As a lifelong Freeporter, I want to tip my hat in thanks to Doug Leland for his thoughtful piece supporting the March 9 bond for bike/pedestrian accommodations on the I-295 overpasses in Freeport (Mallet Drive and Desert Road). He frames the bridge funding issue as one of rebuilding community by reconnecting both sides of our […]
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Letter: Columnist needs lessons in history, racism
I have issues with the article by Abdi Ifitn (“Today’s America is unrecognizable,” Jan. 8). First of all, Mr. Ifitn is very young and has no knowledge of American history. He should listen to Dinesh D’Souza, who knows more about American history than most Americans do. I do agree that this is NOT the country […]
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Letter: Balentine should not perpetuate proven falsehoods
The Jan. 28 edition of the Northern Forecaster had opinions by Heather Martin (“At our very best, we are a nation of poets”) and John Balentine (“What’s a conservative to do?”) that couldn’t have been more opposite in outlooks for our country. We applaud your attempt to have a balance of Democratic and Republican, conservative […]
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Letter: Freeport bridges, multi-use paths well worth funding
I am writing in response to Doug Leland’s article about Freeport’s bridge replacements and the upcoming bond vote for multi-use paths (Forum: “Freeport bridges can fix the past,” Feb. 4). I’ve recently learned that if the bond passed, it would raise the tax rate by approximately 4.25 cents. This represents an increase of $4.25 annually […]
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Letter: Balentine should get facts straight before discussing policy
John Balentine’s column “What’s a conservative to do?” (Jan. 29), leads me to believe that if Balentine were a math teacher, he’d proclaim that one plus one equals three. He cites the “still unresolved questions” about Georgia’s results in the presidential election. Actually, they were resolved, according to several top Republican Georgia election officials and […]
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Letter: Follow the facts, not Balentine’s ‘opinion’
Hannah Arendt once proclaimed: “Freedom of opinion is a farce unless factual information is guaranteed and the facts themselves are not in dispute.” According to this stated definition, John Balentine’s “opinion” piece (“What’s a conservative to do?”, Jan. 29) is a farce. Why? He has utterly failed to guarantee his provision of factual material to […]
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Letter: Litigation is not the answer to climate change
The environment has always been an important issue to Mainers, including myself, and I look forward to hearing more details about the Climate Action Plan unveiled in December. But while I support the plan’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, our leaders in Augusta should pursue a pragmatic approach to enacting climate policy. That approach, […]
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Letter: Balentine lives in a parallel universe
John Balentine (“Trump’s legacy,” Jan. 15) writes “… but because (Trump) lacked a respectable persona, he couldn’t win converts to his cause.” Mr. Balentine has forgotten Trump’s history – his “lack of a respectable persona” was long ago cultivated both by his father and by Roy Cohn. In 1954, Joseph Welch said, “Until this moment, […]
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Letter: Reader impressed by Trump legacy column
The following was addressed to columnist John Balentine: I am so tremendously impressed with your delicate handling of the Trump legacy (Here’s Something, Jan. 15). You seem to have walked a very fine line between the two extremes without offending anyone. (Wait for all the hate mail to prove me wrong.) And you still got […]
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Letter: Balentine is a breath of fresh air
Dear John Balentine, You are such a breath of fresh air and it was so nice to read your article (“Trump’s legacy,” Jan. 15). There are 75 million of us who liked living in a free country. Now we will be inundated by hordes of illegals from all over the world storming our borders. How […]