Letters
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2018
Letter to the editor: Fifteen-cent bottle deposit works as litter deterrent, so let’s raise the 5-cent deposit
I own a property with a large amount of road frontage. Each month, I spend a good deal of time picking up dozens of discarded beer, hard cider and various other alcoholic beverage bottles and cans – as well as non-alcoholic ones (soda and water). I rarely, however, find discarded wine and liquor bottles – […]
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2018
Letter to the editor: In a bit of irony, Trump probably couldn’t get top security clearance if he weren’t president
I write as a person who has previously had a top-secret security clearance. There is an aspect of the brouhaha over presidential son-in-law and White House aide Jared Kushner’s security clearance that I find ironic. In my view, there is no way that Donald Trump would be able to obtain a top-secret security clearance if […]
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Letter to the editor: No sympathy for those deported after breaking law
Lexius Saint Martin, recently deported to Haiti from Waterville, trafficked cocaine in the country that sheltered him.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Letter to the editor: Regional planners must address Portland area’s boom-and-bust pattern
We welcome the news, recently reported by the Press Herald, that two regional planning organizations will consolidate administration: the Greater Portland Council of Governments and Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System. Both do important work. Thanks to the leadership of GPCOG Executive Director Kristina Egan and former PACTS Director John Duncan, the consolidation promises even better […]
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Letter to the editor: Remove the AR-15 from sale in stores
I’m posing a question that many will consider the pinnacle of naïveté: I’m wondering if (some?) Maine gun dealers would voluntarily consider removing the AR-15 and similar weapons from sale in their stores. I know. I’ve heard all the arguments from both sides, and I won’t take up any of those issues. I was a […]
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Letter to the editor: Press legislators to resist Republican efforts to rein in minimum-wage rise
Recently, the Republican members of the Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Committee voted to support L.D. 1757, An Act to Protect Maine’s Economy by Slowing the Rate at Which the State’s Minimum Wage will Increase and Establish a Training and Youth Wage (Emergency). If passed, the bill would lower future scheduled increases in the […]
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Letter to the editor: Believers in ‘alternative facts’ could benefit from science lesson
When my mother went through elementary school in London, she had a science teacher who started the term by saying: “There are facts, and then there is everything else.” As the term proceeded and students made statements about subjects they were studying, she would challenge them: “How do you know that? Did you hear it, […]
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Letter to the editor: Lawmakers have failed to protect our children from gun violence
To all state and federal lawmakers, be they conservative or progressive, male or female, pro- or anti-firearm: The children of your country have called BS on your inaction, your inability to protect them and the rest of society from preventable slaughter. We, the grandparents of those children, stand alongside them in calling BS, too. Although […]
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2018
Letter to the editor: Giving to poor panhandler – no-brainer, but giving to rich corporation – no chance
A number of years ago, I resolved the issue that many of us wrestle with when faced with a destitute person on the street asking for money. Do we try to size this person up, presume to know what they’ll buy with the money – Big Mac? Crack? Thunderbird? – and then fish out pocket […]
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2018
Letter to the editor: Prevent mass shootings and save kids’ lives, or maintain access to AR-15s? Pick one
A rational discussion on how to reduce such killings should include both better screening and mental health services and a ban on assault rifles and their magazines.
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