In Portland and nationwide, the City Council and mayor may separate from an unsatisfactory manager at any time, but it takes an election to hold a mayor accountable.
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Leonard Pitts: Who’s going to tell the president that he has no clothes?
Sycophants are more worried about bruising the presidential ego than they are about getting him to face facts.
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Commetary: Mask use breaks down on familiar lines
Men without college degrees who live in rural areas are more likely to vote Republican and less likely to wear masks to fight COVID.
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Maine Voices: Shore leave welcome break for young sailors in World War II
A Mainer who served in the Pacific Theater remembers everyone sprucing up for time on liberty – and coming back to tell their tales.
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Commentary: Proposed Munjoy Hill Historic District will be good for Portland
It will preserve our heritage for the enjoyment of residents and visitors alike as well as for future generations.
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Maine Voices: Democracy rests on poll workers’ slightly stooped shoulders
When the integrity of an electoral count is questioned, these are the people who are being called dishonest. This takes me aback, because poll workers are cautious.
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Colby Polling Initiative: How we missed Maine’s independent spirit
We undercounted the number of voters uniquely poised to choose a senator and a president of opposing parties.
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Maine Voices: A nation divided by the stories we believe
We need to accept that we all have our own version of events.
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Jim Fossel: Money fails to win Gideon a Senate seat in Maine
Tuesday shows, once again, that voters favor moderates with strong ties to the state and an identity outside of their party affiliation.
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Maine Observer: 007 made life easier for Americans named Sean
Sean Connery made what had been an unusual foreign-sounding name as American as apple pie.