Letters

Published
April 23, 2016

Letter to the editor: Support Trump to keep our families safe from terrorists

Radical Muslim terrorists in Pakistan bombed a park frequented by Christian families on Easter Sunday, killing 72 and injuring more than 300. Many of the dead were women and children. Muslim terrorists celebrated after the attack and promised more to come. Meanwhile, the president of the U.S. emphasizes his goal of bringing thousands more refugees […]
Published
April 22, 2016

Letter to the editor: Honesty, principles of Ted Cruz set him apart from the pack

Many politicians know what to say to get elected, but when they arrive in Washington, D.C., they usually don’t fulfill the promises they made to the people. I’m sick and tired of elected officials going along to get along. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is a lightning rod! He shocks his colleagues by being up-front, honest […]
Published
April 22, 2016

Letter to the editor: Biomass bailout a misguided decision by Legislature

So “Lawmakers approve $13.4 million biomass bailout” (Page A1, April 16). The Maine Legislature has singled out a $33 billion corporation, founded by two former Goldman Sachs bankers, to be the beneficiary of this largesse. Certainly a small company like mine should be compensated when the price of gas goes up or a rainy day […]
Published
April 22, 2016

Letter to the editor: Simple, fair solution exists for solar power and net metering

Net metering discussions in Augusta are being overcomplicated. A straightforward and equitable solution lies within Maine electric bills. Sixteen years ago, the Legislature required electric utility companies to divest. Generation and delivery charges were separated into supply (the amount of electricity used) and delivery (the cost to maintain the infrastructure – lines, poles, transformers, meters, […]
Published
April 22, 2016

Letter to the editor: Fifty years ago, cab drivers did home delivery of liquor

J. Craig Anderson’s April 15 story about Drizly delivering liquor to Portland homes is nothing new to me. When I worked in a New Hampshire liquor store 50 years ago, taxi drivers regularly came into the store to buy for customers for home delivery. We knew who they were, but the taxi drivers didn’t give […]

Published
April 22, 2016

Letter to the editor: Religious conscience at core of contraceptives court fight

How can anyone determine the true conscience of another person? What if it is religious in nature and others in the same religion feel differently? That is the most crucial question to be answered in the battle against the use of contraceptives. Religious conscience can and does change. Contraceptives are now commonly used by Catholics. […]
Published
April 21, 2016

Letter to the editor: LePage layoff talk needlessly disrupts people’s lives

Imagine that you work for a company that has several hundred or more employees. You may be married, have children, a mortgage, car payments, the usual utility bills, taxes and a multitude of the usual expenses that go along with life in the 21st century. Or imagine that you are single, working for that mythical […]
Published
April 21, 2016

Letter to the editor: Refugees who fled to Maine possess amazing courage, resilience

What does “The secret war crime,” a recent article in Time magazine, have anything to do with me and/or Maine? The article describes the horrors of war and rape in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We live thousands of miles away from the violence and massacres described in the article. However, I […]
Published
April 21, 2016

Letter to the editor: Maine needs its own version of Massachusetts tax rebel

Barbara Anderson died recently. She is unknown in Maine, but in Massachusetts, where I lived for 18 years, she was the guiding light and inspiration for stopping many excesses of the Massachusetts Legislature. For more than 40 years, Barbara headed Citizens for Limited Taxation, a grass-roots organization that fought tax increases, attempts to put limits […]
Published
April 21, 2016

Letter to the editor: Eating less meat will take bite out of global warming

With the 47th annual observance of Earth Day just around the corner, this is a great time to explore more effective ways of slowing climate change and conserving Earth’s natural resources for future generations. A 2010 United Nations report charged animal agriculture with producing 19 percent of man-made greenhouse gases – more than all transport […]

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