Letter to the editor: Politics pushing science aside on school reopening

Deb Sayer

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Published
August 11, 2020

Letter to the editor: Politics pushing science aside on school reopening

As a former certified teacher, I never thought I would live to see the day that politics could be allowed to overrule science, as is being done with such abandonment now. Why not extend the school summer vacation for another three months? I know it creates extra problems for parents, but in the interest of […]
Published
August 10, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Governor showed leadership in COVID fight

My husband and I want to send a big shout out to our governor, Janet Mills, who we think is doing a fantastic job. We’re grateful that we live in Maine, especially right now during this pandemic. Gov. Mills, unlike several other governors, isn’t relying on the current president’s repeated suggestion that COVID-19 “will just […]
Published
August 10, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Collins is not the kind of senator we need

In her letter supporting Susan Collins, Jill Malony asks what we really want from our senators. Here’s a short list: • Someone to call for a coordinated federal response to a pandemic that continues to spiral out of control. • Someone who supports the Affordable Care Act at every opportunity instead of voting to undermine […]
Published
August 10, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Collins looks out for Maine and the nation

Sara Gideon will not be an independent voice for the people of Maine. If elected she will have no seniority and will have to do the bidding of the Democratic (an oxymoron) leadership. We can be sure, if elected, Sara will forget about Maine and will vote how she is told. Susan Collins is obviously […]
Published
August 10, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Affordable homes don’t require tax breaks

Habitat for Humanity gives families a way to have secure housing and build wealth – without requiring municipalities to sacrifice property tax revenue.
Published
August 9, 2020

Letter to the editor: Vote out Republicans for not protecting democracy

The three Minneapolis police officers who said and did nothing while officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck and killed him have themselves been rightly indicted for aiding and abetting a murder. What, then, should we do with Republican members of Congress, who for 3½ years have said and done nothing while […]
Published
August 9, 2020

Another View: We shouldn’t forget the danger of nuclear arms

Like a pandemic, nuclear weapons have the potential to kill huge numbers of innocent people.
Published
August 9, 2020

Letter to the editor: ATVs make it harder to connect with outdoors

I was shocked and dismayed to read Staff Writer Deirdre Fleming’s article “ATV sales riding high as Mainers long to get outdoors” (July 26, Page A1). If the pandemic has taught us nothing else, the one sure lesson is that the scaling back of human activity has lowered pollution levels. All-terrain vehicles are not good […]
Published
August 9, 2020

Letter to the editor: BIW machinists would lose key ally if Collins not re-elected

After publicly supporting Sen. Susan Collins six years ago in her most-successful re-election campaign, the Maine Council of Machinists, which includes two unions at Bath Iron Works, has recently abandoned their electoral support of Maine’s senior senator in favor of a newcomer. Those who follow Washington politics know that political muscle in Congress, especially in […]
Published
August 9, 2020

Letter to the editor: Article presents soft-focus view of Maine home schooling

Recent coverage overlooks families for whom this is not a pandemic option and ignores the topic’s racial, class and gender implications.

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