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PublishedJanuary 4, 2019
Letter to the editor: Mills’ appointee for DHHS is well qualified to lead agency
Reading about those whom Gov. Janet Mills has nominated to posts in her Cabinet and administration has been welcome and heartening. For instance, when I first read about the nomination of Jeanne Lambrew to head the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, I was elated. DHHS and its clients suffered immeasurably under the current […]
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PublishedJuly 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Drowning not always obvious struggle
Drowning people cannot flail, splash or call for help.
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PublishedJune 27, 2017
Letter to the editor: Carbon fee a means for Portland to take action on climate change
In the Portland Press Herald’s June 19 editorial, you pointed out that for some in Maine, we are now well past the climate change debate (“Our View: With lobsters and climate, there’s not a debate“). With last week’s vote by the Portland City Council endorsing carbon fee and dividend, our city has now taken an […]
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PublishedDecember 13, 2016
Letter to the editor: Why Maine’s Republican elector shouldn’t cast vote for Trump
Richard Bennett, the lone Republican elector voting in the Maine Electoral College on Dec. 19, will, I presume, be casting his one Electoral College vote for Donald Trump. Prior to the vote, I would like to call his attention to the existence of a 2013 contract that exists between the Trump Organization and the General […]
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PublishedAugust 30, 2015
Commentary: Taking sides at Planned Parenthood
Until anti-abortion protesters cede their spot on the sidewalk every Friday, volunteers will be there to escort patients.
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