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Speak Up L/A

This site has been created to provide residents of the Lewiston/ Auburn, Maine, area with an opportunity to learn about issues that affect the L/A area. It is hoped this knowledge will lead to constructive action that benefits the entire population.

Issue in Focus:

The Garcelon Bog, a 160-acre natural gem within Lewiston's city limits, is in danger. Read, and contribute to, the pros and cons relating to the building of a turnpike access road through the bog..

Perspectives:

Read a feature article, as well as other thoughts, about our "Issue in Focus."

Other Items of Note::

If you're concerned about the Auburn riverfront, read this letter by Bonnie Lounsbury.

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* Please note: It is not the purpose of this site to serve as a publishing venue for "letters to the editor." Rather, the intent is to gather information and ideas from your letters so that they can be added to the "pros and cons" treatment of key issues and to other sections of this site. Also welcomed are your suggestions regarding the selection of issues on which to focus reader attention. The creators of this site do not endorse or take responsibility for the ideas presented here, but merely make them available for public consumption. It is hoped that this site will stimulate discussion of critical issues that face the L/A area and will lead to specific citizen actions that have an impact on local, state, and federal governmentdecisions. It is also hoped that this site will contribute to a greater understanding of the weaknesses and, more importantly, the strengths of this part of Maine.

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Send your comments and any facts or ideas that you believe would make the treatment of issues on this site more accurate and/or complete. Speakup L/A does not promise to publish any of the information you submit, but every effort will be made to give space to all serious ideas that are received in order to make the presentations fair, balanced, and informative. Since the intended focus of this site is issues and ideas and not personalities, contributors' names will normally be omitted. However, interesting opinions or statements may deserve special treatment, as will quotes taken from public documents. If you don't want to be named or quoted, please make that clear in your E-mail. Otherwise, it will be assumed that you are willing to have your name appear on this site and that you grant Speakup L/A the right to publish your written submissions without further contact.
The purpose of this site is to stimulate thought and discussion and to promote citizen action. If you feel strongly about an issue, we urge you to write to your local, state, or federal government representatives and/or to any government agencies or other entities that might be in a position to effect a desired outcome. We will try, whenever possible, to suggest who to write to and to provide E-mail addresses or other information to assist you. However, the creators of this site do not officially endorse any particular point of view or action and take no responsibility for the results of public discussion or action stimulated by the ideas presented herein.
To contact Speakup L/A, please send your E-mail comments to: speakupla@hotmail.com

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