Some might say I was harsh in providing the Finance Committee recommendation to the Lewiston City Council regarding the fiscal year 2018 Capital Improvements Proposal. Having been appointed by three different mayors at various times to serve, and having served on the Lewiston City Council, I have the unique perspective that others may not. I […]
Robert Reed
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Make it work in Maine
Does it make any sense for each individual community to have its own school department, school board and school budget? Are we now facing a time when change should be considered? Administrative costs and management of all those schools continues to rise faster than the cost to pay teachers and provide needed supplies for students. […]
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Reed named executive director
LEWISTON — The Maine Chiropractic Association board of directors has announced Robert Reed of Lewiston as its new executive director. Reed will be responsible for supporting an organization of more than 200 Maine chiropractors and their staffs in areas such as legislative lobbying, marketing, educational events, financial planning and all administrative functions. Reed grew up […]
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A time to offer suggestions
As a concerned citizen who attended the public forum on pedestrian safety (Nov. 16), I offer my thoughts on what I saw that evening. We are all concerned about pedestrian safety, and yet nothing we can offer will change the three tragic deaths that have recently occurred in Lewiston. Instead, the goal should be to […]
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Questions about cities’ merger
Does Lewiston-Auburn need a merger? I feel it is time for deeper questions to be asked. First, how is it residents voted on charter representatives before people were asked if they even favored consolidation? In the past, when the communities have wanted to do something unique residents saw non-binding referendums to judge support. Second, despite […]
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Let the process take its course
As chairperson of the Lewiston Finance Committee, I am deeply concerned by what I see occurring recently. As a community, we are only at the beginning of the budget process and have just started the review, which comes with many questions, suggestions and much analysis. Members of the Finance Committee, Planning Board and others will […]
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Chin not ready to lead Lewiston
The mayoral debate made one thing very clear — Ben Chin is not ready to lead. On numerous occasions, Chin asked questions of Mayor Robert Macdonald that showed a total lack of understanding how government works. Time and again Macdonald needed to explain who is responsible for budgets and laws and, in each case, the […]
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Lachance is the best choice
Lewiston is fortunate to have Mike Lachance as the Ward 7 city councilor. He listens to his neighbors, thoroughly researches all matters put before him as an elected representative and asks others in the ward for their opinions on more difficult issues. Ward 7 needs someone who is a homeowner and taxpayer in the neighborhood […]
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Practice what you preach
It saddened me to read Larry Gilbert Sr.’s letter (Aug. 18) in which he wrote about how Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald “demonized” the Maine People’s Alliance and, in doing so, all he did was demonize Macdonald. It also leads me to question if Gilbert really understands what he claimed. Gilbert claimed that the MPA is […]
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Wrong about ranked choice voting
This is in response to Robert Reed’s letter, “Ranked voting has flaws” (July 22). In his letter, Reed essentially describes the ranked-choice voting movement as a sour-grapes response to the results of the past two gubernatorial elections. That is a misguided assumption, as well as an incomplete history of the movement’s progress in Maine. First, […]