Eligibility rules mean that anybody who needs a leg up to buy their own home cannot avail themselves of the ‘decent, safe and affordable housing’ our city ‘works to ensure.’
Siobhán Brett
Opinion editor
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Bedrock constitutional principles trampled by Maine’s indigent defense crisis
Dozens of accused people, presumed innocent, are languishing in Maine jails without an appointed attorney. An immediate influx of funding is required.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: A grandmother’s thoughts on a world on the brink of ecological collapse
As part of the generation that holds 70% of the disposable income in our country, I want that wealth to go to reversing the environmental damage we have done.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Sen. King must rethink position on Wabanaki access to federal laws
He has not offered any solid, reasonable or well explained reasons for his opposition to the Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act. Why?
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Get used to uneasy times for winter recreation
Snow-starved seasons like this one have serious ramifications for Maine and the rest of the Northeast.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Free community college comes with upsides and downsides
While more opportunity, more education and more support for underfunded institutions are good things, community colleges and other institutions must prepare for costs and other consequences.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Lying about climate change is now its own industry
Exxon, among other global fossil fuel giants, has canceled research projects and invested in the newer science of ‘spin.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Let’s make 2023 a year of economic development for all of Maine
It’s time we bring the same types of career opportunities that exist in Cumberland County to the entire state.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Weathering the ice storm of ’98 as CMP spokesman
The strongest memory I have from those cold, exhausting days was the kindness of neighbors helping each other and utility crews working long hours in unbearable conditions to restore power.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Dangerous dip in vaccine confidence puts kids at risk
So many parents are opting out of childhood measles immunizations that public health officials now consider this preventable disease an imminent threat in every region of the world.