Dear Editor: I have been in law enforcement since 1991. I’ve spent the last six years as a chief of police. With all those years of patrol, and traffic work, I became aware of a safety issue that I had no way of legally addressing. There were uninsured drivers on the road, but when and …
Dear readers: In this week’s edition of The Ellsworth American, you will find a printed copy of the Constitution of United States of America. The Constitution and its Amendments are the cornerstone of our democracy, and its meaning is often debated in the halls of Congress and within the courts. With election season upon us, …
Dear Editor: It is hard to believe that nine years have passed since the emergency enactment of LD 891, “An Act to Create Uniform Claims Paying Practices in Long-term Care Insurance Policies.” Prior to this law, many of Maine’s seniors and boomers who filed for long-term care insurance benefits would wait sometimes up to five …
Dear Editor: It has been truly an honor to represent you in the Legislature, both in the House and the Senate. My tenure in the Senate has ended due to term limits and due to redistricting you now are living in Senate District 7. Senate District 7 now includes the towns of Castine, Orland, Penobscot …
Dear Editor: An unavoidable topic has finally made the news. Age and politicians don’t mix well. There should be an age limit for those older politicians who are still in power. They still think they “know it all”; they still think they know what is good for themselves and the country. Joe Biden has been …
Dear Editor: In January of 2021, my 529 college plan had $16,800 I am setting aside for my grandkids. As Joe Biden celebrates his passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, I took a look at the grandkids’ accounts. As of today, they are collectively worth $15,100. Now you can say that being down only $1,700 …
Dear Editor: This week many of us in Hancock County received through the mail a misleading message from Richard Malaby suggesting that the Maine Senate seat contested by Brian Langley and Nicole Grohoski is being bought for Grohoski by “outside money.” Mr. Malaby stated outside money in the millions has poured into legislative seats, investing …
Dear Editor: Now that the President has called out 75 million or more nonviolent patriots like myself, I am compelled to draw a line in the sand. Using Independence Hall with two U.S. Marines in dress blues and eerie lighting as a backdrop to trash us must have the Founders rolling over in their graves. …
Dear Editor: You recently had a letter to the editor from Mr. David Paul Henry [“Get on it,” Sept. 15] concerning today’s political workings. I have to agree with most of his ideas for cleaning up the political mess in our country. I disagree with his interpretation of the Second Amendment, as I believe the …
Dear Editor: An open letter to Sens. Collins and King: I am asking you, as my senators but also as members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to learn all the details about and then share what is possible about the documents found at Mar-a-Lago without harming national security. Here are my questions: (1) What classified …
Letter to the Editor: Central Maine Power (CMP) and Versant are not working for the state of Maine. Low reliability, high prices and millions each month in political spending all point to the need for real change now. For folks hesitant about the referendum to replace them with a privately operated, nonprofit, customer-owned utility, it …
Dear Editor: Here is a list of actions I think should be taken as soon as possible, maybe by mid-afternoon today: Remove all taxpayer support for political party activities. Among other things, that will mean not registering voters by party affiliation, not having parties choose their nominees through taxpayer-funded primaries and not allowing party nomination to …
