Letters

Published
March 3, 2017

Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins needs to face her critics at public forum

In a recent interview on WCSH-TV, Sen. Susan Collins said she doesn’t like to have town halls because the loudest voices prevail. She knows that the loudest voices at any town hall she may hold now are those of the constituents who disagree with her and the Trump agenda. She does not want the bad […]
Published
March 3, 2017

Letter to the editor: Proposed ‘age tax’ on health care coverage would burden older people

We all feel the pinch of rising health care costs, and now Congress is considering legislation that would allow insurance companies to tack on an extra age rating or “age tax” that would hit older consumers the hardest. The bill in Congress would have the greatest impact on consumers ages 50 to 64, who are […]
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March 3, 2017

Letter to the editor: Compassionate, just policy on immigration is within reach

“Dreamers,” “hard-liners” and “hawks.” Loaded language doesn’t help us find compromise that’s both compassionate and just. Many “dreamers” and their parents have committed multiple crimes: identity theft, Social Security card fraud and lying on state and federal documents. Their presence has created a huge consumer market for identity theft. If native-born Americans commit these crimes, […]
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March 3, 2017

Letter to the editor: True statesmen are devoted to constituents, not their careers

Statesmanship has nothing to do with the perpetual running for office that has overcome members of Congress and other elected officials. It has to do with furnishing support for the goals of the American people who elected the budding statesmen, and spending time on bringing those goals to fruition, regardless of how the effort affects […]
Published
March 2, 2017

Letter to the editor: Town hall meetings are now a must for members of Congress

And so the first congressional break came to a close and not one of Maine’s federal representatives held a town hall meeting for their constituents. Calls last Friday to the local offices of Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins and Reps. Bruce Poliquin and Chellie Pingree yielded no substantive or reasoned excuse for this – […]

Published
March 2, 2017

Letter to the editor: Health care challenges not helped by incomplete news

The article shared by Courier Publications in your Feb. 22 edition, “Pen Bay doctors question single-board plan” (Page B4), was incomplete. Reporter Stephen Betts on Feb. 20 contacted our organization seeking comment. We provided a response that was used in the Courier Gazette, but not the Press Herald. The statement I made to Betts read […]
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March 2, 2017

Letter to the editor: Expand police options for more nonlethal solutions

The debate over body cameras seems to be missing a larger point: These cameras might very well give valuable information on what happened, though this is cold comfort to the victims and their families. I am wondering why the discussion isn’t more about nonlethal solutions, like pepper spray, bear spray, beanbag guns, Tasers – even […]
Published
March 2, 2017

Letter to the editor: Courtesy and civility  need to return to politics

Upon recently listening to a speech given by Marco Rubio on the Senate floor Feb. 7, I was inspired to put down some of my own thoughts in words. This speech addresses the need for civility in politics and is a “must listen to” for every American. My thoughts are nonpartisan and written in the […]
Published
March 1, 2017

Letter to the editor: Article on young Portland snow shovelers brings back fond memories

Bravo to the “Boys on the Hill” (“Windfall from snowfall,” Page A1, Feb. 20). My brother and I went door to door, in the mid-1950s, to shovel after snowstorms in Worcester, Massachusetts. Surprisingly, the pay – even in those days – would buy a movie ticket or two. The story brought back fond memories. Judith […]
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March 1, 2017

Letter to the editor: Task force needed in Maine to prevent trauma of high-conflict divorce

The recent killing of an Acton father makes it imperative that Maine’s attorney general and the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar form a task force to address the psychological and emotional travesty of our time: the high-conflict divorce of parents of minor-aged children. I call upon the legal community to come clean about […]

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