Letters

Published
January 14, 2016

Letter to the editor: LePage is a good governor, so ease up on the negativity

What would the Portland Press Herald have to write about if it didn’t have Gov. Paul LePage? The Jan. 9 edition included three pages of articles about a couple of the sentences he spoke at a recent meeting. Did it ever occur to your reporters that he was elected by the people of Maine according […]
Published
January 14, 2016

Letter to the editor: Adhere to ‘God’s rules’ or the nation’s Constitution?

If candidates Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Ben Carson are ready to defy U.S. law and the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of “God’s rules” or a “higher law” (“Dana Milbank: Republican presidential candidates’ rhetoric may be driving Oregon extremists,” Jan. 7), we in this country are in deep […]
Published
January 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: Let no usable food go to waste, South Portland Food Cupboard head urges

Kudos to the Portland Press Herald for highlighting the issue of food waste (“Our View: Food we throw away could help solve hunger,” Jan. 4) and to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree for introducing legislation to encourage diverting healthy, nutritious foods away from landfills and toward people who need it (“Pingree proposes law to reduce food […]
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January 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: As speaker or school leader, Eves a man of substance

At 14 years of age, I had attended 16 different schools and completed the eighth grade. Eventually I arrived at Good Will-Hinckley School, where I found a stable and safe place to learn. The high school principal was a caring, compassionate and encouraging man who actually helped to change my life. My time at Good […]
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January 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: Microbeads pose maximum risk to Maine’s waterways

I’m writing about the need for a federal ban on the use of microbeads. Last March, the Maine Legislature approved L.D. 85, a law that phases out microbeads in personal beauty products and over-the-counter drugs. This bill is crucial to the conservation of the Maine coast wildlife, and it demonstrates how climate change and conservation […]

Published
January 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: Proposed DHHS policy changes overlook level of care needed by the seriously disabled

This responds to “Bill Nemitz: DHHS cuts hurting those who need medical help the most” (Jan. 6). I have a developmentally disabled cousin. Chronologically, she is 70; mentally, about 9. That level of impairment not withstanding, given an appropriately professional and compassionate level of constant supervision, my cousin is able to live independently in her […]
Published
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 […]
Published
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
Published
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 […]
Published
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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