While the public should enjoy a vigorous debate on the merits of joining Lewiston and Auburn, I am concerned that the discussion and comments haven’t always remained professional. Constituents and elected officials alike have occasionally stooped to thinly-veiled personal attacks and innuendos focused on members of the Lewiston-Auburn Joint Charter Commission. Members of the Commission […]
Twin Cities merger
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Forget about a merger
The consolidation of Lewiston-Auburn — what is the real catalyst behind this endeavor, once again? Since the late 1800s, a certain group of folks have had that dream. They would strip away the identity as two vibrant, yet very different cities and make it one. Those people in favor of the merger say it is […]
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No urgent call for a merger
I am opposed to a merger of the cities of Auburn and Lewiston. I don’t believe that there will be any tax savings if the two cities are merged. I believe that, in fact, taxes will increase. For example, if one city is paying its department employees more than the other city, unions are not […]
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Merged city would be too large
In 1978, I ran for mayor of Auburn. I traveled to the farthest corners of the city. As a result, I know how large Auburn is. It is more than 60 square miles. To merge Lewiston and Auburn would create a city much too large in area. To have just seven wards is a looney […]
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P. Sawyer: Merger was rejected
Recently, as I was reading through a paper that I wrote in college, I discovered that in 1870 there was a vote to join Lewiston and Auburn into one city. It was defeated by a vote of 530-373. Pat Sawyer, New Gloucester