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  • Published
    May 4, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Rep. Poliquin should know impact before voting on health care bill

    I hear that the push is on again in Washington to get the House to pass a health care bill this week before members go on another recess. The latest version of the bill hasn’t been reviewed by the Congressional Budget Office to assess costs or identify how many people would lose coverage, nor has […]

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    May 4, 2017

    Letter to the editor: National monuments a gift; we need more of them, not fewer

    Please join me in asking Maine’s senators and representatives to oppose the Republican Party’s latest attack on the national monuments that past presidents have gifted to U.S. citizens. President Trump’s order to review the last 20 years of actions taken under the Antiquities Act is yet another block in the wall his administration is building […]

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    May 4, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Some Portland city councilors aren’t listening to residents

    Bree LaCasse’s words, in her April 29 Maine Voices column (“On many issues, council should start listening to the people of Portland“), really resonated with me. My husband and I have consistently felt that the Portland City Council is out of touch with the needs of the people it was elected to serve. Not all […]

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    May 4, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Eliminate wasteful elected mayor position in Portland

    First, we, as Portland voters, elected to have a mayor with no actual responsibilities, other than being another City Council member and city cheerleader. I tried going online to figure out the mayor’s actual responsibilities that aid in moving our city forward and improving the lives of its citizens. I couldn’t find them. We are […]

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    May 4, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Portland taxpayers can’t afford to give the mayor a raise

    Regarding the article about Mayor Ethan Strimling asking for a raise in salary: My opinion, as a longtime resident, would be to not give any extra money at this time. Strimling’s current salary of $71,100 already exceeds the minimum set forth in the city charter. Strimling also convinced councilors to hire a special assistant to […]

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  • Published
    May 3, 2017

    Letter to the editor: New Maine resident urges helping others to thrive here

    The paper has published two columns recently discussing Gov. LePage’s allegations that educated professionals are leaving Maine in droves because of high taxes (“Greg Kesich: Protesters in fighting mood foiled by fighter in an alternate reality,” April 26; “Bill Nemitz: In debate over school tax, LePage’s latest gaffe makes a big difference,” April 27). Nemitz […]

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    May 3, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Rents must rise if Portland landlords have to pay higher taxes

    If you support funding programs that will increase property taxes in the city of Portland, that’s great. If you support instituting rent control, that’s fine, too. However, I’m getting tired of the same voices speaking out in favor of both things. It is impossible to continue to force rental property owners to pay more in […]

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    May 3, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Bill to promote kids’ emotional learning merits support

    I am an early childhood educator and executive director of the Maine Association for the Education of Young Children. We strongly support state Sen. Cathy Breen’s “Act To Promote Social and Emotional Learning and Development in Early Childhood.” Breen’s bill will help us solve one of the challenges we are facing in Maine. The Social […]

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    May 3, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins should have met with Midcoast Maine Indivisible

    The successful interference by an enemy power of the United States in our 2016 elections should be the No. 1 priority for all Americans. Our nation’s basic founding principles are at risk. Several politicians of both parties are or were targeted. Speaking to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Marco Rubio shared that he has clear […]

  • Published
    May 2, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Immigration doesn’t harm our country, it really helps

    The April 21 Maine Voices column, which claimed to offer facts about immigration, presented misleading information: • “Reducing immigration protects jobs and wages for everyone.” Immigrant workers are the only people who are willing to do many of the low-paying and terribly demanding jobs in agriculture, domestic services and health care upon which the infrastructure of […]