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May 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Government shares blame for FairPoint’s poor service

To those of us who want good telephone service, here is a sad tale. FairPoint Communications has an office in Portland called the Customer Excellence Center. Staffers purportedly aid and assist in customer service. In my opinion, they are a bad joke on what a real telephone company should be providing. When we as customers […]
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May 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Single train operator no way to run a railroad

Running any train without a conductor is dangerous. Even a single-car train with only one locomotive must be manned by at least two qualified persons: one certified, qualified and rested conductor and one certified, qualified and rested locomotive engineer. Many non-railroad readers often confuse these two similar, yet different, train crew members. The conductor of […]
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May 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Portland Museum of Art’s former director also played a major role

Re: “Portland Museum of Art director Mark Bessire: An individual with an eye”: Thank you for the great story by Bob Keyes about the extraordinary job Mark Bessire has done for the Portland Museum of Art and Congress Square in just the last ï¬ve years. He has accomplished during this short period many of the […]
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May 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Racism no stranger to Boston sports

It’s disheartening to see that racism persists in the Boston sports world (“Racist tweets thoroughly condemned,” May 3). When P.K. Subban, a black player for the Montreal Canadiens, scored the winning goal in a playoff game against the Bruins, a torrent of racist abuse erupted via Twitter. The Bruins management said the tweets “do not […]
Published
May 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Obama flouts Constitution much like Andrew Jackson

I have read numerous recent letters by people who feel that former President Andrew Jackson’s picture should be removed from our currency. After all, he was the principal culprit in causing the death of about 4,000 Cherokee Native American men, women and children as they were driven from their lands in a death march known […]

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May 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Land-based nuclear weapons pose unnecessary risk

“Do we still need land-based nukes?” That is a question we must ask ourselves. Our Air Force keeps nuclear weapons ready for immediate use on presidential command, while attempting to ensure there is never an accidental or unauthorized use – an impossible task. Accidents have occurred, as described by Eric Schlosser in the book “Command […]
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May 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: War may enrich some, but it likely isn’t ‘us’

I am responding to “Commentary: War makes us safer and richer” (May 4). Let’s begin with the fact that the opinion piece barely touches on the human toll that offsets whatever “progress” has come with wars. “Safer”? This is a conclusion not well supported by the chaos and carnage now taking place in many parts […]
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May 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Lack of financial support shows Cutler’s weaknesses

Re: “Open Season: PAC explains Cutler’s early leap to TV” (May 4): Betsy Smith, head of the independent gubernatorial candidate’s Campaign for Maine, is absolutely incorrect when she states that the reason people aren’t donating to Eliot Cutler is that they’re “hesitant at this point to throw their support behind the candidate who they really […]
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May 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: UMaine should stop paying off coaches

University of Maine officials were quick to point out that the $113,800 cost of buying out the contract of the dismissed men’s basketball coach Ted Woodward came from privately raised funds in university President Paul Ferguson’s discretionary account. At a time when the university is trying to find ways to cover a $38 million budget […]
Published
May 10, 2014

Letter to the editor: Solar power policy blasted by CMP customer

Last summer, my girlfriend and I bought our first home and set about making it as tight, energy-efficient and comfortable as we could. Our ï¬rst major upgrade was to get our hot water burden moved off the oil boiler and onto an efficient electric hot water heater. The plan was to offset this increase in […]

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