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December 18, 2016

Letter to the editor: We can’t respect a governor who doesn’t respect others

Without offering proof, Gov. LePage recently cast doubt on Maine’s election results, saying, “… I maintain strong concerns regarding the integrity of Maine’s ballot and the accuracy of Maine’s election results … .” (Page A8, Dec. 3). What an affront to the hundreds of hardworking Mainers who labored so carefully on election night to accurately […]
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December 18, 2016

Letter to the editor: Dairy cows are worth much more than cash

As someone who has grown up around animals and lived with them all her life, I find it disheartening that instead of realizing the value of the cow’s life that was lost, Misty Meadow Farms is concerned only with how much money they lost (“Vandals set hundreds of cows loose at Maine dairy farm and […]
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December 18, 2016

Letter to the editor: Should governor get paid less than city employees?

Reading the Nov. 22 article that mentioned the top 10 salaries paid to city of Portland employees, I noted that each of them is paid more than the governor. He certainly is underpaid, and any future governor would be, too. With all the baloney thrown at him, he is entitled to be paid more. Marjorie […]
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December 18, 2016

Letter to the editor: Can we heal partisanship? Let’s have fun trying

It’s been over a month since Alan Caron’s Nov. 6 column on poison politics and how to fix it and over one month since our elections. Our nation remains divided and angry with the half of America that voted the other way. I am the founder of Komodia, a nonpartisan nonprofit that uses the power […]
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December 18, 2016

Letter to the editor: Pentagon takes tax dollars that addiction crisis needs

There was an interesting juxtaposition of commentaries in the Maine Sunday Telegram’s Insight section on Dec. 11. On the one hand, Dr. Mary Dowd eloquently brought to life the addiction crisis her patients attempt to navigate, the stark despair they experience, and the utter failure of political and social systems to meet their needs. She […]

Published
December 17, 2016

Letter to the editor: Blame turnpike for I-295 problems

After reading the article about the increased traffic and accidents on Interstate 295 (Dec. 1), I felt compelled to write to offer what I think to be a rather obvious reason for the increase. While it is definitely due in part to raising the speed limit to 70 mph (in a zone whose speed never […]
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December 17, 2016

Letter to the editor: 2nd District elector should switch vote away from Trump

I am a new voter in the 2nd District, and I understand that Richard Bennett is representing my family in the upcoming electoral vote. I am writing to encourage him not to vote for Donald Trump. I feel it is important for Mr. Bennett to demand a debriefing of the CIA information on Russian interference […]
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December 17, 2016

Letter to the editor: Electoral College is fine, and Trump won squarely

Any time the Democrats lose an election, you can count on them wanting to change the rules. Their latest target is the Electoral College, a system that was put in place by the Founding Fathers to ensure that populous states would not overpower less populated ones when selecting the president. They felt the president should […]
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December 17, 2016

Letter to the editor: Naming names would be empowering ‘demagogue’

Some have described President-elect Donald Trump as a “demagogue.” Shouldn’t we be wary of McCarthy-esque efforts to collect names? We’re glad you informed us that the U.S. Energy Department refused his transition team’s request to name the names of those who have been working on environmental policies relating to climate change. The Dec. 14 Bloomberg […]
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December 17, 2016

Letter to the editor: We must not forget what happened at Sandy Hook

Four years ago this week, the horror at Sandy Hook Elementary School occurred. Remember: Twenty first-graders and six school staff members were killed. There was no mention of this sad anniversary in the Dec. 14 paper. Why, I wonder? Have we become so jaded, so dulled to gun violence? Perhaps it is because we failed […]

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