Letters

Published
February 21, 2016

Letter to the editor: Thank you for supporting transgender children

Just having read the article “Becoming Lucy” (Feb. 7), I find myself with mixed emotions of being happy and sad. I, too, am a parent of a transgender child (male). The article brought a smile to my face on the overwhelming acceptance afforded this child and family, and I applaud everyone involved, including the Maine […]
Published
February 21, 2016

Letter to the editor: You can’t stop an intruder with a telephone

In your Feb. 15 editorial about a recent assault in Waterville, you say that owning a gun isn’t the way to deter criminals. If someone is breaking into your house and you say “I’ve got a telephone,” what kind of response do you think you’d get? I was brought up in a home where we […]
Published
February 21, 2016

Letter to the editor: Ranked choice a better way to decide Maine’s elections

Maine is known for independent voters and politicians. It’s a history to be proud of, but it has caused a lot of multi-candidate splits and electoral surprises when candidates win with less than 50 percent of the vote – leading, in turn, to State House stalemates and doubts about whether voting here really reflects the […]
Published
February 20, 2016

Letter to the editor: Sen. Susan Collins sticks to high road after Antonin Scalia’s death

Shame on the Republican U.S. Senate leadership, Sen. Kelly Ayotte and the Republican presidential candidates. Congratulations to Sen. Susan Collins. Justice Antonin Scalia was not even cold or in the ground before many of the Republicans in the Senate and elsewhere jumped on his death to turn it into a political football. It is totally […]
Published
February 20, 2016

Letter to the editor: Republicans should be honoring Scalia’s integrity

Isn’t it interesting that within hours of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, virtually all Republicans were saying that President Obama has no right to nominate a replacement (“It’s too close to the election”), and that if he did nominate someone, the Senate shouldn’t consider the nomination? Even more interesting is that Scalia himself, in discussing a […]

Published
February 20, 2016

Letter to the editor: Shooting range expansion bill opposed

Do you live near a sport shooting range in Maine? You may want to take note. L.D. 1500, An Act To Protect and Promote Access to Sport Shooting Ranges, which is currently under review in committee, grants immunity from court or municipal oversight for all expansions of activity at sport shooting ranges. This bill puts […]
Published
February 20, 2016

Letter to the editor: Author corrects misreading of argument in her book

I was pleased to see my new book, “Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees and Lewiston, Maine,” reviewed in the Feb. 14 Maine Sunday Telegram (“Book review: ‘Making Refuge’ a compelling analysis of Somali Bantu refugees in Maine”). I would like to correct an unfortunate misreading of my argument, however. Contrary to the review, the book […]
Published
February 20, 2016

Letter to the editor: In debate over solar power, cost of inaction incalculable

In the debate over the generation and transmission of solar power (“For future of solar power, competing visions,” Feb. 17), economics and fairness to solar generators, transmission providers and consumers are the focus of the legislative discussion. But if the goal of solar energy is to reduce fossil fuel consumption and the release of greenhouse […]
Published
February 19, 2016

Letter to the editor: Republicans, ‘Greens’ who like Sanders must hurry to register for Democratic caucus

If you are a member of the Republican Party or the Green Independent Party and want to participate in the Maine Democratic caucus on March 6, you need to register Democratic at your town office or city hall by the end of today, Feb. 19. For most of my voting life, I’ve been an independent, […]
Published
February 19, 2016

Letter to the editor: Don’t move to a Maine town and then try to change it to your liking

Here we go again. People either come here from out of state or move into an area because they like it – and once there, they want to change it. I have seen this too many times, and it makes me mad. The Spurwink Rod & Gun Club is a perfectly good example (“Cape Elizabeth […]

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