Letters

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November 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: Sen. King’s endorsement switch teaches a lesson

If my 9-year-old grandson ever asks about the phrase “the means justifying the end,” I have Sen. Angus King to thank for providing an example. By switching his endorsement in the campaign for governor from independent Eliot Cutler to Democrat Mike Michaud, King has opened up an encyclopedia of life lessons for my grandson and […]
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November 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: Deadly Portland fire underscores need to improve safety inspections

Re: “Property that burned had triggered complaints, but tenant views on landlord mixed,” Nov. 2: Something terrible happened on Noyes Street last Saturday morning. But before the smoke had even cleared, the concern about those young people who died there became obscured by the competing interests of various groups. Realtors rallied around their fellow Realtor, […]
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November 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: Phthalate information would inform choices for salon owners, workers, customers

I write today about my concerns with phthalates – chemicals that disrupt our hormones and harm our brain, reproductive and immune systems, yet are found everywhere including in cosmetics and other personal care products (hidden behind the word “fragrance”). As owner of Amore Styles, a hair salon in Portland, I am affected by these dangerous […]
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November 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: Immigration reform critical to drawing skilled workers

I was born in India and came to the United States during mid-2012 on an L-1B visa. Since then, I am working and living here legally. I am a business systems analyst employed with a large global IT and financial services firm, and bring with me more than 10 years of international experience. My wife […]
Published
November 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: UNE is state’s biggest provider of rural doctors

In your Oct. 13 article “Governor candidates on the issues: Health care,” a review of Maine gubernatorial candidates’ health plans, your references to the shortage of primary care doctors in rural areas omitted one important factor, and that is the role the University of New England plays in combating this shortage. UNE is the largest […]

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November 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: Ebola workers were cavalier about the safety of others

Many people in Maine applaud the good work of the health care workers caring for the victims of Ebola, but at the same time they are more than a little nervous over the caregivers’ seemingly cavalier attitude to the safety and well-being of those around them. It is this level of arrogance that is very […]
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November 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: LePage made uninformed decisions about Ebola

Decisions based on political rhetoric rather than evidence are curious at best. And to make them using belligerence, condescension and hostility are not traits I desire in a governor. As a citizen and as a registered nurse who bases decisions about health and health policy on evidence, not fear, I deplore Gov. LePage’s recent uninformed […]
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November 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: Imagine if water was as valuable as oil

Re: “Maine regulators allow sale of town’s water to bottler of Poland Spring” (Oct. 23): Is this any way to run a state? Gov. LePage scratched around enough to find two people who would serve as “substitute commissioners” of the Maine Public Utilities Commission without apparently reviewing their experience. This may be guessed at, perhaps, […]
Published
November 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Obama should mandate consistent Ebola quarantine policy

President Obama has approved his secretary of defense’s decision that military personnel returning to the U.S. from West Africa will be quarantined for 21 days. At the same time, he’s decreed that civilian health workers returning to the U.S. – like Kaci Hickox, who treated patients with the Ebola virus – need not be quarantined. […]
Published
November 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Ebola not deadliest threat

Fear and ignorance are much more deadly than Ebola. Mark Bowie New Gloucester

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