There is never a good time to start an unpleasant conversation. Anyone who has ever had to be the bearer of bad news knows that.

We would like to thank all who were involved in the incredibly successful supper and yard sale benefit for the late Mikie Simmons Aug. 28. Although the outcome inevitably was not what we had hoped, it was a wonderful tribute to Mikie.

I’m writing in response to Mr. Michael Uhl’s letter “Send Democrats to Augusta and Washington” which appeared in the Sept. 9 edition of the LCN. I was especially taken by his statement “folks paying their fair share.”

To the Editor:Having been involved in politics and having attended party conventions, I learned two things. Conventions are free drinks and food at a candidate’s hospitality suites. Party platforms are a joke and no candidate adheres to them. Paul LePage is no more committed to the Republican platform than Libby Mitchell is to the Democrat […]

We give Thomas Steele-Maley credit; if he’s right, and no one will know for years exactly how right or wrong he is, he has dreamed up a model for a 21st-century education.

“It’s the economy, stupid:” a phrase used by the 1992 Clinton campaign. Could there be any phrase more appropriate today here in Maine?

It is this country’s belief that if you subsidize something, it will eventually get better. Does anyone believe the stimulus was for the poor?

Most people are convinced politicians are out of touch. It is easy to believe big wheels like the President and the Senators and Congressmen don’t relate to the average man/woman. In light of the amount of money it takes to run for a federal office, we concede the point.

I want to thank Ellen Dickens for her letter highlighting my vote against the gigantic bond package of 2009. I’m proud of it – it’s not easy voting against hordes of lobbyists and special interests all demanding more taxpayer money. (“Jon McKane voting record,” Page 4)

On Sunday, September 19th, a Turkey Dinner was held at Meenahga Grange Hall in Waldoboro to benefit the Waldoboro Food Pantry. The benefit dinner, sponsored by the Waldoboro Democratic Committee, raised $905, with all proceeds going directly to the Waldoboro Food Pantry.

A few years ago, voters enacted a property tax cap, which was intended to limit government spending. At the time the state said, ‘No problem, we’ll help where we can.’

A recent report tells us that Britain now produces more wind powered electricity than the rest of the world combined.

A special Wiscasset Town vote takes place Tues., Sept. 14 on the remaining warrant articles that did not pass from the June election. Although the warrant only has nine articles it involves over $590,000 in appropriations.

If you were ever laid off and your meager unemployment benefits are running out; if you don’t know how to feed your kids and hang on to your house, then you understand why so many Americans are angry and ready to lash out at someone to blame.