Letters

Published
February 17, 2018

Letter to the editor: Our lawmakers need to fix broken referendum process

The text of Gov. LePage’s State of the State address Tuesday included a mention of the “broken referendum process.” This is an issue that I and many of my friends and colleagues have discussed for some time. Approved by voters in 2016, then repealed by the Legislature last year, the referendum mandating a 3 percent […]
Published
February 17, 2018

Letter to the editor: Mass shootings won’t stop while the NRA buys votes

Two of our Maine federal lawmakers bear some of the responsibility for the Florida school shooting this week. They have both received campaign contributions and other support from gun rights groups and the National Rifle Association. Sen. Susan Collins has received $18,099 from the NRA, according to OpenSecrets.org, and 2nd District Rep. Bruce Poliquin has […]
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February 17, 2018

Letter to the editor: Ideas from Sharp’s books still having global impact

Gene Sharp died earlier this month. Although his name means nothing to most readers, his ideas, expressed in over 30 books, may have had more impact globally than any one person who lived in his lifetime of 90 years. It is his ideas that were used in the Arab Spring and Occupy movements and regime […]
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February 17, 2018

Letter to the editor: Collins working hard to achieve compromise

For over two decades, Sen. Susan Collins has done many things to make her fellow Mainers proud. She continues to do so. Most recently, she has initiated and/or supported new legislation that continues this outsanding effort. Additionally, Collins has been publicly recognized as Mainer of the Year in the Maine Sunday Telegram and was the […]
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February 17, 2018

Letter to the editor: Shame on Sen. King for firearms measure

Republicans and our independent U.S. senator, Angus King, made a specific gun measure one of their priorities. When an American suffers from a severe mental illness to the point that he or she receives disability benefits through the Social Security Administration, there are a variety of limits created to help protect that person and his […]

Published
February 16, 2018

Letter to the editor: Extreme vetting long overdue for AR-15 owners

These guns have killed and continue to kill hundreds of Americans.
Published
February 16, 2018

Letter to the editor: Time for Congress to ban semiautomatic weapons

Once again, we have experienced the agony of another school shooting, the 18th this year and the eighth in which the shooter injured or killed others. Once again, our president and other leaders of our country express their prayers and sympathy for the victims and loved ones. Once again, Congress will take little or no […]
Published
February 16, 2018

Letter to the editor: We must enact gun laws so that citizens are safe

I am sick and ashamed to live in a society where mass shootings occur on a regular basis and everyone feels bad for a moment, sends prayers and then goes about their business. Guns kill. We must enact gun laws so that citizens are safe. No one needs a semiautomatic weapon. If Nikolas Cruz had […]
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February 16, 2018

Letter to the editor: Affordable-housing crisis a result of discrimination

Re: “South Portland councilors offer mixed message on 42-unit affordable housing proposal” (Feb. 13): As usual, affordable housing generates “parking and traffic” concerns when I suspect the underlying worry is something else. Let’s face facts: Our affordable-housing crisis has been a long time coming and directly results from discrimination against development of all kinds, but […]
Published
February 16, 2018

Letter to the editor: Mainers should check out Blue Hill Bach festival

As the Feb. 12 article “Artistic differences lead to dueling Bach festivals” shows, Maine can boast lots of great music. Readers might like to know that in addition to these two offerings in and around Portland, there is another Bach festival, in Blue Hill, that has been delighting music lovers since 2012. Blue Hill Bach […]

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