I am writing in response to Andre Cushing’s commentary, “Mainers need Congress to pass U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement,” published Sept. 28. Cushing argues that the USMCA will expand the free-market provisions that the North American Free Trade Agreement established, but the USMCA seems much more interested in sustaining the unfair monopolies American corporations have at the expense […]

I first met Layla Kargar, City Council candidate in District 3, when she hired me for a mural last winter. When I realized I wanted to stay in Portland, she immediately took me on to start painting the next cover for her magazine, Incomer, and a lot of other work since. Knowing that I didn’t […]

I see no need to eliminate Columbus Day as a holiday. I do not believe that Christopher Columbus was responsible for genocide. Diseases brought to indigenous people are an inadvertent result of migration. Columbus was not responsible for future abuses perpetrated by other European settlers. Beyond this, we should give more respect to Leif Erikson […]

I was appalled to read Monday in the Press Herald that the supposedly grassroots organization Unite Portland is an attack group funded by some of the city’s wealthiest real estate developers. In the article, Unite Portland spokesperson Dory Waxman claimed, “Unite Portland is a diverse group of concerned citizens.” That’s hogwash. As their own fundraising […]

I am proud to support Tae Chong for Portland City Council in District 3. In 2014, I founded Gateway Community Services in Portland, which provides behavioral health services and other community support services for children and adults, with a focus on immigrants and refugees. We have served over 1,000 individuals and employ more than 100 […]

Please join me in supporting Alicia Giftos for Scarborough school board this November. She worked tirelessly in 2018 to ensure town government is transparent and accountable. She stepped in last fall to run for the one-year position and the work she has done in such a short time on the Board of Education is a […]

October is Respect Life Month. But the culture of death continues: forcing taxpayers to fund abortion and legalizing assisted suicide. Also, we are demonstrating an insidious, growing lack of respect for each other; hence, for life. Listen to the lack of respect and anger demonstrated by our congressional representatives, state legislators and leaders and reality, […]

I wholeheartedly urge all Westbrook citizens to vote for Mike Foley for mayor of Westbrook. Mike has devoted his life to Westbrook, beginning in high school as a student representative to the school board, then as at-large city councilor, Finance Committee chair and vice president of the City Council. Over the years I have worked […]