Letters

Published
July 30, 2014

Letter to the editor: Concern for lobsters raises worry about human fetuses

Your July 23 edition includes a Maine Voices column by Fred Schneider, lead singer of the B-52s (“Spare the suffering and skip the annual Maine Lobster Festival”). The author urges readers to avoid the Maine Lobster Festival, where lobsters will feel pain while being boiled alive in preparation for eating by attendees. What about humans […]
Published
July 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: Move Route 144 to save trees, piece of heaven

I am in my tent in Chewonki Campground at 5 a.m., watching the sun come up through the trees, wondering if the trees or the campground will be here in the future. The Federal Aviation Administration says these trees are obstructions that must be clear-cut from the airport’s imaginary airspace. Losing the trees would be […]
Published
July 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: Thailand reforestation approach could be model for Maine

Maine is well known for its dense and prosperous forests. From 1970 to 1990, there was a surge in demand for lumber, so the Northern Forest Lands Council passed 37 recommendations protecting the forests. Although some recommendations regarding taxes and funding were partially successful, overall awareness remained low. Deforestation today is slightly less pressing, but […]
Published
July 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: Paid sick time benefits workers, public

All workers, regardless of status, occupation or gender, should have the ability to earn paid sick time. After all, it is earned time, not given time. During the upcoming campaigns and elections, I hope that our candidates will seriously consider the proposed policy of paid sick time in the workplace. Why would such legislation be […]
Published
July 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: Obama, congressional Republicans should get down to business

The blame for the gridlock in Washington is shared between President Obama and congressional Republicans. Our younger citizens may not realize that it doesn’t have to be this way. In the 1960s, President Johnson, a Democrat, worked with Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, R-Ill. On the floor of the Senate, Dirksen would be highly critical […]

Published
July 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Mainers urged to help halt spread of invasive plants

Fifty years from now, I don’t want to have to tell my grandchildren what native Maine forests looked like. Yet the propagation of invasive species threatens much of Maine’s natural habitat. Through land trusts, Maine has done a remarkable job of managing the most serious threat of all to natural areas: human development. Yet invasive […]
Published
July 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Outdated bear-hunting practices should be banned

I support the group Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting, which is seeking to change the laws regarding bear hunting. I grew up around hunting, and one of my sons is a hunter. In exchange for the privilege of hunting, hunters should have respect for nature, and how the animal being hunted functions in its delicate […]
Published
July 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Longtime fan lauds Portland’s Kotzschmar Memorial Organ

When I was 7 years old, my father took me to a Kotzschmar Organ concert at Portland City Hall for the first time. The organist was Portland’s Alistair “Sandy” Grant. I was mesmerized by the whole event. I lived away from Maine for a number of years and returned in 1981, just in time to […]
Published
July 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Honor Lac-Megantic by reining in use of fossil fuels

Thank you for covering the anniversary observance of the Lac-Megantic disaster. Headlined “Portland rally recalls tragedy” (July 6), that coverage described one of the rally’s sponsors, 350 Maine, as “a group that opposes fossil fuels.” Speaking as a member of 350 Maine who attended the rally, it would be more accurate to say that the […]
Published
July 27, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cairn’s columns, news reporting will be missed

After reading about North Cairn’s impending “migration” to Michigan and a new life she will have teaching writing at a college there, I realized how many times I had meant to thank her (“Winging it: Navigating a new migration,” July 13). In her own special way, she wove beautiful tapestries of words, capturing the images […]

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