Letters
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PublishedDecember 10, 2017
Letter to the editor: Making a vigorous promise to block Collins re-election
I promise, I will do everything I legally can to prevent Susan Collins from gaining another term as senator from Maine. It’s my single resolution this year. Bruce Bartrug Nobleboro
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PublishedDecember 9, 2017
Letter to the editor: Optional celibacy loosens judgment’s vicious grip on priests
Re: “Catholic priest hid affair with employee, Maine bishop says” (Dec. 4, Page A1): I knew Monsignor Michael Henchal in the past. When my late husband and I were planning to visit Rome, his good suggestions on where to visit were helpful. I expect his decision to follow his heart instead of church law was […]
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PublishedDecember 9, 2017
Letter to the editor: There’s a word for those who don’t do as they say
Sen. Susan Collins has complained that the problem with Obamacare was that it passed strictly along party lines. Obamacare had numerous hearings, and President Barack Obama urged Republicans to offer their ideas. The Republican tax bill that just passed was approved in the dark of night with little public input – a nearly 500-page bill, […]
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PublishedDecember 9, 2017
Letter to the editor: Collins appears deaf to debt issue in tax cut bill, so is she listening only to wealthy donors?
Sen. Susan Collins refuses to acknowledge the findings of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Tax Foundation, the Tax Policy Center, The Economist and the Penn-Wharton Budget Model, all of which find a devastating effect of both the House and Senate tax legislation on the national debt. Each of these institutions – nonpartisan, leaning Republican […]
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PublishedDecember 9, 2017
Letter to the editor: Small businesses would keep more of their profit in House tax cut plan
The recent passage of tax cuts has Democrats and activists arguing that tax cuts will only help the wealthy. Don’t believe the negative spin. Under the House plan, small and family-owned businesses stand to keep far more of their profits. The top small-business rate would drop from 40 to 25 percent. For very small businesses, […]
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PublishedDecember 9, 2017
Letter to the editor: Consensual love between priest and adult should be least of Catholic Church’s concerns
Bishop Robert Deeley could spare us his opinion as to whether two people who love one another should share their golden years.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2017
Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins has no problem letting the rest of us subsidize the rich
If the tax reform bill comes back to the Senate for a final vote, let's hope she does what's right for hardworking Mainers.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2017
Letter to the editor: Senator betrays Maine constituents and conservative principles
By voting in favor of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, Sen. Susan Collins has shown she cares more about wealthy donors than about the average Mainer. This bill raises health care costs for the working and middle classes and will increase taxes on people making under $87,000, beginning in 2027. At the same time, […]
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PublishedDecember 8, 2017
Letter to the editor: Rate of sexual abuse by Catholic priests overstated in news article
Staff Writer Eric Russell wrote a news story published in the Nov. 30 Portland Press Herald (“Ex-priest, newly indicted, settled civil suit in June,” Page A1) about a 1997-1998 case of molestation allegedly committed by a Jesuit priest (James Talbot). In this article, Mr. Russell referred to “a widespread culture of sexual abuse by Catholic […]
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PublishedDecember 8, 2017
Letter to the editor: Newspaper’s stories expand understanding of immigrants and refugees
Thank you for your excellent and wide-ranging coverage of new Mainers, immigrants and refugees! Just like the immigrants who came to Maine from Europe, and those who have arrived every year since then, these people are a significant component of Maine’s economic and cultural landscape. They are part of the wonderful mix that makes southern […]
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