Letters

Published
April 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative benefits Maine

Maine is fortunate to be part of an innovative collaboration among nine Northeast states to make our air healthier. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a cooperative effort to reduce the air pollution that causes climate change and the dangerous and costly health impacts that result from higher heat and ozone. RGGI’s “cap and trade” […]
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April 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: ‘Amen’ to Alan Caron’s commentary on LePage

You generously allow us 300 words when writing to the editor. Today, I need only one, although I could easily use the remaining 299 should I get started about our, hm, most honorable governor. After reading Alan Caron’s commentary “The small-town bully has become state’s embarrassment” (April 17) – what more is there to say […]
Published
April 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Upbeat opinion on changes in Rwanda not the whole story

I read the Maine Voices opinion piece by Douglas Volk, “Rwanda not only survives but flourishes 20 years after genocide” (April 21), with mixed feelings. Mr. Volk is entitled to his opinion as a tourist, and I do not doubt that he saw good educational and business projects. However, when I see native Rwandans fleeing […]
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April 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Proposed merger of cable providers raises concern

As an unregulated monopoly in this service area, Time Warner has free rein to raise prices whenever it pleases, and it certainly has taken advantage of that situation. Since September 2013, my cable charges have increased by approximately 30 percent, with no premium channels and no additional equipment. A recent issue of Consumer Reports presented […]
Published
April 27, 2014

Letter to the editor: Train tracks no place to take family for hike

The caption reads, “The kids got on track to hike …” Ha, ha. I got it as observed in the Outdoors section of the April 13 Maine Sunday Telegram (“Kid Tracks: Outdoor family fun never really ages”). The photo of two little girls holding hands walking down the railroad tracks was part of a story […]

Published
April 27, 2014

Letter to the editor: Protest at BIW Zumwalt christening should have been covered

What has become of objective journalism? Has the Fourth Estate been foreclosed upon? I pose these questions because of the total lack of coverage by the Maine Sunday Telegram of the demonstration that took place at Bath Iron Works on April 12 when the USS Zumwalt was christened. While there was no lack of coverage […]
Published
April 27, 2014

Letter to the editor: Article misleading on Maine candidates, social media metrics

“A candidate’s boast: Just look at all the ‘likes’ (when Facebook’s paid to promote),” the April 6 article regarding “like” versus “engagement,” could have been written without reference to the governor’s race. In fact, Crystal Canney (Eliot Cutler’s communications director) notes a known metric, whereas Ryan Davis (vice president of a New York website) focuses […]
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April 27, 2014

Letter to the editor: LePage praised for stand on EBT card abuse, fraud

I don’t always agree with Gov. LePage’s policies, but I do applaud him for his legislation on electronic benefit transfer card fraud and abuses. I don’t quite understand the Democrats’ refusal to accept this reform. It’s been proven where these cards have been used and how they are being sold. We need these restrictions, and […]
Published
April 27, 2014

Letter to the editor: Get facts straight on Andrew Jackson’s place in history

Whether Andrew Jackson deserves a place on our currency is clearly a subject of dispute, but his doings in New Orleans on Jan. 8, 1815, are not. And unfortunately, your letter writer of April 20 (“Many good reasons to honor Andrew Jackson on $20 bill”) has managed to get virtually all of the relevant facts […]
Published
April 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: No link between war debt, Michaud’s spending policies

James Waterhouse (“Letter to the editor: Would Mike Michaud put Maine deeper into debt?,” April 14) asks if Mike Michaud will spend us into debt because the federal government is spending so much. I believe if Waterhouse looks at where this money is going. A huge part of it is going to pay off the […]

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