Letters

Published
December 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: Opinion is one thing; using incorrect ‘facts’ another

In his Dec. 5 letter, Steven Biel says that “instead of complaining to the Press Herald” about Mayor Ethan Strimling, we should listen to the voters, as the mayor has allegedly done in his tenure. “That’s the only way Portland will come together,” Mr. Biel says. Shouldn’t Mr. Biel and the mayor do the same […]
Published
December 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: Why Maine’s Republican elector shouldn’t cast vote for Trump

Richard Bennett, the lone Republican elector voting in the Maine Electoral College on Dec. 19, will, I presume, be casting his one Electoral College vote for Donald Trump. Prior to the vote, I would like to call his attention to the existence of a 2013 contract that exists between the Trump Organization and the General […]
Published
December 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Disabled deserve thoughtful treatment

Regarding services for disabled adults: I am the parent of a young adult who was diagnosed with autism on his second birthday. During the first 10 years, my personal resources for the care of my two children ran from very slim to slim, before they improved to adequate. Providing for my family was and is […]
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December 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Settled science has Earth’s resources fast depleting

If you have total assets of $2,222, you are wealthier than half of the world’s population, according to The Economist, which every thinking person should be reading for a fuller perspective on the international forces that literally shape our lives. The great majority of those who know anything at all about this undeniable situation realize […]
Published
December 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Because of chemicals on roads, our cars’ rust never sleeps

Am I the only person out there who’s wondering what they’re putting on our streets and roads that seems to be eating up our cars and trucks? In all my years, I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this: Vehicles that are 5 and 6 years old, not even paid for yet, with rusted-out rocker panels, […]

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December 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: JFK left us with a warning that recently went unheeded

A couple of weeks ago, on YouTube, I was listening to the Nov. 22, 1963, NBC live coverage of John F. Kennedy’s assassination from the moment it was reported he was shot (JFK’S Assassination; NBC-TV Coverage; Part 1). At 37:50 of the video, before they knew he was dead, they discussed a speech he had […]
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December 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Nuts to sales taxes charged on a vital source of protein

Yesterday, I discovered that, since January, I have been paying sales tax on shelled nuts, which, along with beans, are my major source of protein. I am a vegan, and eat no meat, dairy products or eggs. Nuts are my meat and not a snack. Imagine the uproar that would ensue if meat were subject […]
Published
December 11, 2016

Letter to the editor: Lawmaking by voters no worse than by officials

Your editorial of Dec. 4, on ballot Questions 1, 2 and 4, demonstrates several biases that deserve to be challenged. • First of all, you assert that “passing laws by referendum when they haven’t been debated and amended means that there are rough spots that need to be smoothed over.” I would strongly argue that this […]
Published
December 11, 2016

Letter to the editor: Progressives seek to know the world, not ignore it

Rep. Lawrence Lockman’s Nov. 27 column, “Trump win traumatizes Portland progressives,” takes malignant pleasure in bashing progressives and characterizes the media’s treatment of rural Americans as “grotesque.” He proclaims the dominance of conservative principles in the areas of human sexuality in a “Judeo-Christian worldview.” He maliciously, and incorrectly, characterizes progressives as people who despise rural […]
Published
December 11, 2016

Letter to the editor: State fails to help hundreds of its most vulnerable people

Re: “Maine used to be a leader in caring for adults with intellectual handicaps. What went wrong?” (Dec. 4): Thank you, Joe Lawlor, for coverage of Maine’s long history of treatment for our adults with intellectual disabilities/challenges. I feel Maine is wrong in leaving 1,200 vulnerable people on a waiting list for community services. A […]

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