Letters

Published
April 9, 2018

Letter to the editor: Urgent movement also needed to protect climate

As we’ve watched and participated in the March for Our Lives movement, we’ve been impressed at the courage and integrity of the young people who spearheaded this effort after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting. Perhaps this is the turning point many of us have been seeking, as we’ve experienced these mass shooting events repeated around […]
Published
April 9, 2018

Letter to the editor: Advocates of ‘responsible immigration’ offer care for those in need

The arrogance, amnesia and human indifference of Mainers for Responsible Immigration (“Maine Voices: Immigration terminology is based on a myth that needs to be challenged,” March 22) are disgusting. The view of Bob Casimiro, the group’s executive director and the column’s author, is that after Colonial refugees of persecution, indentured servants and criminal deportees had […]
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April 9, 2018

Letter to the editor: Generational hindsight could dictate renaming many entities

In your April 4 editorial, “Our View: Building named for racist scientist doesn’t reflect University of Maine’s values,” you argue that the name of Clarence Cook Little should be removed from a building because of his views on eugenics, population, immigration and smoking. As you mention, at the University of Maine he also built Memorial […]
Published
April 8, 2018

Letter to the editor: Moving public channels hurts cable viewers

“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939) and “Born Yesterday” (1950) portray the deleterious effect of corporate lobbying and should be required viewing for those in power, especially now. Charter Communications, new to Maine in 2016, has been the subject of complaints received by the attorney general’s office for non-compliance with state cable franchising laws and […]
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April 8, 2018

Letter to the editor: Are Portland’s activists ready to ban coffee next?

As reported in this paper, roast coffee has been shown to contain a known carcinogen, acrylamide. Where are the activists who called for a ban of synthetic pesticides in Portland? To be consistent, the “organic” city of Portland should ban coffee. Coffee contains a known carcinogen, whereas synthetic pesticides have been extensively tested and found […]

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April 8, 2018

Letter to the editor: When LePage’s reign ends, may cooler heads prevail

After eight years of hair-raising antics and regressive/reactionary politics, our minority-elected Gov. LePage will time out and vacate the office. We may properly characterize his service as unflinching dedication to the interests of private wealth and power, while engaging in divisive demonization of the populace. The majority is siloed, without a unified voice, while the […]
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April 8, 2018

Letter to the editor: To fix health care, un-elect lawmakers

Both Democrats and Republicans want to embarrass the other into acting, knowing that neither will.
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April 8, 2018

Letter to the editor: Second Amendment lets patriots defend life, liberty

On the 18th of April in 1775, the government’s standing army made a midnight march to seize the weapons of the private militia, organized and funded by patriots like Sam Adams and John Hancock. Instead of surrendering their arms, the Minutemen fired the shot heard around the world, setting off an outright rebellion. Fast forward […]
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April 8, 2018

Letter to the editor: Unless you’re a 1-percenter, get involved in government

I’m a registered Republican. I consider myself a conservative (at least I used to think so – this was before the tea party and alt-right). Having said that, and after reading your April 1 feature “Soaring premiums send thousands in Maine over a health care cliff,” I keep having this thought: Why is the Republican […]
Published
April 8, 2018

Letter to the editor: Day One program makes recovering teen grateful

I am writing to tell you about my struggle with being a teenager in recovery. I am an 18-year-old, originally from Rumford, and grew up around alcohol and drugs; both of my parents struggle with addiction. Rumford is a small mill town where there’s nothing besides booze and drugs and the mill. I grew up […]

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