As a concerned citizen, I feel compelled to speak out about the troubling direction our country is heading under the leadership of President Donald Trump. Over the past year, we have witnessed a consistent pattern of behavior that undermines democratic norms, erodes public trust and deepens the divisions across our nation. From inflammatory rhetoric that […]
Deb Sayer
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Maine’s voter ID question is a wolf in sheep’s clothing | Letter
The Trump and MAGA agenda is unpopular. Donald Trump and his MAGA supporters are set to take a beating in next year’s midterm elections. Their response is not to change course but to disrupt the elections through voter suppression. Maine is consistently number one or two in voter turnout with zero evidence of voter fraud.Absentee […]
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A ‘Yes’ vote on Maine’s Question 2 can save lives | Letter
On Nov. 4, I plan to vote in favor of Question 2: “Do you want to allow courts to temporarily prohibit a person from having dangerous weapons if law enforcement, family, or household members show that the person poses a significant danger of causing physical injury to themselves or others?” These Extreme Risk Protection Orders […]
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Endorsing Alicia Barnes and Heather Neal for RSU 18 School Board | Letter
There are two open seats on Regional School Unit 18’s school board. I am strongly endorsing two of the candidates: Alicia Barnes in Oakland and Heather Neal in China. I am a board member, and this endorsement is from me personally. Alicia Barnes is a veteran, having been deployed to Iraq. She’s been involved in […]
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America should look back to move forward | Letter
A recent talk made me think deeply about the importance of shared civic ideals.
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Augusta turns out for 1920 Edgar Jones film | Letter
Many thanks to the more than 100 people who came to see an Edgar Jones silent film at the Augusta Colonial Theater on Oct. 4. In the early 1920s a Jones film at the Colonial was usually a sold-out affair, but more than 100 years later his locally filmed movies still have the power to […]
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Mainers should see through Republicans’ wind power smokescreen | Letter
If only they’d be honest about their loyalties to fossil fuel interests.
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A solution on real estate taxes for Maine seniors | Letter
A revenue-neutral approach that would be of major benefit to Maine seniors is to freeze their real estate taxes at the current (or other) level, but let the taxes that would otherwise be paid accumulate, with interest, to be paid upon the person’s transfer of the property. The municipalities would receive the benefit of all […]
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Get the record straight on America’s wars | Letter
I am writing to correct the misapprehension of one of your readers who wrote in a letter published on Sept. 21 (“Politically, Maine isn’t what it used to be“) that the “Democrats always seem to get us into wars and the Republicans bail us out.” Just to set the record straight, the Republicans were responsible […]
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A case of faulty MAGA math | Letter
As I read Jim Fossel’s Sept. 14 column (“A good federal budget is not an omnibus budget“), I once again grow weary of a misleading statement too often promoted by the president and his supporters: “…more than half the country voted for Trump…” That is not correct. Trump, of course, won the Electoral College and […]