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.

This is in response to Jason Simond’s letter a few weeks ago. I went to every one of the G.S.B. 8th grade boys’ basketball games this season. As I sat in the stands I heard a lot of remarks from the spectators on the bleachers. I heard people cheering on the boys and the teams they played on. I heard parents from our team and other teams whom we competed against saying that they wish that their team could just win one or two games in the season. I also heard people complaining about the refs making bad calls, both ways, at many of the games.

Kudos to our new governor this from a longtime “Independent” voter. To those who think he is crass, come on lighten up and smell the roses. He is a diamond in the rough. Look at his first act; to stop the influx of people hoping to get on our benevolent welfare system.

It is said that a quick way to find out what the community is talking about is a glance at the editorial page. We would say that an even better way to find out what is going on is go to a community supper.

When I signed the petition to develop a five member assessors’ board last fall, my only stipulation was that it would not cost anything to do this.

According to Maine Public Radio, our distinguished legislature recently spent an hour plus debating the merits of making the Whoopie pie the state’s official dessert. Do they really have nothing better to do?

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

Almost anyone in the Twin Villages knows or knows of the Lee boys, Zander and his brother Whitney. They grew up here. They went to school here. If one or the other may have been rambunctious at times in their younger days, they both grew into upstanding family and businessmen.

For what it’s worth here are my thoughts on the Wiscasset bypass; forget the bypass and do these simple solutions:

1.) Stop ALL on street parking in Wiscasset.

I can understand why Doctor Falconer appreciates the “revelry and lawlessness of Saturnalia,” especially in light of his indifference to the secularization of Christ’s Mass. So have Saturnalia on the solstice, and there will be no confusion. (Say…wasn’t Kwanzaa supposed to have solved this problem?)

Governor-Elect LePage will be sworn Jan. 5 and I presume he would have us believe his order that there be none of the customary inaugural whoop-de-doo is a signal confirming he’ll be turning over every stone in his effort to cure the state’s budget woes.