Letters

Published
January 24, 2019

Letter to the editor: Maine should leave Union, join Canada

I’ve heard that Canada actually pays its government workers for working. If the self-inflicted, dysfunctional chaos in Washington continues, I think Maine should secede from the Union and beg Canada to take us. “Première Mills” has a nice ring to it. Fred Egan York Harbor
Published
January 23, 2019

Letter to the editor: Federal employees are being held hostage

Until further notice, they're forced to work without pay because of an impasse unrelated to the work they do.
Published
January 23, 2019

Letter to the editor: Let’s call this shutdown what it is – thievery

Simple? Yes, and … outrageous. We pay our taxes, to buy our services. Simply. The person we hire to provide those services – the president (who, as we know, runs the executive branch) – owes us those services. No “ifs,” “ands” or “buts.” Still simple. If the president wants to add another “service” (like a […]
Published
January 23, 2019

Letter to the editor: For Democrats, hatred of Trump comes before love of country

The behavior of the Democratic Party leadership is immoral and nakedly self-serving. Their refusal to fund border security, favored and voted for by a majority of Americans, is disgusting. From the moment that President Trump made the tactical error of saying that he would take responsibility for a shutdown, while attempting with multiple reasonable proposals […]
Published
January 23, 2019

Letter to the editor: CMP doesn’t want you to pull back the curtain

The recent op-ed by Hydro-Quebec’s paid, in-house scientists to try to make their biased case for Central Maine Power’s proposed transmission line (Jan. 15) is exactly the kind of publicity and false transparency that I have come to expect from the company and CMP. As an attorney who has been deeply involved in well over […]

Published
January 23, 2019

Letter to the editor: Senate uninterested in being co-equal branch

President Trump is a schoolyard bully. You do not give in to schoolyard bullies. If he is appeased this time, it will not be long before he shut down the government again to get something else he wants. Congress has compelling reasons for refusing to cave in to the president. First, Congress appropriated more than […]
Published
January 22, 2019

Letter to the editor: Bond package would pay to preserve land, but not wildlife that uses it

Hunting and trapping must be allowed on land bought with Land for Maine's Future funds, so if you don't agree with that requirement, make your objections known.
Published
January 22, 2019

Letter to the editor: Trump offers deal on wall but Democrats barely give it a thought

In case you missed it, here is the president’s full proposal, as reported by Fox News. It was not reported in the staff and news service account published on Page A3 of the Maine Sunday Telegram on Jan. 20. • “A three-year extension of protections for 700,000 immigrants who came to the country illegally as […]
Published
January 22, 2019

Letter to the editor: At estimated $23 million per mile, border wall a Trump boondoggle

With appreciation of Jerry Blodgett’s letter of Jan. 19 concerning the border wall, I would add that the wall is a Donald Trump-backed boondoggle. By roadway the distance between Brownsville, Texas, and San Diego, California, is about 1,500 miles. Using that figure, Trump’s $5.7 billion wall would cost nearly $4 million per mile. Since not […]
Published
January 22, 2019

Letter to the editor: Don’t pay president, Congress when government shuts down

We need a constitutional amendment: When the government is shut down, the president and all members of the House and Senate shall receive no pay or benefits. Docked pay and benefits for the duration of the shutdown shall be permanently lost and not be reimbursed after the government reopens. Paul Faulstich Yarmouth

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