Letters
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PublishedMay 10, 2018
Letter to the editor: Poverty and income are not major indicators of who’s at risk of addiction
I totally agreed with every word of the Portland Press Herald’s May 4 editorial, “Our View: Faulty marijuana claims no help to policymakers” (Page A8) – until I came to the first line of the last paragraph, which among other things asserts that factors such as poverty play a much bigger role in addiction than […]
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PublishedMay 10, 2018
Letter to the editor: Heather Sanborn has led efforts to help businesses, vote for her in Senate primary
I write today to urge you to cast your vote in the June 12 primary for Democrat Heather Sanborn for Maine Senate District 28 (parts of Portland and Westbrook). I have personally worked with Heather for many years through the Maine Brewers’ Guild. In 2012, Heather took the lead on the guild’s legislative committee and […]
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PublishedMay 10, 2018
Letter to the editor: Try these ideas for reducing traffic congestion on Commercial Street
The ever-increasing seasonal traffic on Commercial Street needs to be addressed now. Here are two ideas on how to reduce it: • Use the Ocean Gateway visitor center as a visitor entry point and dispatch center for all tourists arriving by cruise ships and charter tour buses. The many charter buses could take the Franklin […]
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PublishedMay 10, 2018
Letter to the editor: Grieving family deserves full-blown effort to find boy’s body in river
The governor should use all available resources, including the National Guard, to find Valerio McFarland so his family can begin the healing process.
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PublishedMay 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Westbrook bookstore’s co-owners have lots of author policing to do
The co-owners of Quill Books & Beverage in Westbrook have taken the action of removing from their shelves books by Junot Diaz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, for allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviors. I plead with the bookstore’s co-owners to please remove books by Ernest Hemingway, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton. […]
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PublishedMay 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Tell DEP you want action on limiting greenhouse-gas emissions
In this country, climate change has been making headlines for all of the wrong reasons. Its effects are being seen in the collapse of the Maine shrimp fishery and in historic wildfires that struck much of the western part of the country last year. The federal government is moving backward on this issue, pulling out […]
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PublishedMay 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Open-door injection sites are not ‘safe’ and encourage opioid abuse
There is no such thing as a “safe-injection site” for drug users (a topic on which Portland officials are gathering information). By definition, these injections are actually extremely unsafe. With the number of heroin and hard-drug deaths spiking around our nation, Maine need not endorse this behavior. We need to use resources to help loosen […]
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PublishedMay 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Public loses sight of a basic principle – presumed innocence of the accused
Too often we assume guilt and prematurely attack a person or call for punishment that may not be deserved.
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PublishedMay 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Did Press Herald break law by obtaining confidential records?
Having read the following subheadline on the lead story on the front page of the May 5 Portland Press Herald – “After the Press Herald obtained confidential records showing CMP knew its system was flawed, Barry Hobbins urges a state panel to expand its investigation so the state could punish CMP if it found the […]
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PublishedMay 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Vote for Rottkov, a longtime community supporter, in House District 32 primary
Richard Rottkov is a candidate for the Democratic nomination in Maine House District 32. We have known him for many years as a friend, neighbor and valuable member of the South Portland community. He is a tireless worker for the benefit of our city and its people, having served on countless grassroots organizations, including the […]
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