Letters

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December 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: A three-quarters majority is too strict for grand juries

This is in regard to grand juries that continue to fail to indict police officers who kill unarmed suspects, even with clear video evidence. Do we really expect police body cameras to fix that? We can pass a law with a vote of 50 percent plus one. We can override a veto or even impeach […]
Published
December 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: Some FairPoint strikers are guilty of harassment

The strikers at FairPoint should be ashamed of themselves for the way they treat the nonstrikers. Giving someone the finger is immature and mean, as are the other acts described in a recent letter (“Pickets shouldn’t harass FairPoint manager who worked his way up,” Nov. 24). My dad was treated the same way in a […]
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December 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: Power outages show a need to cut more roadside trees

Over 160,000 homes in Maine and 200,000 in neighboring New Hampshire were without power this past Thanksgiving holiday, because of a relatively small storm that was fast-moving. The program that is in place by our utilities is as obsolete as a Rolodex. Instead of trimming a few branches here and there, we should be cutting […]
Published
December 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: FairPoint strikers are self-defeating

What is wrong with FairPoint employees and especially their union officials? Don’t they realize they are on a very slippery slope when it comes to striking? Their union officials who didn’t tell them the whole truth are leading them down the path of no return. There is a fair chance they could lose their jobs. […]
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December 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Handicapped parking isn’t to be abused by able-bodied

I have noticed that handicapped parking is being violated all over. As I am out and about, I notice that handicapped parking is being abused all the time in many different ways. The largest group of offenders are delivery drivers. They park in handicapped parking all the time and sometime even take up more than […]

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December 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: LePage’s holiday humility seems contrived, selective

Outrageous! Gov. Paul LePage, who spends a considerable amount of his time trying to figure out how to take food out of the mouths of the poor, is “humbled” by the outpouring of donations to the annual Blaine House food drive (“2K pounds of food donated in LePage’s food drive,” Nov. 29). I’m sure next […]
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December 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Decision against Moody’s may have been in bad faith

In a Nov. 19 dispatch, “Human rights commission says Moody’s discriminated,” The Associated Press reports: “An investigator’s report from October says there are reasonable grounds to believe the co-owner (of Moody’s Restaurant) discriminated against (Allina) Diaz because of her lack of religious faith.” Would the Maine Human Rights Commission, which ruled in Diaz’s favor Nov. […]
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December 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Boehner left Obama no option on immigration

Well over a year ago, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan immigration bill that House Speaker John Boehner refused to bring to the floor of the House. Thus President Obama was quite correct in dealing with this matter as he has done. Had Boehner been more responsible and mature, all of this political unpleasantness would […]
Published
December 4, 2014

Letter to the editor: No reason to spread fear and paranoia about Ebola

I have to give Walter Eno credit for his most recent letter to the editor (“Perhaps Nemitz will recommend Hickox for ‘Ebola czar,’ “ Nov. 25). Even among the “the only good news is bad news” crowd, he is a standout. Mr. Eno would no doubt jump to the defense of guns and gun owners […]
Published
December 4, 2014

Letter to the editor: Media mustn’t make martyr of Brown

Concerning the violent demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri: I have spent most of my life working with black people in Detroit, and there is no way Michael Brown represented all the wonderful black people I remember. There is videotaped evidence that he stole merchandise from a convenience store and bullied the clerk when confronted. After that, […]

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