Letters

Published
August 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cutler’s independent voice is just what Maine needs

There’s a bitter and destructive battle going on in Maine, but not between voters. It’s between party candidates – and it doesn’t end when they’re elected. It’s like having bank tellers so busy fighting between themselves that they forget to deposit your paycheck. Can you think of one thing Augusta has accomplished in the last […]
Published
August 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Late Rep. McGowan mixed passion with the practical

I had the great privilege of serving with Rep. Paul McGowan in the Maine House of Representatives for the past two years, where we both also served on the Environment and Natural Resources Committee. His death is a heavy loss to his legislative colleagues, constituents, family and friends. In tributes to his public service, Paul […]
Published
August 25, 2014

Letter to the editor: Missile defense plan makes no sense

I applaud your well-reasoned editorial against basing strategic missile defenses in Maine (“Our View: There’s no place in Maine for missile defense site,” Aug. 20). Although I agree that non-military considerations are the principal factors behind congressional interest in East Coast siting, I would add an additional “military” reason for skepticism about the concept: There […]
Published
August 25, 2014

Letter to editor: Important voice missing in story on Great Northern

More than 2 1/2 pages of the Maine Sunday Telegram were devoted to the decline and fall of the Great Northern Paper Co. without a single mention of Great Northern’s most prominent former employee, U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud. When elected to the Maine Legislature in 1980, Rep. Michaud was employed as a mill worker at the […]
Published
August 25, 2014

Letter to editor: Is state’s defense industry prepared for peacetime?

Letter writer Ryan Jones insists BIW unions support Sen. Susan Collins because she “works hard for us and our shipyard.” Has there ever been a legislator from Maine who didn’t “support” BIW and work to get bills and budgets signed that favor the shipyard in military work? I think we’d all be hard pressed to […]

Published
August 25, 2014

Letter to editor: It really doesn’t matter what we call carbon dioxide

I thoroughly enjoyed William Gross’s article on semantics, i.e., should CO2 be called a “pollutant” or not. I just wasn’t sure of the point of the article. Mother Nature does not give a hoot as to what you or I call carbon dioxide. In fact, she doesn’t even speak English! In other words, our actions […]
Published
August 25, 2014

Letter to editor: Self-defense no excuse for the killing in Gaza

Barney Frank, in defending Israel’s barbaric behavior in Gaza, uses the same stale defense always used by those trying to justify genocide: the right to self-defense. But is it self-defense when Israel blows up schools and hospitals and even prevents emergency vehicles from coming to the aid of the wounded? The United Nations estimates nearly 75 […]
Published
August 25, 2014

Letter to editor: Maine’s ‘humane’ governor would want fair bear hunt

Using the terms “culture” and “tradition” as excuses for practicing the barbaric bear hunting methods of trapping, hounding and baiting does not absolve us of the guilt attached to these uncivilized methods. Fairness is a Maine “tradition.” For a “sport” to be fair, the opponents must be equally likely to win. Using these methods for […]
Published
August 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: Frank glosses over woes from illegal immigrants

One would think former congressman Barney Frank would be ashamed of his complicity in an act of treachery against American workers: the 1986 amnesty for illegal immigrants. But instead, he actually has the thought to boast of his part in the awful thing (“Commentary: Immigrants pose no threat to U.S.,” Aug. 10). He glosses over […]
Published
August 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: Excessive levels of CO2 can indeed be problematic

William Gross, in his Aug. 13 column, “Maine Voices: EPA distorts basic science of organic chemistry by calling CO2 ‘pollution,’ “ presents a nonsensical argument against treating carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Classification of pollutants is not black and white as Mr. Gross suggests. Many elements and natural compounds essential to life can become pollutants […]

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