Letters

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April 5, 2017

Letter to the editor: Hands off the iconic Rosie the Riveter image

Re: “High school students give Rosie the Riveter new look and new message” (March 27): The World War II-era Rosie the Riveter wearing a bandanna being replaced by a woman wearing a hijab was a shock to me when it was promoted by Portland Public Schools Superintendent Xavier Botana. Like many American families, my mother […]
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April 5, 2017

Letter to the editor: Collins hypocritical in attacking Democrats’ filibuster

“Unfortunately, it has become Senate practice of late to filibuster almost every question before this body simply as a matter of course,” Sen. Susan Collins recently complained (“Sen. Collins says she will support Neil Gorsuch for U.S. Supreme Court,” March 28). Let’s be more precise: During the Obama presidency, the Republican Party ground the Senate […]
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April 5, 2017

Letter to the editor: Mainers deserve expanded MaineCare – vote yes in fall referendum

The Portland Press Herald recently published an Associated Press article (March 20) citing Norway as the happiest nation on earth. Why? The Norwegians believe in part it is because they have universal health care, child care and education. They think all Norwegians deserve it. Thousands of our fellow Mainers could have gotten Medicaid if Gov. […]
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April 5, 2017

Letter to the editor: Councilors must be held accountable on bond issue as schools crumble

A letter to the editor was published March 29 objecting to an email I wrote as a Progressive Portland member. The email, sent to the 3,800 online members of Progressive Portland, offered people the chance to join me in signing a voter pledge not to support any member of the City Council who opposes the […]
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April 5, 2017

Letter to the editor: Pedestrians who walk facing the traffic are safer

You have recently published an editorial and an Associated Press news article about pedestrian deaths, and one statistic you didn’t mention: Were they walking with the traffic or facing the traffic? I’ve been a walker for 30 years, and I believe it’s very important that you walk facing the traffic. When I see someone walking […]

Published
April 4, 2017

Letter to the editor: Stop the character attacks on Supreme Court nominees

All the ill will and warfare in the Supreme Court nomination process began in 1987, when Sen. Ted Kennedy vilified Judge Robert Bork when he was proposed for the court. Bork was destroyed on the Senate floor. The event was commemorated by the Merriam-Webster dictionary recognizing a new verb, “bork.” The antagonizing generated by Kennedy […]
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April 4, 2017

Letter to the editor: For many reasons, Judge Gorsuch deserves to be filibustered

I write to support a filibuster of the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, both because a filibuster is appropriate and because, in my view, Judge Gorsuch is not qualified, despite his credentials, for a seat on the court. First, this nomination was “stolen” from the previous president by Sen. Mitch McConnell, […]
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April 4, 2017

Letter to the editor: Collins gives Mainers what we expect from our senators

It is difficult to turn on the news these days without becoming anxious, upset or frustrated. Yet in the midst of chaos that seems to be emanating from our nation’s capital, our senior senator from Maine, Susan Collins, has maintained an even keel in stormy seas. Collins continues to demonstrate pragmatism and thoughtful leadership. She […]
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April 4, 2017

Letter to the editor: Sixty-vote rule on court nominees provides essential balance

Given the deeply partisan judicial record of Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, our senators, Susan Collins and Angus King, should reject his nomination and call for a new nominee or consider Judge Merrick Garland. King should join a filibuster, and Collins should, at the very least, reject efforts to change the […]
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April 4, 2017

Letter to the editor: Solar and wind are lacking as reliable power sources

In our society, we use electricity 24 hours every day, and solar and wind power do not provide this. Solar power needs the sun to make electricity, and when Mainers need power the most is in the winter. Guess when the shortest days of sunlight are? The winter. Do you want to have your life […]

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