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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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May 16, 2015

Letter to the editor: Brady forfeited integrity by cheating

After reading Mike Lowe’s May 12 column (“Patriots Beat: NFL’s punishment excessive for Brady, Patriots”), basically “so-whating” Tom Brady being caught with his pants down as a liar and cheat, I had to pony up my 2 cents on the issue. I suppose Mr. Lowe thinks plagiarism by a news reporter is also fair game […]

Published
May 15, 2015

Letter to the editor: Portland drivers, please be more careful of pedestrians

For all of its amenities and top 10 attributes, one thing Portland is sorely lacking is pedestrian-friendly drivers. Several years ago, I sold my car. I live in a great neighborhood, within walking distance of the transportation hub, grocery stores, coffee shops and restaurants, and the beautiful Back Cove trail. Whether doing my “walking errands” […]
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May 15, 2015

Letter to the editor: Affordable senior housing needs more serious support

Re: “Portland planners back senior housing on Stevens Avenue” (May 12): The May 12 meeting with the Portland Planning Board on a zoning change to allow new housing was futile. The board pretended interest in the concerns of Deering Center residents, but their decision had already been made. While terms like “senior housing” and “affordable […]
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May 15, 2015

Letter to the editor: LePage tax reform plan pushes Mainers to edge of cliff

I didn’t think I could get any angrier at state government than I was after reading the embarrassing tale of how we were fleeced through the Maine New Markets Capital Investment Program, but then I read Gov. LePage’s tax reform plan, “Moving Maine from Poverty to Prosperity.” The document is breathtaking in its cynicism and […]
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May 15, 2015

Letter to the editor: Dump fitting punishment on those who illegally dump trash

The May 11 Press Herald article “Dealing with rash of trash in woods” (Page B1) brought back many memories. In the 1980s, I served on the Landowner-Sportsman Relations Committee that was sponsored by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. One of the primary issues we discussed was illegal dumping. It was a major concern […]
Published
May 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: Loss of 57,000 in Vietnam is not a sign of abandonment

I am writing in response to Ronald Bancroft’s column May 1 (“Maine Voices: Betrayal marked the last days of the United States in Vietnam”), in which he contends that the U.S. “abandoned” South Vietnam. I served as an Army infantryman with the 1st Cavalry Division from 1969 to 1970. To maintain that the loss of […]

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