Letters

Published
November 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Landlords need incentive to abide by codes

Every day I ride my bike by the house at 20 Noyes St. on my way to work. The charred structure still smells like the fire that took the lives of six young adults. It is so sad. And it is also tragic that there is no outrage against a system that allows shortcuts with […]
Published
November 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Pace of climate change means humans will adapt

Climate change is real. Climate change has been going on more or less steadily for many millions of years. Climate has gone through many long, slow cycles of warming and cooling. Massive glaciers have advanced and retreated many times. The most recent retreat of major glaciers occurred around 12,000 years ago, when human populations were […]
Published
November 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Health care professionals need to collaborate more

Health care? Or lack thereof? The two first words of this letter need to be defined by the state for providers, and for those receiving the alleged “care” from providers. “Health” is rather broad when considering the overall well-being of individuals and their surroundings. Here is where systems run by people, for people, need to […]
Published
November 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: DHHS commissioner should cut campaign-style rhetoric

Re: “Appeals court blocks LePage’s MaineCare cuts for young people” (Nov. 17): Will someone please tell Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew that the campaign for governor is over? Her highly partisan and divisive diatribe against the federal appeals court ruling on Gov. LePage’s MaineCare cuts is, at best, inappropriate, coming from a sitting […]
Published
November 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: ‘Yes on 1’ voters showed compassion and fairness

Published
November 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: Scented advertising insert just too much for reader

On Thursday, I approached my antique, curbside Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram delivery box with the usual trepidation for this day of the week. As always (seemingly), the day would bring a heavily scented Macy’s advertising insert. It did. Three inserts fell out as I was heading to the trash – er, recycling. Poetically, it […]
Published
November 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: French studies should be a USM strength, as is poetry

A word in praise of the poetry community engendered by the University of Southern Maine. Last Friday, Jamaal May from Detroit read as the O’Brien Poet in the Glickman Library, a few floors up from the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. On Tuesday, Richard Blanco read to hundreds of people at Hannaford Hall. USM deserves […]
Published
November 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Keystone pipeline would carry nothing for us

I am grateful that the U.S. Senate rejected the Keystone pipeline by just one vote! Call independent Sen. Angus King to thank him for voting against it (“Maine Sen. King casts pivotal vote as Keystone pipeline bill blocked,” Nov. 18)! Then call Republican Sen. Susan Collins. She voted for it. Despite what supporters claim, Keystone […]
Published
November 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Arrogance was all too evident in recent elections

So how did millions of dollars fail to elect Democrats – a governor, a 2nd Congressional District House of Representatives member, to keep a state Senate majority and a solid Maine House majority? What referendum did Democrats convince voters to pass? It was a referendum on arrogance – communicated in tweets, soundbites, Facebook and video. […]
Published
November 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: USM’s plans should reincorporate humanity, dignity

I’m a University of Southern Maine alum and do not support the changes currently being implemented there. It’s devastating that University of Maine System trustees are so blindly disregarding the requests of its students – their “paying customers” – and forcing so many reputable professors out of the university, and out of jobs, instead of […]

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