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Published
September 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Lawmaker erred in ‘booting’ incident

Re: “Lawmaker ‘booted’ in Portland wants to regulate parking companies statewide” (Sept. 12): Sen. Eric Brakey’s submitted bill against Unified Parking is nothing but the abuse of elected powers! These are private parking lots whose owners have a right to earn an income. Sen. Brakey had the choice of parking in a city-metered spot, for […]
Published
September 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Press Herald Opinion page still lacks real diversity

Is anyone else disturbed by the sight of five white men featured every day as bloggers and opinion leaders on the Opinion page in the Portland Press Herald? There’s nary a woman or minority in sight as a regular featured contributor. These five men are intelligent, thoughtful and good writers. They could and should be […]
Published
September 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Sounding off on LePage, Quimby, illegal immigrants

I have three issues: • Paul LePage, our nongoverning governor, needs to govern. Since we can’t get rid of him, at least get him to think of more than himself and the rich backing him. • That Katahdin Woods & Waters National Park is a joke. It’s just another way for Roxanne Quimby to impose her […]
Published
September 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: EU should educate refugees but eventually deport them

The best thing the European Union can do for the world is to take in refugees and educate them, then send them back home. Philip Thompson Portland
Published
September 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Bowdoin again ignores important Jewish holiday

President Obama did it. British Prime Minister David Cameron did it, too. So did Pope Francis. Macy’s did it. My greengrocer and bakery have done it. Even the president of Iran (yes, Iran), Hassan Rouhani, did it! But not Bowdoin. Another year without the smallest of greeting or acknowledgment of the Jewish New Year 5776 […]

Published
September 19, 2015

Letter to the editor: Priorities were misplaced  in education news coverage

While the Press Herald needs to sell newspapers, its coverage of higher education news Friday is an egregious example of how this priority trumps its obligation to curate stories for relevance to real-world issues. A front-page article extolled the University of New Hampshire for its catchy new course on Deflategate. Meanwhile, buried in the fine […]
Published
September 19, 2015

Letter to the editor: Man removed from Freeport 9/11 event deserves compassionate judgment

Last Friday, I, like many others, took time to commemorate the tragedy to our country on Sept. 11, 2001. I attended the ceremony in Freeport. Speakers gave their own accounts of what this historic day means to them and how it changed their lives. The first was Pam Payeur, who organized Wounded Heroes after her […]
Published
September 19, 2015

Letter to the editor: It’s reasonable to question suspicious-looking devices

Re: “Internet support erupts for Texas student arrested after his home-built clock was mistaken for bomb” (Sept. 16): I recently read about a 14-year-old boy who got arrested Monday in Texas. He said he had built a clock using a pencil case, a circuit board and a power supply wired to a digital display; the […]
Published
September 19, 2015

Letter to the editor: Portland City Council should allow more public comment

Portland, Maine’s largest city, is the only municipality I know from York to Caribou that does not offer the public a consistent opportunity to speak on topics on or off the agenda at the beginning of every meeting. Portland’s rules say that if the City Council doesn’t go beyond 11 p.m., folks will have an […]
Published
September 18, 2015

Letter to the editor: Portland’s outdoor concerts may need sounds of silence

Those waterfront concerts sure are loud. They can be heard from the top of Munjoy Hill to Willard Beach – loud enough to make a 40-foot lobster boat pulsate. One hundred decibels has been measured; 80 is considered harmful to humans. Time to turn down the volume. Jeff Aumuller Portland

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