Letters

Published
December 7, 2016

Letter to the editor: Despite flaws, Affordable Care Act helps many Mainers

Re: “Sen. Collins has ‘reservations’ about privatizing Medicare, repealing health care law without replacement” (Dec. 2): I was encouraged to read that Sen. Susan Collins has reservations about repealing the Affordable Care Act. As a Mainer who relies on the exchange for affordable health care coverage, I am deeply concerned about proposals to repeal it. […]
Published
December 7, 2016

Letter to the editor: Even token effort by police would deter red-light scofflaws

As someone who drives, bicycles and walks Portland’s streets every day, I am appalled by the blatant disregard for public safety demonstrated by drivers who ignore traffic lights. One need only watch a busy intersection for a few minutes to observe drivers speeding up to enter an intersection after the light has turned from yellow […]
Published
December 7, 2016

Letter to the editor: We all can pitch in to keep our harbor free of trash

I try to educate as an onshore volunteer for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. I try to pitch in by organizing beach cleans and by picking up trash during my own beach strolls. I try to use social media as a tool for change with a Facebook page, For the Oceans. Single-use consumer plastic waste is […]
Published
December 7, 2016

Letter to the editor: Mayor Strimling’s objections arose too late on sale of city lot

On the city’s sale of the Portland Co. tract: If Mayor Ethan Strimling is right and the city left hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table, where was he early in the negotiations, when his voice and views might have helped structure a better deal? This is one reason we have a full-time mayor […]
Published
December 7, 2016

Letter to the editor: Front page full of good news was a pleasure to read

By happenstance, all of the stories on the front page of your Dec. 5 paper (on the Dakota pipeline rejection, new Portland city councilors, South Portland’s new mayor, the PSO Explorers program and a Saco nonprofit that helps the disabled) were positive, inspiring and informative. I read each one with pleasure. What a great way […]

Published
December 6, 2016

Letter to the editor: Using atomic bomb on Japan not ‘needless,’ saved lives

OK, I can’t resist taking the bait, partly because many younger people do not fully understand the circumstances leading up to our dropping an atomic bomb. Jon Swan’s Dec. 1 letter, “Baldacci’s Castro criticism could be applied to U.S., too,” ends with the phrase “the needless dropping by the United States of an atomic bomb.” […]
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December 6, 2016

Letter to the editor: Sheriff’s office an invaluable partner in addressing domestic violence

In the early morning hours of Nov. 27, many lives were changed by the actions of Norman J. Strobel, a man determined to make his former partner suffer for leaving him. The tragic shootings have profoundly affected many lives. Acts of violence happen every day in our neighborhoods and communities; however, they are often concealed […]
Published
December 6, 2016

Letter to the editor: To lost-your-way Democrats: ‘Remember who you are’

Many years ago, I voted for Bill Clinton. I thought I could trust him. He seemed honest, fair and a champion of the middle class. In 1994 he signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, against the warnings of every labor union in the country. I realized then that we had been betrayed. The same […]
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December 6, 2016

Letter to the editor: MADD ratings on efforts to fight drunk driving used flawed arguments

A Nov. 30 editorial in the Portland Press Herald highlights a report by Mothers Against Drunk Driving that claims to judge states based on their vigor in tackling drunken driving. According to this year’s MADD report, Maine has fallen into the middle of the pack. However, the report uses flawed metrics. MADD’s narrative behind two […]
Published
December 5, 2016

Letter to the editor: Lincoln knew value of sound schools

“Upon the subject of education, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.” – Abraham Lincoln Some half a year ago, I was shocked by a harsh reality that shouldn’t be real. Pictures of a tarp placed over a rack of […]

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