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  • Published
    June 18, 2016

    Letter to the editor: Clean up our cars and our electric sector to fight climate change

    I’m glad to hear General Motors is working to develop lighter models of their vehicles. With gas prices on the rise again and global warming getting worse, we must do all we can to transition from polluting fossil fuels. The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, which sets the first-ever federal limits on pollution from […]

  • Published
    June 17, 2016

    Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins deliberately choosing not to disavow Donald Trump

    A reminder to the Portland Press Herald that the language of reporting should convey fact without bias or misleading readers, as was done in the print headline of your June 8 front-page article “Moderate Collins forced into Trump balancing act.” Sen. Susan Collins is not being forced into her position on Donald Trump by anyone […]

  • Published
    June 17, 2016

    Letter to the editor: What will convince Congress to act on assault weapons?

    I am a gun owner and supporter of the Second Amendment. I own a double-barreled shotgun, a .30-30 deer rifle, a .357 Magnum revolver and a 9 mm handgun. I do not need an AK-47 to go bird hunting. No one does. Assault rifles are designed and intended for a single purpose: to kill as […]

  • Published
    June 17, 2016

    Letter to the editor: Refusal to serve during war blemishes Muhammad Ali’s hero status

    This is in response to the overwhelming praise of the late boxer Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) by celebrated Americans, such as President Obama, former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and many more, including professional sports teams and U.S. cities. Ali was called a hero by all the above without their ever mentioning what […]

  • Published
    June 17, 2016

    Letter to the editor: Woodfords Corner ‘improvements’ take a wrong turn

    Why do we keep reading about the process of choosing a sculpture for the Woodfords Corner “update,” yet are not told about the proposed traffic and road changes? The proposed elimination of the right-turn lane for inbound traffic onto Woodford Street is a truly serious change. (It was reported in the Press Herald several months […]

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  • Published
    June 16, 2016

    Letter to the editor: Piece on babies in tap house raises questions, disturbs

    The “Beer Muse” column “Take it from me: Babies love Little Tap House,” which ran on Page M26 of the June 9 MaineToday Magazine, is disturbing on many levels. I acknowledge that it has been many years since my children were babies, but when did play dates for babies move from playgrounds to beer bars? […]

  • Published
    June 16, 2016

    Letter to the editor: Condolences and prayers 
go to LGBT community over Orlando nightclub shooting

    As senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Portland, I would like to express my sincere condolences and heartfelt sadness to the members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community over the act of terror in Orlando, Florida. These men and women were precious in God’s sight, and His heart aches when senseless acts […]

  • Published
    June 16, 2016

    Letter to the editor: Error-making young baseball players need not have been identified

    I was very disturbed by an article in last Friday’s paper (“Greely pitcher sharp from start as Yarmouth comes up short,” Page D1) covering last Thursday’s playoff baseball game between Greely and Yarmouth high schools. The article did a good job of recognizing outstanding individual efforts on both sides, while also highlighting errors made which […]

  • Published
    June 16, 2016

    Letter to the editor: Clinton rides her husband’s coattails, 
will aid special interests

    Re: The Washington Post’s “Another View: Clinton should battle Trump with sound ideas,” which ran June 11 in the Portland Press Herald: Hillary Clinton’s presumptive presidential nomination has less to do with merit and more to do with President Bill Clinton’s coattails. Years ago, she apparently saw in her husband a catalyst to launch her […]

  • Published
    June 16, 2016

    Letter to the editor: LePage tiff with animal rights group ludicrous

    Gov. LePage’s spat with the Humane Society of the United States (“LePage slams rights group for egg farm complaint,” Page B1, June 11) seems ludicrous to me. The Humane Society is a well-respected nonprofit concerned with preventing animal cruelty. To criticize the group for not making a statement about the safety of eating the eggs […]