What Awlaki did used to be called treason

Letters to the Editor

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October 23, 2011

What Awlaki did used to be called treason

Anwar Awlaki was a U.S. citizen in name only. When an American citizen leaves the United States, takes up residence in a nation that is not friendly to the United States and goes on rants and plans to attack our country, he loses all his rights. What he did used to be called treason. The […]
Published
October 23, 2011

New race tracks good for Maine’s horse industry

I’m writing to express my support for Question 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot. New harness race tracks in Biddeford and Calais will be good, not only for those communities, but also for Maine’s horse industry and the hundreds of families who depend on it. About 1999, a good friend suggested that I might like […]
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October 23, 2011

We should passionately defend our right to vote

I have read many letters recently concerning Question 1. A yes vote will rescind the recently enacted legislation that ended same-day voter registration in Maine. Those urging a no vote have spoken about voter fraud and abuse. Charlie Webster, Maine’s GOP chairman, found 19 medical students registered to vote in 2004 and then asked Secretary […]
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October 23, 2011

How many in US can keep economic holding pattern?

According to Politico, there are 237 millionaires among the 535 members of Congress; 44 percent of the body, compared to about 1 percent of Americans overall. Congressional salaries are six figures. Their benefits, including health care and pensions should be cut and limited, whether short term or long term employment. Between 2007-2009, while Americans lost […]
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October 23, 2011

Citizens have many times to register to vote

Question 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot, asking new voters to register at least two business days before an election provides a way for town and city clerks to verify eligibility before election day. I’ve read that this bill will disenfranchise or deny people their right to vote. Nonsense! People can register through the Department […]

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October 23, 2011

Trickleup economics would work better

I read Phil Pinkham’s letter of Oct. 12 with some interest. In it he alleges that politicians are attempting to take money from people via taxes, spend it to create jobs, which will then result in more tax revenues to create more jobs. He compares this to a perpetual motion machine, which has been shown […]
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October 23, 2011

Oakland can’t afford another big project

The residents of the town of Oakland are going to be asked to vote for a new town office/police department/fire department building combined. The cost of this project will be more than $4.9 million, and that is not for a finished building. We have not yet begun paying for our $12 million sewer project, and […]
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October 23, 2011

Vote yes on Question 2 for jobs in Calais area

The Passamaquoddy tribe in Indian Township wants to build a racino in Washington County. To do this, it needs help from the rest of the state. Passamaquoddies are asking us to support Question 2 on Nov. 8, which would allow two racinos to be built: one in Biddeford and and another in Washington County, with […]
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October 23, 2011

Fatal accident in Vienna not surprising

It does not surprise me that there was a fatality on Town House Road in Vienna recently. When Pond Road ends and Town House Road begins, 95 percent of drivers drive as if they have reached the Indianapolis Speedway. The speed limit is 45, but I do not believe I have ever seen any vehicle […]
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October 23, 2011

Memories lost when teens go to anti-school dance

It used to be that dirty dancing was something teenagers would have to sneak off to do. Then, about five years ago, school officials inexplicably decided they would look the other way and allow an extreme version of dirty dancing called grinding, right in the school gym. Don’t bother Googling it. Just go straight to […]

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