Letters
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2019
Letter to the editor: Encourage parents to chip in on behalf of their kids’ hungry classmates
Tonight on the news there was a discussion on the problems of some children who are not getting school lunches because of overdue payments. They are singled out by having their hands stamped or names posted on the hall bulletin boards. This is really not a healthy environment for any of these children. Why not […]
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2019
Letter to the editor: Popular-vote compact bills would deprive Mainers of voice in presidential election process
Citizens of the state of Maine, there is an urgent call to action happening in our state, but few people know about it! The Legislature is considering two bills to take away your voice in the election process for president of the United States. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is an underhanded, below-the-radar end […]
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: U.N. framework wrong way to address climate change
The world economies have been built over the past centuries with oil and coal as the primary energy sources. Entrepreneurs, not central planners, have created advancements over time. Actions to wean the world off fossil fuels will have to be profit driven. It won’t be jammed down anyone’s throat unless there’s money in it, and […]
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: Out of respect, USM should keep the name it has now
The University of Southern Maine does not need a name change. Why would someone need to see the city name in a university title to know where it is, or consider going there? Maine may be an older state, but it has a way of life that does not need to be trivialized by renaming […]
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: State needs to heal relations with tribes
Because of her experience and even-handed reputation, many Maine residents drew breaths of relief and hope and joy with the election of our new governor, Janet Mills. I would wish that same feeling of trust for descendants of Maine’s first people, the Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Houlton Band of Maliseets and the Aroostook […]
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: USM name change right move for our time
The positives exceed the negatives.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: Outside work common for medical examiners
I write in response to the column concerning the private consulting done by Maine’s chief medical examiner (Bill Nemitz, Feb. 17). Unfortunately, it relied more on innuendo than facts. The fact is that private consultation by medical examiners is a widespread, accepted practice that ultimately benefits society. This country is facing a drastic shortage of […]
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Letter to the editor: Opioid policies punishing people in pain
Preventing patients from receiving medication they need is unfair and unnecessary.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Letter to the editor: Neither party lives up to the vision the founders had for our country
A plague on the party that built Entrepreneur Mountain and thought and still seems to think that capitalism and democracy are the same. And a plague on the other party, which seems to think that white men alone are guilty of original sin and seems to think that by putting black men and white women […]
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Letter to the editor: Mills should back energy initiatives that help all Mainers, not just her business cronies
Gov. Mills should take all the money she’s spending to, in effect, facilitate heroin use and retrofit every drafty home lived in by ratepayers, and provide us all with heat pumps and electric cars. New windows would be good, too, and solar panels like she’s installing in her new mansion. This would put thousands of […]
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