An article that appeared in The Forecaster on Feb. 20 inaccurately represented the Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s position on helmet use. We support the state law that requires bicyclists under the age of 16 to wear a helmet. In fact, our organization was the driving force behind L.D. 1808, the same law that requires motorists […]
Forecaster Opinion
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Save Willard from what?
I’ve lived in greater Portland, without a dog, for almost 10 years and recently moved to the Willard Beach neighborhood of South Portland. The most positive connections I’ve made have been with the people and family pets I’ve met while walking along Willard Beach. It’s definitely one of the true pleasures of living here. The […]
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Save the sidewalks
I feel I must respond to two of North Yarmouth selectmen, Paul Napolitano and Mark Merrill, who are looking to save money by not plowing our new sidewalks. Our sidewalks were installed three years ago at a cost of several million dollars (federal, state and town money). They are a fine addition to the town, […]
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'A philosophy of failure'
Tom Foley in his letter to the editor takes us through an example intended to show that the damaging effects of higher tax rates on people making $250,000 are minimal. These are the small business owners who invested risk capital, or professionals who invested in expensive educations while foregoing years of earnings, or both, all […]
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A case of hibernal torpor
Subnivian – now there’s a word I’d never heard, let alone used, until I started reading Bernd Heinrich’s “Winter World,” a wonderful natural history about how animals survive the winter. The word isn’t even among the 260,000 in my “Unabridged Random House Dictionary of the England Language.” There’s “nival,” “nivation” and “niveous,” but no “subnivian.” […]
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Praise for Yarmouth response
I would like to thank and praise the Yarmouth police, rescue and public works personnel for their service to us during the Feb. 22 snow storm. My husband, who uses a wheelchair, was getting into bed just as we lost our power. He fell to the floor, fortunately was not hurt, but I could not […]
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Pity the rich
The sky is falling. President Obama is reversing the Bush tax cuts. The economy will collapse. Those who make over $250,000 per year will suffer greatly. Really? Let’s do some simple math. We all hate math, but sometimes we just have to run the numbers. Present tax rate: 35 […]
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Next: Health-care reform
During my recent Florida trip, I was greeted numerous times with comments like, “You must be proud of those ladies from Maine!” In fact, I am. Sens. Snowe and Collins proved they can break partisan gridlock to deliver economic relief. Now we need them to continue working across the aisle to address our health-care […]
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Act now to save Darfur
I want to commend you for publishing your excellent article about El-Fadel Arbab and the situation in Darfur. It must be very difficult for Mr. Arbab to tell his story and relive some of the horrors he experienced as a young boy. I am at least twice his age, yet he has already seen a […]
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Rationalizing war crimes
For the most part, Israel’s whatever-it-does defenders have been laying low, embarrassed by the fourth most powerful nation’s wanton slaughter in Gaza, 100-plus Palestinians for every Israeli – even using outlawed phosphorus and the new Dense Inert Matter Explosive (DIME) – and burdened by the world’s unanimous condemnation. Not Perry B. Newman (Global Matters, Feb. […]