Letters

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March 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: LePage wrong to say locals don’t support national park

I can not and will not stand idly by while Gov. LePage repeatedly claims that the only people who support the proposal for a new national park or monument in Maine are “rich, out-of-state liberals and people from the Portland area.” This is a lie and a disrespectful one at that. I am from Millinocket, […]
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March 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: Don’t discount lives saved when talking gun safety

Maryann Larson’s Feb. 23 letter said studies have shown that we are safer without guns. Try telling that to the hundreds of innocent children who died at Columbine, Newtown, the movie theater in Colorado and all the other massacre sites. How many hundreds of them could have been saved by one honest person with a […]
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March 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: Republicans should respect office of president

I saw a video that showed U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., throwing President Obama’s proposal to close Guantanamo Bay in the trash. The U.S. Senate vows not to confirm the president’s nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States. These are the same people who claim love for the military. In the military, you […]
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March 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: Monitoring is key to fishing industry

The arrest of Carlos Rafael in New Bedford sends a stark message to NOAA, our Congressional delegation and everyone who cares about the future of fishing: It is time to make the full-fleet monitoring of commercial fishing boats a priority so we know what is happening on our oceans. Currently NOAA has no monitors aboard […]
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March 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: High school students show true sportsmanship

February break was a bust for many of us – little snow on the mountains and snowmobile trails as well as weak ice on the lakes. What to do that is both exciting and invigorating? Go watch some Maine high school basketball tournament games. I had the pleasure to go to a number of games […]

Published
March 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Caucuses are biased against older and handicapped voters

Having purchased a Maine property in 2003 and become a full-time resident in 2004, I subsequently registered to vote as an enrolled party member. My first, and only, caucus experience was as a Democrat in 2008, wherein I wanted to support Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama. Having come from an open primary state, I found […]
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March 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Caucuses take too long, deprive voters of privacy

I was one of many who waited for four hours at Deering High School last Sunday for the Democratic caucus. There were many hundreds behind me. Leaving aside the incompetent management of the caucus, let’s get real and accomplish this step with primaries. A caucus only ensures lower voter participation because it requires way too […]
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March 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: With focus on opioid crisis, MaineCare should expand

Once again our Legislature is considering expanding MaineCare. Expansion has been considered several times in the past few years but never garnered enough votes to override our governor’s veto. A bill put forward by Republican state Sen. Tom Saviello is addressing this issue and would try once again, this time with a focus on better […]
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March 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: ‘Yertle the Turtle’ could have the answer to Trump

To follow up on Nancy L. Allen’s Feb. 25 letter, “Writer’s warning of image substitution fits Trump,” drawing from children’s author Madeleine L’Engle, I’ve been musing about Dr. Seuss’ “Yertle the Turtle.” As mentioned in the Wikipedia article on the book’s publication history, Seuss portrayed Yertle as a despotic, autocratic ruler: “I’m Yertle the Turtle! […]
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March 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Legislature should return money to Clean Elections

I find myself scratching my head as we enter into the 2016 election year. Who will be right for our country? How, as citizens, can we encourage and demand that our elected officials follow citizens’ clear direction? The one thing I am certain of is the importance of ensuring that the Maine Legislature returns $6.3 […]

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