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January 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Don’t miss LePage’s message: We need tough drug laws

Somehow, Gov. LePage’s message got lost in the endless quest for political correctness and style points. At the national level, we’ve seen what happens when we elect style instead of substance. No, thanks. What I heard our governor say was that he’s tired of drug dealers coming here, raping women, taking money and leaving nothing […]
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January 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Please don’t judge our state by the governor’s remarks

To all who live beyond the borders of Maine: Please do not judge all Mainers by the statements, remarks, slips of the tongue, etc., of our governor, Paul LePage. We are not anything like that. C.F. Barron North Yarmouth
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January 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Governor and his supporters undermine state’s credibility

I am newly appalled. First we have Gov. LePage’s racist comments about (presumably black) men selling heroin on the streets of Maine and impregnating white women. Then we have Rep. Lawrence Lockman’s breathtakingly horrid public posting supporting LePage’s outrageous statement with one even more, or as, astonishing: “When I see a twenty-something black guy decked […]
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January 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Survey contradicts governor’s racial stereotype of drug dealers

There are many problems with Gov. Paul LePage’s racist comment about men with rapper-like names coming to Maine and impregnating “young, white girl(s).” Along with the sexist sentiment and the dangerous historical implications, there is the downright inaccuracy of suggesting that most drug dealers are black men from away. Research shows that white people are […]
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January 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: LePage’s loose lips will always be the problem

Gov. LePage said his mouth got ahead of his brain. Right. In a race between his brain and his mouth, my money will always be on the mouth. Sigmund Roos Concord, Mass., and Phippsburg

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January 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: It is not racist to say drug dealers are scumbags

There you go again, Portland Press Herald, insulting and putting down one of your regular readers by calling me a racist (“Our View: Gov. LePage should not speak for Maine on race,” Jan. 9). I have no qualms talking about drug dealers and white Maine women in the same sentence. In my experience, drug dealers […]
Published
January 11, 2016

Letter to the editor: President-bashing rooted in racism

“But we are nearly through the second term of a president who is the epitome of narcissistic self-centeredness.” When I read this sentence in M.D. Harmon’s Jan. 1 column (“Neither of the leading presidential candidates can handle the job”), it fairly jumped off the page. It’s not the first time I’ve heard similar remarks. I […]
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January 11, 2016

Letter to the editor: Since when is Social Security a government handout?

It is gratifying to find out that Social Security apparently believes that the cost of living has remained constant in spite of rising taxes; the rising cost of education; the rising cost of food; the spendthrift sitting in the White House; the wife of same who needs a taxpayer-paid staff of 22 to the tune […]
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January 11, 2016

Letter to the editor: Sanders’ fundraising success deserves better play

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has record-breaking support from individual Americans, much more than even Barack Obama. And without any contributions from wealthy or corporate sources, he is closing in on Hillary Clinton, who is totally dependent on big, monied interests. This historically significant event, however, was barely reported. It appeared on Page A8, two […]
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January 11, 2016

Letter to the editor: Homeless should be cared for, not just driven away

I may not be a resident of Maine, but I have visited the state, and I have to say that I am distraught by the choice of the higher-ups to force homeless people out of their makeshift camps. I understand the concerns of citizens who have been led to believe that homeless people are dangerous. […]

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