Letters

Published
May 18, 2015

Letter to the editor: Hold faulty evaluation tests accountable, not teachers

On May 11 (“Maine lawmakers urged to undo educational reforms”), your paper reported on the controversy growing around Smarter Balanced testing. The whole idea of tests being used to evaluate the success or failure of teachers and schools should be tested against its own standards. Has No Child Left Behind testing worked to improve our […]
Published
May 17, 2015

Letter to the editor: Republicans real culprits in Washington gridlock

There’s no question that partisan acrimony and dysfunction have reached unprecedented levels in D.C. There’ve been so many op-eds and interviews wherein the question “why?” has been asked. More recently, on MPBN, Sen. Susan Collins blamed the extreme elements of both parties. In none of these interviews and analyses, however, have I heard reference to […]
Published
May 17, 2015

Letter to the editor: Clean Power Plan benefits  tourism, economy, health in Maine

Protecting our environment should be a priority for all of our leaders. As the owner of Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, I truly understand how important a clean environment is to the sustainability of our state’s tourism industry. And as we approach peak tourism season, I am thankful for the leadership of Sen. Susan Collins. […]
Published
May 17, 2015

Letter to the editor: Let’s find ways to ensure the elderly don’t go hungry

Hunger is a huge issue, and it affects the elderly a lot more than the young. They need people to help them to take care of them. Most of the elderly don’t have families to turn to or ask for help. We should care about this issue because the population is growing and more and […]
Published
May 17, 2015

Letter to the editor: Immigrants will grow Maine’s economy

I appreciated Charles Lawton’s March 15 Maine Sunday Telegram column, “Maine must welcome immigrants.” I hope Gov. LePage reads it. Mr. Lawton makes it clear that we cannot grow the Maine economy without growing our population, and with Maine’s current demographics, we cannot grow our population without attracting immigrants. I hope Gov. LePage also gets […]

Published
May 17, 2015

Letter to the editor: Electric bicycles do more than help with pedaling

I just read Ken Allen’s column about electric bicycles (“Allen Afield: Electronic bicycles are on the way,” May 3), and did catch his not-even-disguised contempt: “I wouldn’t be caught dead on an electric bicycle.” Believe it or not, there are good reasons for using one of these other than just not wanting to pedal. Two […]
Published
May 16, 2015

Letter to the editor: Paper missed chance to inform voters on Portland school budget

Noel Gallagher’s article Wednesday about the Portland school budget was very informative (“With tiny turnout, Portland voters pass school budget”), but it would have been more useful to have been able to read it before I went to the polls. I was one of the 970 voters in Portland who turned out for the school […]
Published
May 16, 2015

Letter to the editor: Columnists forget to apply Golden Rule to Muslims

Every columnist seems to have to have their say on the subject of cartoons of Muhammad and brag about our freedom of the press. Nothing I have read so far shows the slightest concern for the feelings for Muslims. This shameful lack of consideration flies in the face of a long-standing religious principle: Do not […]
Published
May 16, 2015

Letter to the editor: Without proof Patriots cheated, let’s stop name-calling

The verdict is in: The NFL has ruled that Tom Brady is suspended for four games, the Patriots must pay a $1 million fine and lose two important future draft picks. Ray Rice must be relieved that he was never accused of knowing someone deﬂated balls before a game. Rice was suspended only two games […]
Published
May 16, 2015

Letter to the editor: With another dumb ruling, NFL fails to fix past dumb rulings

For “more likely than not” knowing something about soft footballs, Tom Brady and the Patriots lost $1 million, a quarter of Brady’s season and two draft picks. What should be the penalty when an Amtrak employee kills eight people, injures a couple hundred more and does millions of dollars in damage? If we let the […]

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