Letters

Published
May 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: Just plant flowers to help keep bees thriving

The article about bees and how they overwintered in Maine is inspiring some thought about springtime and what bees need at this time of year (“Maine beekeepers assess hives after endless winter,” April 27). They need food! Food is nectar and pollen from many types of plants that they seek out near their hives – […]
Published
May 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: Kindness along the roadside in Gray very much appreciated

I would like to thank all the kind people who showed such care and concern for an old lady stuck on a busy road in Gray on Tuesday morning. You know who you are, and even though I don’t know your names, I will never forget you. I was finally saved by a tow truck, […]
Published
May 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: Steve Woods’ priorities make him good choice for Senate

Passion. Knowledge. Transparency. These are the qualities that I want in my state senator – and they all apply to Steve Woods. I recently attended a rally for Steve and left thoroughly energized and refreshed by Steve’s ideals, commitment and promise to work hard to improve District 25. As an environmentally friendly large business owner […]
Published
May 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Taxing property to support public services makes perfect sense

I must respond to the latest letter from William Vaughan Jr. (“Taxes in proportion to home value don’t make sense,” May 19). Mr. Vaughan argues that people should pay only for the services they use rather than be taxed based on their property’s value. This makes sense only if you want to live in a […]
Published
May 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: U.S. ‘correctional’ system hardly deserves the name

To use the term “correctional” to describe our penal system is truly an oxymoron. The majority of prisoners’ criminal behavior is anything but “corrected” upon release. Bureau of Justice Statistics studies have found high rates of recidivism among released prisoners. One study, “Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994,” tracked 272,111 prisoners in 15 states after […]

Published
May 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: University of Maine System should mine rich supply of older folks

Regarding your May 20 front-page report on University of Maine System trustees approving a round of cuts (“UMaine System trustees OK round one of cutbacks”): Before I made a permanent move to Maine last year, when I earned a doctorate at age 74 in another state, a leading scholar working with AARP patronizingly called me […]
Published
May 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Jackson abused his power; Obama just exercising presidential authority

Letter writer Ted Sirois of Saco (“Obama flouts Constitution much like Andrew Jackson,” May 11) worries that President Obama is violating the Constitution on a grander scale than President Andrew Jackson. There are many reliable sources noting that Jackson was an inflexible racist who was determined to remove Native Americans and to ensure the continuation […]
Published
May 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cutler underestimating voter appeal of LePage

Does Eliot Cutler have any advisers who can make him see that his candidacy for governor will put Paul LePage right back into the Blaine House for four more damaging years? When I mentioned this to Mr. Cutler one day on the sidewalk, his response was that LePage no longer has enough support to win. […]
Published
May 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: Schools so much more than a letter grade

Ranking schools – or assigning a single letter grade, as the LePage administration has done – is an insincere, cynical political ploy intended to prop up charter schools and dismantle public education. Politicians who beat the drum of school accountability believe that the essence of what great schools do can be captured in a single […]
Published
May 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: When Gov. Christie speaks, good grammarians cringe

I hope that Gov. Chris Christie’s English teacher doesn’t follow Maine news, and that Mainers won’t follow his lead on grammar. When he said recently, “The one thing they can’t say about LePage and I is that we sound like everybody else . . .” (“In Maine, Chris Christie promises big support for LePage re-election”, […]

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