Letters
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PublishedJune 5, 2018
Letter to the editor: House District 40 needs advocacy, problem-solving of Rachel Talbot Ross
Maine House District 40, which is comprised of Bayside, East Bayside, Parkside and Oakdale, needs a strong leader in Augusta, and that leader is Rachel Talbot Ross. I care about the issues that affect the people in my district. House District 40 is the most racially and economically diverse district in Maine. Poverty, equal access […]
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PublishedJune 5, 2018
Letter to the editor: Portland schools, others working to boost participation in food insecurity programs
As we work to build food security with students and families, Portland Public Schools and the Cumberland County Food Security Council are grateful for the May 23 editorial, “Our View: Don’t look the other way on student hunger.” It shines a light on the importance of sound policies to reduce food insecurity among our youths […]
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PublishedJune 5, 2018
Letter to the editor: We know where Janet Mills stands; make her the Democratic nominee for governor
The list of those aspiring to the Blaine House this year is long, as Maine searches for its political soul after eight years of partisanship, tumult and dysfunction in Augusta. Somehow, amid the aging of our population, the globalization of the economy and the revolution in information technologies, we in Maine may have lost our […]
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PublishedJune 5, 2018
Letter to the editor: Jill Duson’s experience, leadership make her best choice in Senate District 28
I have known Jill Duson for nearly 20 years. As a person of color, she is a personal hero and mentor. She is the first African-American woman in Portland to serve as school board member, city councilor and mayor. She pushes the city and state toward racial and social equity while keeping a keen eye […]
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PublishedJune 5, 2018
Letter to the editor: Don’t waste time comparing ugly words of Roseanne Barr, Samantha Bee
I have listened all day to comments from conservatives and liberals comparing the use of the C-word directed at Ivanka Trump by Samantha Bee on a late-night show, and a tweet from Roseanne Barr that said that Valerie Jarrett, a respected aide to President Obama, was the offspring of the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of […]
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PublishedJune 5, 2018
Letter to the editor: Restaurant no-reservations policies are hard on older people, often ageist
Some are physically unable to stand in line for hours and others with mild dementia can't drink while they wait for a table, so the unstated message is, 'If you're elderly, go somewhere else.'
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PublishedJune 5, 2018
Letter to the editor: Voters should make effort to understand confusing ranked-choice voting question
Question 1 on the June 12 ballot reads: “Do you want to reject the parts of a new law that would delay the use of ranked-choice voting in the election of candidates for any state or federal office until 2022, and then retain the method only if the constitution is amended by Dec. 1, 2021, […]
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PublishedJune 4, 2018
Letter to the editor: We must defend abortion rights
We need to call our political representatives at the state and federal levels and insist that they protect them.
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PublishedJune 4, 2018
Letter to the editor: To some, women’s rights more of threat than guns
Voters in Ireland, on May 26, rejected, by a landslide, their country’s ban on abortion, which was one of the world’s most restrictive – it denied the procedure even to women who had been victims of rape or incest. Meanwhile, in the U.S., where abortion is legal, the Trump administration and conservative politicians – aided […]
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PublishedJune 4, 2018
Letter to the editor: Relaxed, walking ‘feel’ of Hill needs preserving
I am a relative newcomer to Munjoy Hill, and that gives me a special appreciation of the neighborhood under zoning review. I notice the explosion of new construction that goes against the architectural “feel” of the neighborhood, but my concern is with what new and expensive condominiums will do to the relaxed, walking atmosphere that […]
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