Letters

Published
December 18, 2014

Letter to the editor: Columnist Parker shuns key questions in Ferguson police shooting

Reading Kathleen Parker’s Dec. 9 column (“True journalism or ratings spike?”), it is clear that she thinks the way Ferguson was handled was wrong. But it is hard to tell what she thinks would have been the right way. What is clear is that she has no interest in some of the questions that have […]
Published
December 18, 2014

Letter to the editor: Make the level of U.S. debt clear to Americans

Very few citizens have any idea where their tax monies go. We have only so much to parcel out for defense, human services, administration and interest on the debt. Either we balance the budget and spend only what we can afford, raise taxes to pay for what we wish to have that we cannot now […]
Published
December 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: If only others would emulate Market Basket’s ‘Artie T’

Regarding the bonus that Market Basket workers received from “Artie T.” – company President Arthur T. Demoulas (“With Market Basket’s popular president in full control, workers’ loyalty repaid”): How wonderful life would be if more employees had a boss like this man. Robert Vachon Springvale
Published
December 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Volunteer teacher appreciates help of good Samaritans

Last Tuesday, I was leaving Portland Adult Education at the Cathedral School, where I volunteer in an English as a Second Language class. I had parked at the top of Boyd Street, facing Cumberland Avenue. It was pouring rain when I returned to my car about 2:15 p.m. I couldn’t get out of the parking […]
Published
December 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Safety record proves truckers merit eased rest standards

Re: “Collins criticized for proposal to ease rest rules for truckers” (Dec. 12): As a lifetime professional truck driver, my heart goes out to Daphne Izer, founder of Parents Against Tired Truckers, who lost her son in 1993 when a big rig hit his car. No one can put himself in her family’s shoes, nor […]

Published
December 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Embezzler of millions treated better than seller of loose cigarettes

While reading the Dec. 13 article on the Rockport scam artist who embezzled $5 million (“Rockport man ordered to repay $5 million he embezzled from company”), a comparison struck me. Jason Throne made up a dummy corporation, embezzled millions and lived like a king. Where is the video of the police surrounding Jason Throne and […]
Published
December 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Taking note that Native Americans invented lacrosse

Fourteen members of Bowdoin’s men’s lacrosse team have been found guilty of “cultural appropriation” for dressing as Native Americans at an off-campus Thanksgiving party and are about to be punished, short of suspension or expulsion, by the college (“Bowdoin to discipline 14 lacrosse players for dressing as Native Americans,” Dec. 10). I say: Boot all […]
Published
December 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Bull’s-eye rash not always present with Lyme disease

Re: “Lyme disease digging in as Maine mounts fight against it” (Dec. 12): For over seven years, I was misdiagnosed with conversion disorder instead of Lyme disease. My symptoms vary from day to day. Initially I had facial palsy, tics, blurry vision, difficulty with speech, gait issues, memory issues, seizure-like episodes, flulike symptoms and joint […]
Published
December 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: ‘Leaner’ USM system is counter to Maine’s best interests

The most recent University of Southern Maine cuts, as directed by interim President David Flanagan, former Central Maine Power CEO, resemble more of a slash-and-burn approach to “balancing the budget” than they do cuts essential to balancing the University of Maine System. When a business owner and potential employer of Maine residents, Joe Chandler of […]
Published
December 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: Nonprofits’ tax-exempt status raises questions

I recently had a conversation about “nonprofit” organizations. Part of the discussion involved “tax-exempt” status for the “nonprofits.” After doing a small amount of research on the Internet, I came up with many questions: • Why are there tens of thousands of nonprofit organizations? • Where do they get their money? • Where do they […]

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