Letters

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October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: To vaccinate or not is a decision for parents

The reason there is so much angst about vaccines is that some children have been seriously harmed by them, and parents regret having been coerced into making their children have them. The arguments are much like those surrounding Planned Parenthood. There are those who support full consumer information and choice, and those who don’t. It […]
Published
October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Sick of politicians trashing one another

I wonder if everyone is as sick of the politicians trashing one another. I change the channel when I see that. I hate it. So many have said how sick they are of hearing it. It is like hearing, “I love me. Do you love me too?” I would not vote for them if they […]
Published
October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: The hospice experience can have negative aspects

I was happy to read about the positive experience that the family of Barbara DeWaters had with hospice care (“The Challenge of Our Age: Someone to watch over the journey’s end,” Oct. 19). Our experience was the opposite. Our 85-year-old mother, ill with cancer, was being home visited by a hospice nurse when it was […]
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October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Maine black bear neither majestic nor beloved

During my lifetime, Maine’s bears have evolved from big pest to big game species. In the 1950s, when I was a child in rural Maine, bears were hunted year-round. One of my earliest childhood memories is that of a bear breaking into my grandparents’ barn to kill a calf. The 450-pound bruin was shot several […]
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October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Teddy Roosevelt would find Maine bear hunt appalling

U.S. President and avid outdoorsman Teddy Roosevelt hunted game in many states and especially enjoyed Maine. He was once brought by a Maine hunting guide to a trapped bear of legendary size, but angrily refused to shoot a captured animal. This president who preserved millions of acres in this country to provide wilderness experiences for […]

Published
October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cutler won’t allow backsliding on workers’ compensation

As a person who worked in the Maine workers’ compensation field for almost 40 years, I am supporting independent Eliot Cutler for governor. I have seen the system evolve over all those years, and Maine, her citizens and businesses cannot afford to go backward on workers’ compensation. Eliot Cutler has promised that he will continue […]
Published
October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins part of the problem in Washington

When Sen. Susan Collins voted with her Republican colleagues to shut down the federal government in 2013, she should have realized the consequences for Maine: delayed veterans benefits payments, delayed low-income housing assistance payments and closing of Acadia National Park and $16 million in lost revenue. Sadly, while Ted Cruz read children’s stories to an […]
Published
October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Maine needs Eliot Cutler – now

I have lived in Maine for seven years, but I have also lived elsewhere across the country. I have never lived in a place where progress was so slow and the economy was so glaringly poor. I am confident now more than ever that Eliot Cutler is the only candidate who can transition Maine into […]
Published
October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Don’t waste a vote on Cutler

Make no mistake about it: A vote for independent Eliot Cutler will help Republican Gov. Paul LePage get re-elected. Recent polls and experience show that Cutler will not win a three-way race. He takes more votes away from Democrat Mike Michaud than he does Paul LePage – and, like four years ago, LePage will win. […]
Published
October 25, 2014

Letter to the editor: LePage’s tenure has been tough for the elderly

Gov. LePage hasn’t cut taxes for the average middle-income taxpayer. He’s increased the property-tax burden for the elderly, poor and middle-income taxpayer by decreasing revenue sharing to towns and cities. We live in Augusta. The four years before LePage was elected governor, our taxes went up 1.2 percent; during his first four years in office, […]

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