Letters

Published
July 28, 2016

Letter to the editor: Democrats’ email mess hurts on both sides of the aisle

As a Republican of long standing, I suppose I should get my schadenfreude working and enjoy the mess that the Democrats have gotten themselves into with the Wikileaks email dump showing that the party hierarchy worked to secure Hillary Clinton’s nomination while trying hard to maintain the fiction that there was actually an open process. […]
Published
July 28, 2016

Letter to the editor: Shame on Portland for failing  to fix Franklin Street traffic snags

I live about 12 miles outside Portland, and whenever I drive into the city, I get off Interstate 295 at Franklin Street. Whether I get off on the northbound or southbound side, the traffic lights there and up Franklin are never synchronized. The same is true whenever I leave the Old Port and am driving […]
Published
July 28, 2016

Letter to the editor: Maine Voices writer gets it wrong – Trump’s children show he’s a great role model

Andrew Sachs, author of the July 25 Maine Voices (“Trump fails to live up to Republican Party values”) and, in his own words, a “lifelong Republican,” must not have bothered to watch the Republican National Convention. If he had, he might have noticed how the adult Trump children, Donald Jr., Eric, Ivanka and Tiffany, comported […]
Published
July 27, 2016

Letter to the editor: How Trump made his fortune says a lot about the candidate

Donald Trump brags that he made his fortune with debt, but he doesn’t talk about the specifics. Knowing how Trump amassed his wealth is to know the man who could be president. Wikipedia and a May 1 article in Fortune magazine, “Business the Donald Trump Way,” provide details on the process Trump used to accumulate […]
Published
July 27, 2016

Letter to the editor: Patients beware – hospitals can be dangerous places

I fell last winter and was taken to Maine Medical Center by ambulance. After X-rays and a few tests, I was sent home, but not alone; I had contracted a stomach virus that made me very sick for 21 days. After several doctor visits and prescriptions, I got over it. But if I ever have […]

Published
July 27, 2016

Letter to the editor: Public due for a refresher on proper use of language

Many letters to the editor have political overtones. I am simply writing about getting back to one of many basics: the proper use of the English language. It is appalling to hear people of all intellectual levels, from those with limited education to politicians (including our past and present presidents), speaking poorly. Why do schools […]
Published
July 27, 2016

Letter to the editor: After scary Trump speech, Collins must not endorse him

Re: “Collins says Trump hasn’t done enough to win her endorsement” (July 23): According to a Press Herald reporter’s paraphrase, Sen. Susan Collins found Donald Trump’s presidential nomination acceptance speech “an improvement over his past efforts.” Apparently she did not listen to his complete acceptance speech last Thursday or watch his angry rhetoric. What I […]
Published
July 27, 2016

Letter to the editor: Clinton looks like protagonist of 2016 presidential race only when compared to Trump

With our only two presidential nominees to choose from, America has plunged into an epoch of darkness, and whether or not we should blame the unquestioning credulousness of the populace or the enigmatic, money-hungry oligarchy is a different conversation. While we have every reason to be apprehensive about Donald Trump – a volatile business magnate […]
Published
July 26, 2016

Letter to the editor: HOPE for Alzheimer’s Act will help improve outcomes

Divided opinions on taxes, gun control, immigration and presidential candidates have set us against each other. Today, I congratulate Maine’s congressional delegation for rising above insurmountable differences and coming together on a vital issue. Republican Sen. Susan Collins sponsored, and Sen. Angus King, an independent, and Reps. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat, and Bruce Poliquin, a […]
Published
July 26, 2016

Letter to the editor: I respect Maine Law Court’s decision, suspended judge says

It is unfortunate that the Maine Law Court decided that I violated judicial standards concerning my separate job as the York County probate judge while representing myself in a private lawsuit when I opined in a communication to my opponent’s lawyer that the litigation would end unfavorably for my opponent’s side of the case if […]

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