Letters

Published
July 19, 2014

Letter to the editor: Support sellers of local seafood

My appreciation to the Press Herald for encouraging your readers to consume locally sourced finfish, but your piece (“Try one fish, two fish, redfish and new fish,” Source, June 15) missed mentioning a number of seafood businesses that also source regionally caught seafood from the Gulf of Maine that include direct sales to consumers. I […]
Published
July 19, 2014

Letter to the editor: Series on Passamaquoddy provides important lessons

Your series on the Passamaquoddy is a piece of wonderful writing that brings to light just one of the tragic histories of the First People of the land we immigrants call America (“Unsettled: Triumph and tragedy in Maine’s Indian country”). It should be widely read, especially in the schools, where so little is taught about […]
Published
July 19, 2014

Letter to the editor: House Island history should be kept alive

Regarding the sale of House Island (“Maine island with storied past set for new chapter,” July 9): What a shame if the buyer tears down the remaining buildings on the island, which hold a lot of history pertaining to immigrants to the Northeast. Yes, build vacation homes, but keep the history of the island by […]
Published
July 19, 2014

Letter to the editor: Maine demonstrates gains from facing climate change

In the business of addressing climate change, The Washington Post says Congress is not managing the risks, dangerously ignoring them at our own peril. “If Congress were the board of a large company, ignoring such a serious risk would give shareholders ample reason to fire every head-in-the-sand director. Voters might want to contemplate the analogy […]
Published
July 18, 2014

Letter to the editor: LePage has time for fringe, but not for normal AARP

Imagine my surprise to read that Gov. LePage has met at least eight times with men who say they represent a handful of people who consider themselves “sovereign citizens.” When the governor was first elected, I requested a meeting on behalf of myself and the volunteer leaders of AARP Maine. He refused to meet with […]

Published
July 18, 2014

Letter to the editor: Election law doesn’t cut Cutler a break

It seems columnist Bill Nemitz cannot comment in your paper without drifting into an opinion that supports his prejudice (“Cutler’s camp, in need of money, looks to alter rules,” July 9). It is a fact that citizens have leveled a lawsuit against Maine campaign financing laws that allow $3,000 per candidate for major-party members and […]
Published
July 18, 2014

Letter to the editor: There’s simply no defense for cruelty to crustaceans

It is interesting to note that Linda Bean’s only defense of the sickening cruelty that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals documented at her slaughterhouse – including ripping off the legs, heads and/or shells of fully conscious lobsters (“Linda Bean responds to PETA’s allegations of cruelty,” July 11) – is that “everybody else does […]
Published
July 18, 2014

Letter to the editor: Casino referendum didn’t specifically say Sanford

Columnist M.D. Harmon repeats the error that the casino referendum of 2003 was about a York County or Sanford casino (“Don’t bet on the gambling industry to fund the state’s budget,” July 10). Question 3 (The Maine Tribal Gaming Act): “Do you want to allow a casino to be run by the Passamaquoddy Tribe and […]
Published
July 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Consider LePage’s own immigration story

With all the negative rhetoric coming from Paul LePage regarding undocumented immigrants, we may forget that Gov. LePage has his own immigration story. In 1971, LePage married his Canadian girlfriend and moved to New Brunswick. Did Paul LePage, the idealistic young immigrant to Canada, plan to become a Canadian citizen? Did he look forward to […]
Published
July 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Thanks go to Rep. Ellie Espling for monument to veterans

When it comes to serving the people, Rep. Ellie Espling, R-New Gloucester, gets the job done. During the July 12 fundraiser for the New Gloucester Veterans Monument, it was announced that Rep. Espling had helped secure a $10,000 donation from Gov. Paul LePage’s contingency fund to support the building the Veterans Monument. My grandfather Neal […]

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