Mr. Schaaf wrote a confusing letter to the editor.

Craig Eliot does a great job exposing the loss of local control in his letter.

I commend Susan Connery and Jane Ross for submitting letters to the LCN that appeared in the Jan. 27 edition expressing their disappointment with Governor LePage’s recent “Kiss my butt” response to a reporter’s question.

We love Nancy Wilson.

Nancy, our long time Bremen correspondent and resident general-purpose curmudgeon at large, is as proud and independent as they come. We were alarmed by news of her first car accident Jan. 28 and even more concerned when we learned she had been in a second crash in Thomaston Feb. 5.

Under our representative democracy, it has been my understanding that people are generally encouraged to contact their elected representatives with concerns about legislative issues. After recently corresponding with (District 51 Rep.) Jonathan McKane, R-Newcastle, to express my opinion of proposed changes to the Maine Public Employees’ Retirement System, I was shocked at his terse and rude response.

Early in the legislative session I co-sponsored a bill that I thought, and was told by the sponsor, Sen. Brian Langley, would have made minor changes to laws necessary to conform with federal law related to regulating restaurants.

President Obama says abortion is a private decision and pledges his continued commitment to pro choice legislation.

How bad was it Friday night in Wiscasset and Dresden? It was serious, but fortunately not as bad as it might have been.

All my life we have heard the phrases “independent Mainer” and “local control.”

Thank you for the lovely column by Kelly Patton Brook, “All Four Feet”. It is a weekly surprise and delight to read such an insightful writer who clearly has such passion and concern for the well-being of our animal companions.

Lincoln County EMA Chief Tim Pellerin’s passion for his profession has brought untold benefits to the county, grant monies received, training programs created, policies adopted; all of which has helped weave Lincoln County fire companies into an even more cohesive force than they were before he arrived in 2005.

I noticed your story a couple of weeks ago in the online edition about delays for your subscribers outside of Maine. (“Post Office delays leave seasonal residents News-less,” LCN, 12/23/10, Page 1).

To use a bad phrase I am in “shock and awe” about the loss of my house and belongings on Jan. 12. I was attaching the plow and stuck in the snow by the barn and, in only a few minutes, the fire got a good start and it was impossible to get inside the house.

Wow, what a storm (Jan. 13)! With weather like this, I am glad that I live and work where I do.