Letters
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PublishedJune 1, 2018
Letter to the editor: Respond to racial attack in Biddeford by rejecting all hateful actions
This letter is written in response to recent hate crime in southern Maine and based on feedback from the students of the Biddeford Civil Rights Team. Biddeford High School’s Civil Rights Team is strongly committed to raising awareness and fighting back against injustice in our school and community, so we are speaking out in horror […]
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PublishedJune 1, 2018
Letter to the editor: Don’t lose experience, perspectives of Rachel Talbot Ross in House District 40
Rachel Talbot Ross is the only woman of color currently serving in the Maine House of Representatives. With her background, knowledge and lived experiences she brings important, underappreciated perspectives to the Maine Legislature – perspectives that will be lost if she is defeated on June 12. Rachel’s district – House District 40 – is one […]
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PublishedJune 1, 2018
Letter to the editor: Retain Rachel Talbot Ross to continue her fine work for constituents
It is an honor to publicly support state Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross in continuing the work she is trying to do for the state of Maine. Rachel successfully has and is organizing and engaging a community of diverse backgrounds to discuss community issues, e.g., restorative justice, the health concerns of women of color, and education. […]
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PublishedJune 1, 2018
Letter to the editor: Chris Kessler has work ethic, policies needed in House District 32
The state of Maine and the Legislature deserve the qualities and enthusiasm that Chris Kessler exemplifies. Maine House District 32, in South Portland, is fortunate to have an honest, hardworking candidate who is prepared to listen, to research, to react and to enact legislation that protects all of us. Among his concerns are affordable housing; […]
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PublishedJune 1, 2018
Letter to the editor: Not allowing comments on stories online is censorship by newspaper
In selecting which stories readers will be allowed to comment on online, and which ones they will not be allowed to comment on, the Portland Press Herald is practicing latent censorship. Readers should be allowed to comment on all articles published online, or none at all. Peter Williams Falmouth
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PublishedJune 1, 2018
Letter to the editor: NFL team owners, President Trump flout the First Amendment
It would appear that neither the owners of the NFL teams nor Donald Trump believe in freedom of speech if they do not like or agree with what is said. So much for the First Amendment! What restrictions to our liberties will come next from the leadership of this country? It is fearsome to contemplate! […]
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PublishedJune 1, 2018
Letter to the editor: Choose progress over centrism and vote for Chris Kessler in District 32 Democratic primary
When the anticipated “blue wave” waters the scorched Earth that thug politics has wrought upon this nation, we cannot revert to the business-as-usual that preceded it. Trumpism was presaged by LePageism, and Maine has brooked eight years, not two, of fact-averse, bully-based anti-intellectualism on top of decades of forsaking the common good and promoting profligate […]
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PublishedMay 31, 2018
Letter to the editor: Confederate flag has no place in public
The Confederate government's "foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon ... slavery."
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PublishedMay 31, 2018
Letter to the editor: Flying flag for free publicity seems cynical, ill-informed
As a resident of New Gloucester and an acquaintance of the owner of Will-N-Laineys (Charlie Verrill), I am very disappointed that he has chosen to fly the Confederate battle flag over his business (“Farm stand owner says Confederate flag good for business,” May 26, Page C1). As the article points out, many Americans view the […]
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PublishedMay 31, 2018
Letter to the editor: Even Republicans seem to like a broad-appeal vote
I am increasingly dismayed by the tenor of Republican opposition to the use of ranked-choice voting in the June primaries. Opinion pieces and a string of lawsuits might lead you to believe that ranked-choice voting is some sort of underhanded scam. Don’t take their word for it. Learn more at mainerankedchoice.vote. A ranked-choice election is […]
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