Letters

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May 28, 2018

Letter to the editor: Medicaid inaction shows Mainers’ need for moral revival

What kind of people are we? Twenty-two Mainers recently sat down in the driveway of the Blaine House to call out the immorality of public policy in Maine today. As the Rev. Dr. William Barber II likes to say, the political question of our time is “not about left or right, Democrat or Republican, but […]
Published
May 28, 2018

Letter to the editor: Please, people, don’t call a wind turbine a ‘windmill’

I don’t know how, except through your good paper, to ask people to call wind turbines “turbines.” They are not windmills; they do not mill anything. They are converting wind to energy, electricity. They are wind turbines. Ruth Rinklin South Thomaston
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May 28, 2018

Letter to the editor: Think ice cream when voting by ranked choice

One thing I like about ranked-choice voting is how it reminds me of ice cream. My favorite flavor of ice cream is blueberry. If it’s also almost everyone else’s favorite, then it’s easy for most of us to agree about what to order. But if I am the only person who likes pistachio ice cream […]
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May 28, 2018

Letter to the editor: On June 12, let’s make ranked-choice our permanent way to vote

Ranked-choice voting is again in need of your vote at the June 12 primary, if we are to have democratic elections beyond next month’s polling date. The majority has voted in favor of ranked-choice voting, and the votes have been counted but the results set aside. We now have another chance, as we can use […]
Published
May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: LePage wants wins for himself, not Maine people

Gov. LePage took to the Maine Sunday Telegram’s Opinion page last week to blast House Speaker Sara Gideon’s legislative leadership. All of Augusta’s ills he blames on Speaker Gideon, reserving no responsibility for himself and his party. Yet a critical sentence in the governor’s attack is revealing. Gov. LePage wrote: “Speaker Gideon would rather throw […]

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May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: LePage thwarts will of the people on Medicaid expansion

The governor should give us what we demanded of him – and do it now.
Published
May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: Maybe LePage’s opinions should be on comics page

You know how your newspaper felt compelled to move the “Doonesbury” comic strip to the editorial pages because its contents were considered so political? I suggest that you please move anything written by our governor, especially last Sunday’s “Put blame for failed leadership where it belongs – with the majority” (Page D3), to the comics […]
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May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: Ireland adoption story repeats inaccuracies and lies

On the front page of the May 13 Maine Sunday Telegram, there was a story about a young boy who was placed for adoption by nuns at the Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea, Ireland. The article quotes a genealogist at the Maine Irish Heritage Center in Portland, who makes a statement that is scurrilous. Speaking […]
Published
May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: CMP customer demands answers on big increase in bills

My Central Maine Power bills are on the automatic payment plan. The monthly amount increased when a family member lived with me and then decreased accordingly when he moved on. Yesterday, I received notice that my monthly bill has increased by 100 percent. My usage has decreased during the past 18 months. I heat with […]
Published
May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: School issues too important to be belittled as ‘cage fight’

As a citizen directly in the middle of Maine, reading the Portland Sunday paper is my once-a-week treat. However, almost a month ago, I was reading your lengthy article on the educational dispute that was occurring in the Scarborough school system and was appalled to see your use in the headline and in the body […]

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