Letters

Published
April 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Responding to people in crisis requires more training than deputy had

Re: “Man shot by deputy died of head wound” (April 14): Shameful! Vicki McKenney called the police so they could intervene and help save her husband, Stephen McKenney, from committing suicide. Instead, they end up being the one to kill him. Clearly, this young, 25-year-old deputy, with only two years’ experience and a whopping “week […]
Published
April 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: UMaine System’s financial struggles not new to SMCC graduates

Nearly 43 years ago, in June 1971, at what was then known as the Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute on Fort Road in South Portland (now known as Southern Maine Community College), I graduated with a two-year diploma in industrial electricity. The graduating class of 1971 was the first to hold the ceremonies in the […]
Published
April 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: When raising rates, CMP should remember people

I am one of the half-million customers who will be affected by Central Maine Power’s proposed unfair rate increase if the Public Utilities Commission approves their proposal. I decided to make my voice heard about this by testifying before the commission at a public hearing April 3. I’m glad I did. Many in our state […]
Published
April 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: Sen. King disappoints with ‘no’ on Paycheck Fairness Act

I was disappointed to read of Senator Angus King’s “no” vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act (“King vote fuels talk of a switch to Republicans, but he’s neutral,” April 11, 2014). Disappointed, but not very surprised. The senator said he’d make his decision on whether to caucus with the GOP “based on what I think […]
Published
April 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: USM administrator’s raise provokes questions

Where are the University of Maine system’s priorities? Until 2013, when the University of Southern Maine defunded the full-time teaching position I occupied, I made almost exactly what UMaine’s top financial officer, Rebecca Wyke, recently received as a raise. Unlike her, I taught over 100 students a semester, graded thousands of quizzes and exams, and […]

Published
April 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: Senate lets Mainers down on solar panels, rides bills

I’m sad that the Maine Senate failed to override Mr. LePage’s veto of a bill which would have, at a cost of $1 million, given Mainers who installed solar panels a bit of a rebate, and paid for low income Mainers’ high-efficiency heat pumps. Besides the obvious benefits of lower costs, cleaner energy, and warmer […]
Published
April 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: Raise stirs questions about loyalty, USM’s priorities

Here we are falling down the Rabbit Hole again, the place where nothing makes any sense. Except in this case, although failing to be informed of critical information, we can only surmise events, fueled by rage. Question: Why was Rebecca Wyke job hunting? Question: Does she see herself as indispensable to University of Maine System? […]
Published
April 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Story about trees a breath of fresh air

The story about trees in Longfellow Arboretum was a treasure. Too often we hurry past the remnants of the natural world that continue to survive in the face of urbanization. It was a pleasure to linger among the different varieties of trees for a moment, and learn something new about them. I read the Press […]
Published
April 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Lack of health care, money raise risk of poor choices

One cannot call themselves a supporter of eliminating domestic violence and human sex trafficking and veto Maine Medicaid expansion (“LePage vetos Maine Medicaid expansion,” April 8). These issues are intertwined on many levels. I find it fascinating that many Republicans have recently championed the issues of sex trafficking and domestic violence, yet also choose to […]
Published
April 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Blaming unequal pay rates on free market misleading

Steve Robinson’s opinion piece on April 11 accuses liberals of lying about pay-equality statistics, then blames those unequal pay rates on free-market forces. His points are, at best, misleading. The American free market that he advocates is highly regulated in ways that create pay inequality. There are many different ways to correct those policies, and […]

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