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  • Published
    January 20, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Before building border wall, key questions need answers

    Before we build a wall along 2,000 miles of the U.S.-Mexican border, Americans should have clear and compelling answers to the following questions: • What problem is the wall supposed to address? • Will a wall solve the problem? • Are there other ways to solve the problem? • Is a wall the best way to solve the problem? […]

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    January 20, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Don’t repeal Obamacare, many desperately need it

    My family is one of those that will be hurt if Sen. Susan Collins doesn’t help preserve the Affordable Care Act (“Commentary: Maine Sen. Susan Collins should vote for the Affordable Care Act,” Jan. 13). After I worked for the same environmental nonprofit for almost five years, my company was forced to let me go […]

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    January 20, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Courts may have last word on ranked-choice voting

    There are a couple of significant issues with Dick Woodbury’s Jan. 17 Maine Voices on ranked-choice voting. I am sure that he overlooked them in his column. Those issues are the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and possibly the U.S. Supreme Court. The Maine Legislature and secretary of state could “do their jobs,” as he urges, […]

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    January 20, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Republicans targeting ACA to protect wealth of the rich

    The Republican Party’s incessant calls for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) have been extreme by any measure. The Republican-controlled House has been so consumed with getting rid of it that it has voted over 60 times for repeal. Even allowing for the inescapable fact that the Republicans can’t bear the thought of […]

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    January 20, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Let public choose between Obamacare and Trumpcare

    Re: “Trump says his health care proposal’s goal is ‘insurance for everybody’ ” (Jan. 15): Donald Trump vows to bring in another health insurance scheme better than the Affordable Care Act. The answer to that is easy: Let him – as an alternative to the ACA. Then give the public the right to choose either […]

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  • Published
    January 19, 2017

    Letter to the editor: LePage missteps by trying to offset education surcharge

    Why am I surprised at Gov. Le-Page’s proposed budget and comments? I find myself fuming over his statement that “the Maine people want” what he is calling for. Hello? Did we the people not vote for a surcharge on incomes over $200,000? Did that mean we want him to lower the tax rate to virtually […]

  • Published
    January 19, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Accept the loss, Democrats, and start supporting our country

    When will Democrats accept their loss to the Republicans and start putting the country before their own feelings? Their latest target is L.L. Bean, a very popular business. To continue this sort of behavior makes them look like sulky children. So, I say, “Get over it and start supporting our country!” Norma Stanley South Portland

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    January 19, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Fix Portland’s elementary schools now; waiting just hurts students

    As a Portland resident and member of the American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Education, I am deeply disappointed that City Manager Jon Jennings has come out in opposition to the $70 million bond needed to repair our city’s four crumbling elementary schools. Longfellow, Lyseth, Presumpscot and Reiche fall far short of minimal […]

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    January 19, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Fans losing faith in Sen. Collins over support of Trump nominees

    From a young age, I have supported Susan Collins as Maine’s senator. I’ve looked up to her as a role model who is a renegade and a logical, intellectual thinker, in a party that has recently embraced ignorance as its mantra. However, I am concerned about Collins’ repeated behavior in the Senate of supporting the […]

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    January 19, 2017

    Letter to the editor: Graffiti wall is acceptable, but artist litter there is a disgrace

    As a 14-year resident of Portland, I have walked past the graffiti wall countless times. My objection is not with the wall itself, or the art. It is with the litter and ignorance of some of the artists who paint there. I have seen many empty paint cans tossed over the fence into the brush […]