own free will, get involved with mind altering substances — much less become desperate enough to stage robberies to support an addiction. However, I am incensed by the Sun Journal’s headline, “Drug court dropout” (Jan. 29), […]
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R. Hansen: Ghetto, slum not the same thing
The Sun Journal article, “Neighborhood challenge: Get clean” (Sept. 17), caught my attention. Many people — including some dictionary publishers — mistakenly use “ghetto” and “slum” as synonyms. In sociological terminology, a ghetto has historically meant an area of a city predominantly comprised of people with some common heritage, usually ethnic background. A slum is […]