Letters

Published
May 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Ranked-choice voting offers a better way to elect Maine leaders

Common sense would lead us to believe that our elected leaders should have majority support and that their decisions and viewpoints should reflect the ideals of a majority of Maine people. Unfortunately that’s not often the case. In fact, over the last 11 gubernatorial elections here in Maine, nine were decided by a plurality – […]
Published
May 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Heartless leaders LePage, Mayhew need some empathy

The hypocrisy of Gov. LePage and his administration never ceases to amaze. The latest debacle regarding the Oxford Street Shelter is the icing on the cake. On one hand, the governor happily negotiates tax cuts for the richest Mainers and shamelessly wastes over $1 million of precious Maine tax dollars on the ill-fated Alexander report, […]
Published
May 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Fight dangerous bill to allow trapping on our public lands

Watch your step if you are a hiker, boater or camper. A bill in Congress would make reckless changes to our public lands policy. A huge percentage of our public lands are already open to hunting, but this bill – the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015 (S. 405) – would expand that by mandating that […]
Published
May 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Press Herald has some GMO research to do

Re: “Our View: There’s no reason for Maine to fast-track GMO labeling mandate” (May 4): Come on, Portland Press Herald. Get off the Monsanto bandwagon and do a little reading up on the subject of genetically modified organisms and labeling. And poisons. And outrageous lobbying by giant corporations. And so on. Then write another editorial […]
Published
May 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: GMO labels needed – and quickly

Re: “Our View: There’s no reason for Maine to fast-track GMO labeling mandate” (May 4): Why should genetically engineered foods or foods with ingredients from genetically modified organisms be labeled? Any person ready to buy a food product should know what they are buying, no? And if Monsanto and others claim there is no health […]

Published
May 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: States should force return to constitutional foundation

We need a Convention of the States to restore our government to its constitutional foundation, to turn back the Progressive agenda of a strong centralized government and the related tyranny that it engenders. For example, we need to repeal the 17th Amendment. The Constitution’s method for selecting senators is appointment by the states’ legislatures. This […]
Published
May 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Government’s ‘regulatory taking’ another reason to post land

Disrespect for Maine’s landowners comes from more than one direction. Sure, there is trash dumping, ATV damage and resource theft, and there are plenty of landowners who post for those reasons. There is another reason that I and several people I know have posted. It’s more insidious than your run-of-the-mill pile of asphalt shingles or […]
Published
May 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Newspaper went too far with ‘Brady lied’ piece

I was stunned when I opened the Maine Sunday Telegram on May 10 and saw the headline “Brady lied” on the cover of the Insight section (Page D1) for the commentary by Adam Kilgore of The Washington Post. Tom Brady being called a liar on the front page of a New England newspaper section has […]
Published
May 19, 2015

Letter to the editor: Westbrook official’s harsh words deserve strong punishment

We, the members of the Social Action Committee of Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, write to express our anger and frustration after reading the comments that assistant city administrator William Baker made about Michael Shaughnessy in a “private” email sent to the mayor of Westbrook that has now become public. Michael has invested huge efforts […]
Published
May 19, 2015

Letter to the editor: Muhammad cartoon contest was a foolish instigation

U.S. law enforcement agencies seek and prosecute persons who are known to actively incite others to attack U.S. residents on the basis that Americans are “enemies of Islam.” The promoters of the anti-Muhammad cartoon contest didn’t seem to realize that their action could be just as effective, and perhaps more so, toward inciting such attacks […]

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