Letters

Published
October 26, 2016

Letter to the editor: Treatment of Native Americans protesting Dakota Access Pipeline decried

Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota have been protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline for months, fearing its impact on their water supplies. There is another side to the story that the Morton County Sheriff’s Department has put out. Not once have the water protectors ever had weapons of any kind. Yet the sheriff’s deputies and […]
Published
October 25, 2016

Letter to the editor: Bill Linnell has ideal skill set for District 3 school board

Portland’s District 3 needs new representation on the Board of Education. Bill Linnell is the clear choice for the District 3 school board seat. Bill Linnell has spent many years working with and helping kids. His record as a civil servant shows a strong desire to make his community a better place. He supports Buildings […]
Published
October 25, 2016

Letter to the editor: Ranked-choice voting may not do enough to fix election problems

The Oct. 16 editorial supporting Question 5 (Oct. 16) raises a question: It refers to “a proposal to introduce ranked-choice voting in primaries.” Yet I have understood that the present, closed primary system would still be used in Maine. If open primaries were included in the proposal, I would be a supporter. If, however, the […]
Published
October 25, 2016

Letter to the editor: Bumper sticker dirty trick has no place in ‘free and fair’ election

Today I took a neighbor to a medical clinic in Wells. When I came back out to my car, I found a Donald Trump bumper sticker placed over my Hillary Clinton-Tim Kaine bumper sticker. Lawn signs are also being stolen or destroyed locally. If Trump wants a “free and fair” election, he better put a […]
Published
October 25, 2016

Letter to the editor: Expand background checks to enhance public safety

We can do more to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Ed Tolan, Falmouth chief of police and president of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association, has said that “it’s indisputable that background checks work” and that “the federal law that requires background checks to be conducted on gun sales at licensed firearms […]

Published
October 25, 2016

Letter to the editor: Question 3 makes criminals out of harmless civilians

Your uncle stopped hunting years ago for health reasons. He owns a 12-gauge shotgun that he’s been lending every November to his neighbor, who always shares the game with your uncle. Fast forward to November 2017. By continuing that tradition, your uncle and his neighbor will become criminals and face fines and jail time of […]
Published
October 25, 2016

Letter to the editor: Keep Ed Suslovic on council for his experience, dedication

I’m supporting Ed Suslovic for re-election to the Portland City Council in District 3 because of his many years of service to the city and his attention to issues that affect District 3 residents. Ed brings a balanced vision of how Portland can continue to grow and at the same time remain a close-knit and […]
Published
October 24, 2016

Letter to the editor: Read all about it: The anti-Trump bias

As the media throws everything they have at Donald Trump, in order to turn public opinion against him, their irresponsible liberal bias is (once again) exposed for how it manipulates otherwise unsuspecting people as puppets to do their bidding. Meantime, the same people who voted for the worst president this country has ever known now […]
Published
October 24, 2016

Letter to the editor: Forcing the rich to pay more can be a lesson in fairness

The Press Herald believes it must air all sides of ballot issues. Fine. But some arguments are so demonstrably untrue, it approaches journalistic malpractice to reprint them without comment. See Peter Anastos’ predictable screed against Question 2 (Commentary, Oct. 8), which recycles the mantras Republican ideologues regurgitate whenever a tax (gasp!) is proposed. “We can’t […]
Published
October 24, 2016

Letter to the editor: Sen. Breen has proven her commitment to District 25

I urge my fellow District 25 voters to support the re-election of Democratic state Sen. Cathy Breen on Nov. 8. There are numerous reasons for supporting Cathy. First and foremost, in my book, is that she supports women’s and men’s access to reproductive services. Unlike her opponent, Barton Ladd, who worked to curtail reproductive freedoms […]

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