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  • Published
    June 23, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Bag, polystyrene mandates irk shopper

    Now we all see just who is running this city. Special interest groups, that’s who. Can you believe it? Our council of clowns has voted for bag fees! Honestly, do you really believe that by charging people, it will cut down on litter or save a bag from floating in Back Cove? Come next spring […]

  • Published
    June 22, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Fatherhood a worthy newspaper topic

    I am disappointed with the Maine Sunday Telegram. I received my Sunday copy on Father’s Day, and noticed that there were no stories about fathers or fatherhood, with the exception of the sports page (“On Baseball: New Sea Dog comes from a true baseball family”). This is a continual oppression. Reporting on child abuse, political […]

  • Published
    June 22, 2014

    Letter to the editor: State’s support for bear baiting just a bunch of baloney

    The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is gearing up its spin machine for the upcoming bear referendum. They are again attempting to brainwash the public into believing that if Maine’s bear feeding program (aka bear baiting) stops, Maine’s bear population will spiral out of control. This is the same baloney they spouted in […]

  • Published
    June 22, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Driver for disabled clients issues access-law reminder

    In my job as a maintenance man and driver at a home for developmentally disadvantaged adults, it was my responsibility to transport patients to medical appointments from Belfast to Portland. It has been my observation that a disabled person who wished to make a lot of money could do so by suing the hundreds of […]

  • Published
    June 22, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Voters who limit bear hunt should get all the rogue animals

    If the anti-bear hunting referendum passes, there will be a population explosion of bears in Maine. Since the food source for the bears is limited, bears will seek food in homes. They will harass and possibly consume pet cats and dogs. They will cause damage. These bears will need to be trapped and relocated. I […]

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  • Published
    June 22, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Commuter rail service would be big energy saver

    Kudos to Tux Turkel for his article “Power use tumbles as efficiency kicks in” (June 8), pointing out in detail to Mainers that efficiency is the answer to curbing energy use and lowering our carbon footprint. In the wake of the Obama administration’s bold move to curb carbon emissions, now is the time to look […]

  • Published
    June 22, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Activist doesn’t like Cuzzi’s advice for Cain

    Now that Emily Cain has secured her party’s nomination for the 2nd District’s U.S. House seat, Democratic political campaign strategist and Maine Sunday Telegram columnist Michael Cuzzi’s latest commentary throws Maine’s environmental and political activists under the bus in an attempt to court moderate Republicans and independents in the upcoming election (“Poliquin’s nomination confirms GOP’s […]

  • Published
    June 22, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Parents the best foundation for all education platforms

    Things that I would love to see happen but probably won’t: Gov. LePage, Mike Michaud and Eliot Cutler do the right thing and agree together to stop making education, education reform, etc., one of the big issues in this year’s gubernatorial race. Instead, they all come together in a video and say, “This is for […]

  • Published
    June 21, 2014

    Letter to the editor: No way to give away 100 gallons of fuel oil

    After several phone calls, many of which were not returned, I learned that one cannot do this. The oil is pumped out, “cleaned” and re-sold for industrial use. If I knew how to get a grant, I would start a program to do something with the oil that people have left when they change heating […]

  • Published
    June 21, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Banning plastic and foam ups cost of living in Maine

    I remember the front page of the Press Herald telling me years ago that the total financial burden of living in Maine – between low wages and the high cost of living – was the worst in the nation. One factor in those high costs is people who come to Maine for the amenities (“the […]