The Saco City Council will conduct a public hearing on the second and final reading regarding the school bond question on Sept. 6. The council will decide then whether to move forward with the ballot question or vote it down. If the question is moved forward, citizens will vote on Nov. 8. A master plan […]
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Experience vs. vision: the presidential paradox
The analysis you hear everywhere is that this is an extraordinary election, a departure from the ordinary, staking out new ground in American political history. And in some ways it is: The rhetoric is lower and meaner than anything we’ve seen since Grover Cleveland was elected in 1884; the candidates are the least appealing since […]
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Governor has got to go
I spent the first 25 years of my work life in human resources. I worked for the Illinois EPA, in a major corporation, in a 1,000- attorney law firm and in a large brokerage firm. I dealt with a wide variety of problems ranging from sexual harassment to embezzlement to gross incompetence. If any employee […]
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Editorial Roundup
The Star-Ledger of Newark on what Hurricane Sandy taught about humanity: In January of 2013, powerful Louisiana congressman Steve Scalise, one of those steadfast climate change deniers, voted against the $50.5 billion Sandy relief package because he said it would not be fiscally responsible. He has since become the third most powerful man in the […]
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One unusual achievement by the candidate-who-must-not-be-named
On Election Day, a majority of Americans will go to the polls not to cast a ballot for a specific presidential candidate, but to vote against someone they consider far too reprehensible to become their nation’s commander-in-chief. For responsible citizens, sitting out this election isn’t a choice. Failing to participate isn’t only irresponsible, it’s hypocritical […]
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Clinton should offer olive branch on abortion
If ever there was a time for leadership in the Democratic Party on abortion, it is now. Every day, I talk to Americans still looking for a presidential candidate. They find themselves unable to vote for either major candidate in good conscience. A change in their positions on abortion could make a difference. Perhaps that’s […]
