Letters

Published
April 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: Senate lets Mainers down on solar panels, rides bills

I’m sad that the Maine Senate failed to override Mr. LePage’s veto of a bill which would have, at a cost of $1 million, given Mainers who installed solar panels a bit of a rebate, and paid for low income Mainers’ high-efficiency heat pumps. Besides the obvious benefits of lower costs, cleaner energy, and warmer […]
Published
April 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: Raise stirs questions about loyalty, USM’s priorities

Here we are falling down the Rabbit Hole again, the place where nothing makes any sense. Except in this case, although failing to be informed of critical information, we can only surmise events, fueled by rage. Question: Why was Rebecca Wyke job hunting? Question: Does she see herself as indispensable to University of Maine System? […]
Published
April 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Story about trees a breath of fresh air

The story about trees in Longfellow Arboretum was a treasure. Too often we hurry past the remnants of the natural world that continue to survive in the face of urbanization. It was a pleasure to linger among the different varieties of trees for a moment, and learn something new about them. I read the Press […]
Published
April 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Lack of health care, money raise risk of poor choices

One cannot call themselves a supporter of eliminating domestic violence and human sex trafficking and veto Maine Medicaid expansion (“LePage vetos Maine Medicaid expansion,” April 8). These issues are intertwined on many levels. I find it fascinating that many Republicans have recently championed the issues of sex trafficking and domestic violence, yet also choose to […]
Published
April 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Blaming unequal pay rates on free market misleading

Steve Robinson’s opinion piece on April 11 accuses liberals of lying about pay-equality statistics, then blames those unequal pay rates on free-market forces. His points are, at best, misleading. The American free market that he advocates is highly regulated in ways that create pay inequality. There are many different ways to correct those policies, and […]

Published
April 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Maine judge’s reassignment fails to pass the smell test

As a Maine lawyer and professor at the University of Wyoming College of Law, I was surprised and disappointed to learn of Workers’ Compensation Board Executive Director Paul Sighinolfi’s position on workers’ compensation judge reassignment. I am at a loss to understand how an adjudicative official could conclude that there was nothing wrong with reassigning […]
Published
April 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: GOP representative right to say: Let go of Benghazi

The article in the Press Herald, “Congressman: Time to let go of Benghazi,” was notable in that the congressman was Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif. McKeon is “pretty well satisfied that given where the troops were, how quickly the thing all happened, we probably couldn’t have done more than we did.” He advises his fellow […]
Published
April 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cold case unit would deliver justice

L.D. 1734, a bill to create a cold case unit in the Maine State Police, is a very important issue in Maine, not only for the victims, but also for their survivors. And beyond them, it is about justice. The fact that there may be some in our state who have killed and have not […]
Published
April 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Restaurant review sounded more like personal vendetta

John Golden got right to it in the very first sentence, informing us that “the best part of JBH is the view.” After his critique of the Cajun chicken egg roll, stating it was “no better than airline food,” his clever suggestion of “hey, with a few drinks and the view, the food becomes secondary” […]
Published
April 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Sen. King’s vote, proposal play into hands of the rich

My jaw dropped in amazement at the news that independent Maine Sen. Angus King voted against the Equal Pay for Women legislation and has suggested he might join the Republican Caucus. Far from being in the interest of the average Maine citizen, Mr. King’s action and proposal play into the hands of the rich, who […]

Sign In:

Letters