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Published
August 27, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 27, 2010Visitors like Maine the way it is

My first name is Guy, but think of me as the $25 million man. This estimated number is less than the total dollars generated by Portland visitors each year. But keep in mind that your first-time visitors come back again and again. I live in Niagara Falls, N.Y., a community that waits for the world […]
Published
August 26, 2010

More letters to the editor, Aug. 26, 2010:Controversy over New York mosque continues

I was recently reading “Chicken Soup for the Soul.” The book’s stories are meant to inspire and motivate not only the reader but to inspire those people the reader comes in contact with. One inspiration I came away with was, “Can I inspire someone today?” I decided that today I would write this letter. Many […]
Published
August 26, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 26, 2010:Homeowners stabbed in back by state

As a Maine retiree, I want to thank our governor and legislators for reducing the homestead exemption from $13,000 to $10,000. Because of the decrease in the exemption, our new property tax bill increased by almost $200, but since they didn’t raise the state income tax or sales tax, they made me feel a lot […]
Published
August 25, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 25, 2010Turnpike has long list of errors

Regarding the latest venture by the Maine Turnpike Authority, we only need to look back at its track record over the last 30 years to decide if it has the best interests of the state at heart. We were told that once the turnpike was paid for, the tollbooths would be removed. That never happened. […]
Published
August 24, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 24, 2010

Readers dogged on pit bull issue Fritz Spencer’s opinion in his Aug. 17 column about dog regulations (“Maine should take the lead on the prohibition of vicious dogs”) is uneducated and irresponsible. He continues to spread the sensationalized story that has already been written thousands of times. Time and time again this rudimentary and simplistic […]

Published
August 23, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 23, 2010Peaks taxi decision draws jeers

Well, a big thank you to the Portland City Council and the Peaks Island Transportation System. They singlehandedly wiped out a teenage entrepreneur and budding capitalist with his golf cart taxi on Peaks Island (“Council: Peaks golf cart ‘taxi’ must be licensed and insured,” Aug. 17). We absolutely need more rules and regulations to stem […]
Published
August 22, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 22, 2010:Rails with trails efficient, save lives

This is written in response to your Aug. 10 editorial (“Footpaths should not replace rail development”) that suggested converting rails to trails may not always be in the best interests of the state. But there is an option you allude to that needs more consideration: Rails with Trails. The Kennebec River Rail Trail, Augusta to […]
Published
August 21, 2010

More letters to the editor:Mosque shows U.S. superiority

The 9/11 attacks on our country were due, in part, to our open social system which allows each citizen the freedom to practice the religion of his or her choice, or no religion. Building a mosque and community center at the site of that attack shows that we won. Joan SteinbergScarborough Visit Harraseeket Lunch […]
Published
August 21, 2010

Letters to the editor:Medicare, Medicaid pose a challenge

On the surface, Maine’s Medicare and Medicaid achievements outlined in a Maine Voices column as keeping seniors healthy and making sure children and families have access to health care are nearly impossible to criticize (“Votes for Medicare, Medicaid funding will aid many Mainers,” Aug. 7). It is only when the mounting costs of these programs, […]
Published
August 20, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 20, 2010Votes pro and con on non-citizen voting

Maine’s League of Young Voters is to be praised for taking an important and public step in the right direction of fully integrating legal immigrants into the Portland community. We are a nation of immigrants, and this is as true in Maine as it is in the rest of the country. Legal immigrants pay the […]

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