It was with sadness and frustration that I read of Sen. Susan Collins’ “yes” vote on the Republican tax bill. I grew up in Down East Maine. Every summer, the hordes came to witness its fierce and quiet beauty. The parking lots filled in Acadia, the sidewalks of Bar Harbor crowded with people in pink […]

Bill Nemitz missed his mark in his Dec. 3 column, “It’s not too late for Sen. Collins to do right by Mainers.” Mr. Nemitz casts Sen. Susan Collins’ vote in favor of tax reform as a giveaway to the ultra-wealthy at the expense of everyone else. While such a statement might make a good talking […]

I was disappointed to learn that our senior senator, Susan Collins, cast a key vote in favor of a tax plan that gives massive tax cuts to the wealthy and large corporations, paid for on the backs of small-business owners and the middle class. Sen. Collins claims to be a champion of small businesses, yet […]