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  • 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 […]

  • Published
    July 17, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Sen. Jim Boyle’s work has made him worthy of re-election

    We would like to strongly urge support for the re-election of state Sen. Jim Boyle, D-Gorham. In the 126th Legislature, Sen. Boyle supported the restoration of municipal revenue sharing, which is crucial for key municipal services. Services like our fire and police departments, our schools and road maintenance are often partially funded by revenue sharing. […]

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  • Published
    July 17, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Eliot Cutler a problem solver who will bring dignity back to Maine

    Attention, Maine voters! Here is why Eliot Cutler should be our next governor. Eliot has experience dealing with world, national and state problems in business and government. He knows that anger and verbal fighting don’t work, and he will bring both parties together to solve the serious challenges ahead of us. He has years of […]

  • Published
    July 16, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Sen. Susan Collins urged to support Clean Power Plan

    The Obama administration has presented a new, innovative proposal to protect public health from air pollution. The Clean Power Plan would reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants by up to 30 percent by the year 2030. Coal-fired power plants are the single largest source of carbon pollution. Reducing pollution from smokestacks will slow […]

  • Published
    July 16, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Walking gantlet of protesters outside of Planned Parenthood intimidating

    In an unprinted letter, submitted June 27, I announced that I’d walk the gantlet outside Planned Parenthood. So I made my appointment to coincide with the first protest after the Portland buffer zone was repealed. I decided to walk the gantlet for all the women who never could. Protesters who bombard women with ignorant fliers […]

  • Published
    July 16, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Visitor views bear baiting as unbelievable, ‘appalling’

    When we explained to a visiting aunt from England what the bear baiting issue is about, she could not believe that in 2014 this practice is going on – and in Maine even. Her comment was “How appalling! Do you people still send 10-year-old boys into the mines as well?” Barbara Skapa Mount Vernon

  • Published
    July 16, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Mike Michaud’s qualifications, experience limited

    Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s supporters boast that if elected, he would be our nation’s first openly gay governor. But that would not be his only claim to fame. Michaud would attain extraordinary status as a state chief executive whose formal education is limited to a high school diploma and who has no administrative or […]