As a Falmouth resident and president of the National Association of Social Work, Maine Chapter, I urge all to vote for Democrat Teresa Pierce for Senate District 25 (Falmouth, Cumberland, North Yarmouth, Gray, Long Island and most of Yarmouth). Teresa has received a National Association of Social Work, Maine Chapter, endorsement based on her values, […]

Questions A and B on the Portland ballot are competing for our attention. Before we vote, we should ask ourselves two questions. 1. Do either of these proposals get at the heart of Portland’s housing crisis? 2. Who is hurt if A or B are enacted? Questions A and B are blunt instruments that can […]

The earnest debates about schools, buildings and taxes fail to acknowledge that, as “boomers,” many of us were given new schools every step of the way in the 1950s and ’60s, along with an excellent education, thanks to the unwavering commitment of our parents and grandparents. Let’s make tax increases affordable to those for whom […]

A recent Washington Post analysis found that a majority of Republican nominees for U.S. House, U.S. Senate and statewide offices to be decided next month – 299 in all – have either questioned or outright denied the results of the 2020 presidential election. This is alarming. Most Republicans are fine people, who have patriotically served […]

I grew up during Woodstock and believed we were living in the Age of Aquarius: “Harmony and understanding, sympathy and trust abounding.” I’m an independent and vote Democratic. There’s tremendous murkiness about our common connection as human beings. Many are tired of name calling and fear tactics. We need to talk, respectfully. Something that has […]

Is this what “more democracy” looks like? Four referendums on complex topics, drafted by members of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America, behind closed doors without any public input. Detailed proposals were placed before voters by only 1,500 signatures, 2% of eligible voters. And, if there are unintended consequences, the terms of the proposals cannot […]

I want to publicly thank U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-2nd District, and his office for helping my late father with his tax problems this past year. Jared’s staff helped us work with a taxpayer advocate to sort out my dad’s issues. His staff were very helpful. They went above and beyond the call of duty. […]

I was beyond aghast to see Rep. Chellie Pingree’s name on the “Progressive Caucus” letter that was widely viewed as calling for an adjustment of President Biden’s support for Ukraine. Whatever the intention, the letter was substantively vacuous, ill-advised and horribly timed. One of her colleagues called the letter “an olive branch to a war […]

There is a threat to the health of Maine children. Seventeen years ago, I gave up a lucrative law practice to have more time to raise my children. My first boss, a legislator, told me his priorities were kids and older people. He said, “You can’t repeat the second grade.” I have imitated his priorities […]