Letters

Published
September 7, 2016

Letter to the editor: Electronic transactions offer benefits to businesses, consumers

Steve Lovejoy urges Maine consumers to use cash at local businesses (“Maine Voices: Give local businesses a little boost by remembering to pay with cash,” Aug. 13), arguing that cash is less expensive and more convenient. But he ignores the high costs of cash, as well as the benefits of electronic payments, to merchants and […]
Published
September 6, 2016

Letter to the editor: Maine Girls’ Academy fails name test

The young women with whom I attended Catherine McAuley High School were empowered. They were bold and enthusiastic and motivated. They were young women – not girls. When I learned that my alma mater would be renamed and relaunched with a focus on math, technology and science, I thought, “brilliant.” How about “Rachel Carson High […]
Published
September 6, 2016

Letter to the editor: Poliquin benefits from undeserved tax break

On Aug. 6, you published an Associated Press article that pointed out that U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin has been late paying his property taxes “dozens of times.” But this article failed to say that he also abused Maine’s Tree Growth Law to substantially reduce his property tax obligation on his oceanfront residence in Georgetown and […]
Published
September 6, 2016

Letter to the editor: Workers available to those who know where to look

I hear the same comments, daily, especially from many local food-related businesses: “We need help! Workers are hard to find these days. There’s a shortage of hires.” My experience over the years has been to tap these areas of available workers: students, retirees and new arrivals/Americans. Students are quick to learn and earn. Contact your […]
Published
September 6, 2016

Letter to the editor: Brakey shows progressive streak on drug treatment

Thank you for quoting state Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, co-chair of the Health and Human Services Committee, in your Aug. 28 article on the decline in funding to fight the opioid crisis in Maine. He deserved credit and praise for what he said: “It’s easy to say ‘yes’ to things that don’t cost taxpayers money. […]

Published
September 6, 2016

Letter to the editor: Local ownership necessary to sustain a hockey team

Re: “Potential investor pulls out, leaving pro hockey’s future uncertain in Portland” (Aug. 30): I’ve been watching this drama about a new hockey team for Portland unfold for a while now. I believe the answer is to find a local investor, just like the Sea Dogs and the Red Claws did. The trustees got caught […]
Published
September 5, 2016

Letter to the editor: Thank you for column  on Mark Trail comic strip

Some things in life are what they are. And some other things are meta. And a very few things are meta meta. But, as Greg Kesich so eloquently explained in his Aug. 24 column (“Online detractors won’t mark the end of James Allen’s trail,” Page A7), the Mark Trail comic strip is simply meta meta […]
Published
September 5, 2016

Letter to the editor: Time to salute children of military families abroad

With the start of the new school year, it is worthwhile to remember that some children are starting a new school in a foreign land. The language, customs and culture are different. The American child is a minority. Their neighborhood is an interesting but strange place. What sports will they play? What about Girl/Boy Scouts? […]
Published
September 5, 2016

Letter to the editor: Marijuana a starting point for escalating drug use

Your front-page headline “Deaths tied to opioids climbing at record pace” (Aug. 23) should be a warning not to legalize marijuana in the state. This seems to be a starting point to escalate the drug situation, to some extent, as one thing leads to another. Harsher sentences, fines and incarceration are all good ideas. I […]
Published
September 5, 2016

Letter to the editor: Maine’s high court wrong about Judge Nadeau

I’m writing in support of York County Probate Judge Robert Nadeau because I feel that the ruling recently handed down by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court was wrong. I have dealt with Judge Nadeau several times. He is consistent, doesn’t rush to judgment and fairly assesses all the facts before rendering a ruling that is […]

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