Letters

Published
June 3, 2015

Letter to the editor: We need to find a way to recall Gov. LePage

Re: “LePage bashes foes of income tax overhaul” (May 30): There is no doubt the damage done by Gov. Paul LePage to the people and resources of our great state will be incalculable by the time we are rid of him. In the meantime, the barrage of foul and insulting language, the game playing, the […]
Published
June 3, 2015

Letter to the editor: UMaine fortunate to retain its president

On behalf of the University of Maine System Board of Trustees and Chancellor James Page, I want to thank University of Maine President Susan Hunter for agreeing to extend her tenure at the flagship university for an additional year through June 30, 2017. The extension ensures continuity and proven Maine leadership at the university as […]
Published
June 3, 2015

Letter to the editor: Scarborough school budget growing unsustainably

What’s in the school budget that Scarborough voters are being asked to approve next Tuesday? An 8.2 percent increase in spending over last year, and nearly $3 million in additional property taxes. If your income increases by 10 percent, you’ll stay even with the proposed School Department’s 8.2 percent request and the resulting 5.7 percent […]
Published
June 3, 2015

Letter to the editor: Spectators and veterans missing on Memorial Day

Was May 25 considered Memorial Day? A day set aside to honor our fallen veterans who died for our country? Where were the spectators of 25 years gone past? Where were the participants of years gone past? Marching in the parade with my Veterans of Foreign Wars post color guard, I could not observe those […]
Published
June 2, 2015

Letter to the editor: Assisted-dying clinic clients undergo meticulous vetting

Having just read M.D. Harmon’s latest commentary on assisted suicide (“Assisted suicide, euthanasia betray any standards of decency,” May 29), I am compelled – from personal experience – to make a correction to at least one of his claims. When he states that Switzerland’s Dignitas accepts “the depressed and the ‘weary of life,’ even those […]

Published
June 2, 2015

Letter to the editor: Safety course could cut paranoia about carrying concealed guns

The Maine Senate and House have given initial approval to the bill (L.D. 652) to allow constitutional carry of a concealed handgun without a permit. The Senate and House realized that Maine citizens are not children and deserve the same rights and privileges afforded other states. They have no need to be controlled by out-of-state […]
Published
June 2, 2015

Letter to the editor: Encouraging all to own guns is circular thinking

At a time when there is considerable uproar as to whether trained police officers are good judges of when to use lethal force, Maine is about to encourage all of its citizens to carry firearms – the extreme instruments of lethal force – presumably because citizens should expect occasions to have to use them, since […]
Published
June 2, 2015

Letter to the editor: Financial news prompts query: Where’s the money?

In the May 17 Portland Press Herald is a brief article about the closing of Sweet Briar College in Virginia for financial reasons (“Nation Dispatches: College’s closing criticized by commencement speaker”). Thinking about this prompted me to consider agency and governmental financial problems. Given what we’ve seen regarding the finances of the University of Southern […]
Published
June 2, 2015

Letter to the editor: Topsham senator’s flip-flop on clam flats protection destroys trust

What’s with the flip-flop by Topsham Republican Sen. Linda Baker? She supported L.D. 435, a bill that would have extended protection of clam flats, a bill vital to her constituents in the coastal towns of her district, a bill supported by the Maine Clammers Association. She voted for L.D. 435 twice on the Senate floor. […]
Published
June 1, 2015

Letter to the editor: Elderly urged to advocate for childhood vaccinations

Mainers should take note that bills regarding childhood immunization have been referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services. That committee has had its public hearings, but there is still time for Maine legislators to make the right choice and eliminate the philosophical exemption from childhood vaccinations. As our state considers this […]

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