Letters

Published
March 25, 2015

Letter to the editor: Coverage of the King-LePage flap is overblown

It’s clear that the liberal editors of the Portland Press Herald didn’t learn much from the results of the November elections. Despite throwing away any semblance of objective journalism and opting instead for political activism during Gov. LePage’s first term, they still took a political shellacking as LePage handily won re-election despite their efforts. For […]
Published
March 25, 2015

Letter to the Editor: Leadership should reject relaxed emissions rules

As a senator from a coal-producing state (Kentucky), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly written to every state governor in an effort to block U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations requiring states to reduce carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants. We in Maine, and also the rest of the Northeast, have long suffered the ill […]
Published
March 25, 2015

Letter to the Editor: Harmon’s Fox News claim undermines his own credibility

I find it remarkable that M.D. Harmon attempted to assert that Fox News offers real news and is now the “most trusted network” (“No surprise that Americans don’t trust their government,” March 20). Just because 29 percent of the right-wingers state it to be true in a Quinnipiac poll doesn’t make it actually true. Fox […]
Published
March 24, 2015

Letter to the Editor: Rep. Pingree takes stand to protect our air quality

As a respiratory therapist and asthma educator, I applaud U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, for standing up for public health, transparency and the credibility of our scientific leaders by opposing two bills that came up for a vote last week in Congress: the Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 and the EPA Science Advisory […]
Published
March 24, 2015

Letter to the Editor: Interpretation of two words could save health care law

I would like to offer a point about the King v. Burwell case now before the U.S. Supreme Court (“Poll: Most in U.S. don’t know of Supreme Court health care case,” March 20, Page A2) that I have not seen mentioned. The plaintiffs in the case argue that the wording of the Affordable Care Act […]

Published
March 24, 2015

Letter to the Editor: Maine needs to break free of underachieving patterns

In last week’s “A Word With the Boss” interview (“Unity College president advances sustainability science by degree,” March 19), Stephen Mulkey, the president of Unity College, offered some interesting observations that will probably be lost in all of the turmoil about the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine System. In talking about […]
Published
March 24, 2015

Letter to the Editor: Support Maine bill calling for truth in beer-pouring

Please support passage of L.D. 122, “An Act To Standardize Pints of Beer Sold in Maine,” which requires establishments advertising that they sell and charge for a pint of beer actually provide customers with a 16-ounce “full pour” of beer. I’ve always been a beer enthusiast. I enjoy drinking beer and home brewing. I’ve been […]
Published
March 23, 2015

Letter to the Editor: Vaccine ‘facts’ pocked with inaccuracy

Pat Truman’s March 16 letter, “Vaccination ads an affront; it’s parents’ place to decide,” was outrageous in its twisted logic and outright falsehoods. • “According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control records, while no one has died of measles in the last 12 years …” That’s because vaccines had all but eliminated measles from the United […]
Published
March 23, 2015

Letter to the Editor: Cashes Ledge must be protected from fishing

Cashes Ledge is an undersea mountain about 100 miles southeast of Portland. It has been front-page news in the Portland Press Herald and other publications over the past several months. Cashes Ledge is currently afforded the protection and conservation measures of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Public hearings have been held throughout New England to help decide […]
Published
March 23, 2015

Letter to the Editor: There’s a big gap between wage, salary increases

The federal minimum wage increased by 70 cents per hour between 2008 and 2009. Congressional salaries increased by $8,800 over the same period! Who knew there was such a different monetary application to “wage” and “salary”? R.J. Berard Sr. Windham

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