Great – now Maine residents on their way to New Hampshire to buy tax-free liquor and cigarettes can also place a sports bet. I wonder if the governor’s veto of sports betting in Maine was influenced by the Maine State Lottery. Scratch tickets for $25 are OK – but not a $25 sports bet? Please, […]

Thanks to the help of over 800 people in Maine and around the country, late last year I was able to place three full-page ads in the Maine Sunday Telegram asking Sen. Susan Collins to spend a little more time listening to average Mainers. One of our ads included the names of over 400 people […]

As the parent of a daughter with an intellectual disability, I was excited to read Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s detailed, thoughtful plan to ensure and advance the rights of people with disabilities. It is rare for a presidential candidate to make disability rights a central focus of a campaign. The needs of people with disabilities are […]

I read the Jan. 26 letter from Martin Jones of Freeport (“Bernie Sanders is no moderate”) with interest. His opinion embodies the disconnect between generations evident throughout the country in 2020 and demonstrates a significant lack of understanding of economic and political systems. Sen. Bernie Sanders proudly proclaims his plans to reshape the dynamics of […]

Can we retrofit our school buses with seat belts, paid for by private funds? We need a citizens’ initiative to check the legality, get quotes, solicit funds and coordinate with school departments. If Maine doesn’t join the national movement in other states for seat belts in school buses, perhaps our residents will. It’s not fair […]

One of the major concerns of the Democratic Party is finding a suitably electable candidate to run against Donald Trump. Mike Bloomberg is that candidate for a couple of reasons: He has business and managerial ability in that he successfully ran a “small nation,” New York City, and brought changes to the health care system, […]