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  • Published
    March 13, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Those on fixed incomes cannot afford more taxes

    I am a 69-year-old registered nurse who has been unemployed since March 7, 2007. I spent $59,000 on a bachelor of science in nursing degree from a small college in Kankakee, Illinois. I get $957 in Social Security and pay $460 in rent. I’m voting “no” to the new grade school in Brunswick, as I […]

  • Published
    March 12, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Nemitz often right, but he’s wrong about Susan Collins

    Though I nearly always agree with Bill Nemitz’s views and have high regard for him as a journalist and human being, I must take strong exception to his Feb. 12 defense of Susan Collins’ recent actions in the Senate. Collins’ vote for and strong approval of the racist homophobe Jeff Sessions should have been reason […]

  • Published
    March 12, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Concern is less nominees than man choosing them

    Sen. Angus King has asked for constituent input about the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Here’s mine: King and everyone else in the Senate should insist that there are fundamental questions to be answered to determine whether the president has legitimacy to make appointments before the appointments are considered. They should insist […]

  • Published
    March 12, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Government should protect its transgender citizens

    In August 2013, after surviving a cancer diagnosis, I finally found the courage to stand up and be who I really am. I am a Christian, and I am transgender. I was elated until I got home and a neighbor who’d been kind to me began to harass me. I moved. The bathroom bills had […]

  • Published
    March 12, 2017

    Letter to the editor: History of Italian immigrants in verse

    I enjoyed Cyndi Amato’s Maine Voices column (Feb. 12). One of the writers who cleverly welcomed the Italian immigrants in the early 1900s was T.A. Daly (1871-1948). The late 1800s and the early 1900s was a period of substantial Italian immigration. The Irish, because of the famine, had generally preceded the Italians, and had secured […]

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  • Published
    March 12, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Restriction to better food would make us healthier

    I never thought I would agree with Gov. LePage about anything, but I do agree that the government should not allow food stamps to be used for soda, candy and junk food. In fact, I would prefer to take it further. Why not allow food stamps to be used only for specific foods: fruit, vegetables, […]

  • Published
    March 12, 2017

    Letter to the editor: LePage needs to lead on locally made solar power

    Re: “This outspoken refrigeration technician is LePage’s go-to energy policy adviser” (Feb. 19): I find one point of agreement with Gov. LePage and his “unpaid technical adviser,” James LaBrecque: that is, on the benefits of heat pumps for reducing home heating costs. My household has reduced fuel oil consumption by 85 percent since installing them. […]

  • Published
    March 11, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Contacting lawmakers should be easier

    Several bills recently were presented by Maine legislators in an attempt to stifle the referendum process, one of which would nearly double the number of signatures citizens must collect to put a measure on the state ballot. These moves clearly take power away from Mainers who, frustrated by some lawmakers’ lack of response or action, […]

  • Published
    March 11, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Collins urged to support disclosure of political donors

    When I saw the half-page ad on Page A3 of the March 1 Portland Press Herald, encouraging citizens to call Sen. Susan Collins and urge her to repeal and replace Obamacare, I noticed the ad was paid for by One Nation and decided to find out more. I learned that One Nation is a dark […]

  • Published
    March 11, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Legislature needs to vote to remove flame retardants

    I understand that the group Prevent Harm is pushing legislation that will make it illegal to sell new furniture treated with flame retardants in Maine. The Department of Environmental Protection (incredibly) does not support this bill because of what they say it will cost Maine residents. It appears that the DEP is not considering the […]