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Protesting too much

To the editor: Re: Walter Crean’s latest letter on racism. I decided to conduct an experiment to test his theory. At 9 a.m. I sat down with a clock in front of the TV and turned Fox News on. I let one minute go by waiting to see if the racism issue would come up.

Calling for compromise and equality

To the editor: Every time you turn on the television there seems to be somebody blaming racism for one thing or another. It seems that racial disparity is running rampant in our country. It seems the theme is that if you’re white you are automatically a racist, if you are a minority you are automatically a victim.

Gun fetish

To the editor: Merriam-Webster defines a fetish as “…an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion.” It seems to me that many people fetish over guns.

Asking for candidate support

To the editor: In lieu of the fact that the candidate forum for the three people running for the Fort Kent Town Council was canceled, I would like to tell you about my friend Brandon Dayton who is running for a seat on the council.

Questioning Van Buren’s police choice

To the editor: Van Buren closed the police station in December. Why? They say it’s because they cannot find anyone to hire. A nation with 7 percent unemployment cannot find an officer to employ?

Golden’s ‘no’ vote hurts Maine

To the editor: This is what is in the second stimulus bill: stimulus checks, unemployment benefits, small business loans, grants for theaters and other live venues, funding for schools and child care, rental assistance, nutrition assistance, vaccine and hospital funding and payroll tax repayment.

Protect identity when filing taxes

To the editor: Before you begin the annual process of calculating how much money you owe/are owed by the federal government this tax season, I would urge you to first apply for an IP PIN number through the IRS website.

Why couldn’t there be compromise?

To the editor: I've lived in the Valley half my life and my wife all of her life, and we've never been as disgusted with the actions of our local elected officials as we are now.

In praise of fire department

To the editor: I would like to thank and praise the Fort Kent Fire Department for their expertise and professionalism for a job well done.

Valley Unified is no more

To the editor: Well, it’s official. The proposed new school is dead, thanks to a small but influential cabal in Fort Kent. Their collective foresight and concern for their communities’ children’s education would not fill a thimble.

Thumbing their noses

To the editor: The small group of people from Fort Kent engaged in a secret scheme (or cabal) not only thumbed their noses at the fine folks from Madawaska, Frenchville and St. Agatha, they literally told present and future generations of St. John Valley students that they didn’t give a damn about the quality of education lost by their bullheadedness.

Autocratic rule is still being advocated by a group of white Americans

To the editor: The Capitol attack on Jan. 6 was a racist and autocratic power grab, pure and simple. This attack, by a mob of mostly white, middle-class Americans, was the culmination of an authoritarian, rich, wanna-be dictator, by the name of Donald J. Trump, to make himself king and destroy American Democracy.

In fairness, another worldview

To the editor: Will Trump bashing ever stop? The latest was an article in the [Jan. 20] Times, “There are lessons to be learned from current unrest.” In this one it seems the universe sent Trump to teach our nation a lesson.

Responsibility is to be shared

To the editor: It seems that Mr. Chasse is once again guilty of a rush to judgment. He wants to hold President Trump and a “mob of white terrorists” wholly responsible for the attack on the Capitol. You couldn’t be more wrong, Mr. Chasse.

Another day of infamy

To the editor: “A day that will live in infamy.” Those were the words uttered after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. We went to war due to that attack.

Please remove the roadblocks

To the editor: I read the latest letters penned by elected officials and town managers in SAD 27. I want to point out that there is lots of misinformation and half-truths in the letters.

Being Thankful

To the Editor: The Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office has much to be thankful for this year. While it would be easy to talk about negativity given all that has gone on – we want to turn ourselves to what we are thankful for.

Keep school project alive

To the editor: I appreciate the comments made in the Valley Times from Marc Chasse and Pat Labbe, both from Fort Kent, with respect to Fort Kent turning down $100,000 in state funds for the new school which was proposed to be built in Frenchville.

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