Mainers want to offer suffering people pain relief, but recreational use is a different issue. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., visited Maine last week, where he addressed about 100 people at an “expo” for legal cannabis growers in support of approving marijuana for recreational use.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
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Another View: High-capacity magazines not a public safety problem
No restriction on firearms will stop someone bent on killing or maiming people around him.
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Our View: Collins right about civility and compromise
But no taxpayer-funded university institute is needed to teach politicians how to behave.
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Another View: Turnpike claims do not support proposed tolling changes
A watchdog’s report exposed arrogance by decision-makers at the Maine Turnpike Authority.
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Our View: Law on vehicle snow unnecessary burden
Maine drivers should know not to follow so closely that they get hit by loose snow.
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Our View: Private investment will drive offshore wind
If the research is right, developers will be able to make power that can compete without subsidies.
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Our View: LePage’s quip stalls a debate worth having
Instead of talking about the ban on BPA, we are talking about what the governor said.
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Our View: City manager search should not wait for new mayor
Portland’s new city manager should be able to work with whomever the voters put in charge.
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Our View: Mainers should preparefor higher fuel prices
Change is sweeping through the Arab world, and it will be a decade or more before any of us really knows for sure how that will change our world. But that doesn’t mean that we won’t start seeing some results right away. One is likely to hit us this summer in the form of higher gas prices. Another will hit next winter as higher prices for home heating oil.
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Our View: Public worker protestsshow system breakdown
Much of the nation has watched with a mixture of disbelief and irritation as public employee union protests have boiled over from Wisconsin into Indiana, Ohio and potentially Tennessee.
Teachers and their unions may be angry that they are being asked to sacrifice in order to balance state budgets that are out of whack by multiple billions of dollars, but their anger has very little to do with the reality of the situation that state governments all across the nation are facing in dealing with unfunded liabilities and revenue shortfalls.