Journal Tribune Opinion
Honoring a life well-lived
You want to feel disoriented and uncomfortable in your own skin? Try laughing at a funeral. It’s a very specific brand of emotional relief, one that can’t divest itself fully from feelings of guilt. You immediately start second guessing yourself in those moments. The laughter is cathartic, but it feels wrong. It’s healthy, but feels […]
Denk for state Representative
Diane Denk has a good mind and a good heart, and she gets it done. She’s a untiring ally, a respected do-gooder, a friend you want fighting for you, for issues that are important to all of us and our children. I ask Biddeford, Kennebunkport and Kennebunk voters to seize this opportunity to have Diane […]
Maine needs Ranked Choice Voting
I am responding to several points raised in a recent op-ed by Gordon Weil. A full rebuttal is impossible in the constraints of a letter to the editor. Mr. Weil concludes that Ranked Choice Voting is too expensive by citing the wrong number. He includes the cost of upgrading the state’s software, which will happen […]
Re-elect Grohman as state Representative
I am writing to endorse Martin Grohman for re-election to the Maine state Legislature. I had the honor of representing Biddeford in the Legislature for a wonderful eight years from 2006 to 2014. At that time, I could no longer serve because of term limits. I knew we wanted to have someone good take over […]
Don’t listen to a presidential candidate who lies
If I were Hillary Clinton, I would object to having Fox News’ Chris Wallace on the third presidential debate panel. He will try to make her look bad with questions. He doesn’t want to lose his job on “Fox News Sunday.” Megyn Kelly had to go to Trump Tower and ask for his forgiveness to […]
Broder has experience, compassion
We have known Bernard J. Broder (B.J.), Independent candidate for York County judge of probate, for more than 20 years. We regard B.J. as a trusted advisor for our estate and health care planning, and are truly honored to call him a friend as well as our attorney. When Patti’s father was diagnosed with terminal […]
Review charter changes before voting
As a representative of Ward 3 in the Biddeford Charter Revision Commission, I urge all the Biddeford voters to review the changes that the nine members of the commission have agreed to submit to be voted on in the November elections. The commission went through the whole city charter in order to establish a good […]