Letters

Published
March 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Roxanne Quimby’s foresight praised as land for public dwindles

Any plan to put a new national park in Maine has been halted by people who do not realize what has been going on or the ramifications of endless delays. Mainers grew up having the freedom to use paper company land with no restrictions. Twenty-plus years ago, the state of Maine had the opportunity to […]
Published
March 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Replenish Portland salt, sand piles with street-sweeper dirt

I walk every morning and notice huge amounts of used salt and sand in mounds along the sides of streets. Would it be possible to recycle this with the same machine that sweeps the streets clean each day? Sidney RichardsonPortland
Published
March 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Joy over having health care shows value of easy access

News articles concerning health care continue to appear in the media. A Feb. 18 Associated Press article (“Baby boomer health care sign-ups booming”) gets to the heart of the issue. The writer notes how people in the 55-64 age bracket make up 31 percent of new enrollees. Most telling are the words of these newly […]
Published
March 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Has extremism spread to the Republican Party in Maine?

A controversial bill passed by the Arizona state legislature generated nationwide protests and boycott threats. A recently defeated Maine bill, L.D. 1428, was essentially equivalent. Both bills would have allowed discrimination against any group and even refusal of medical care, simply based on a religious objection. A recent national news program revealed that these bills […]
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March 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Food labels and warnings should go up front

Everyone is high fiving the Food and Drug Administration for changing food labels so that a normal person can understand what she is eating. My view: It took them long enough. When obesity is the No. 1 killer in America, it begs the question, was the FDA asleep at the wheel? After a 20-year slumber, […]

Published
March 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Maine should accept federal aid to extend MaineCare

Recently, I met with my state representative to talk about accepting the federal funds set aside to increase access to health care coverage for thousands of hardworking residents through the state’s MaineCare program. I am thrilled to know he supports the extension of coverage to more people through Medicaid. This decision makes sense for both […]
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March 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Funding domestic programs is just good common sense

We could easily and safely cut back our military numbers if we did a few common-sense things. No. 1 would be to mind our own business, our own borders and cultivate relationships with our longtime allies. Cut out trying to save the whole world from themselves, because they don’t want saving. They have lived like […]
Published
March 10, 2014

Letter to the editor: Claims about tar sands oil misrepresent actual facts

The op-ed by Jamie Py of the Maine Energy Marketers Association (“Maine Voices: Science shows crude from oil sands no riskier than conventional crude,” March 3) leaves me flabbergasted. First, he has the gall to repeat a factoid that he must now know is false. Second, his contention that tar sands oil is as safe […]
Published
March 10, 2014

Letter to the editor: Beware of Democrats promising ‘free money’

I am new to the state of Maine, but its money problems are not unique to the state. The whole country is in a quandary over how to stop out-of-control spending. Elections are coming up and the Democrats will play their word games and play on people’s emotions in order to get re-elected and stay […]
Published
March 10, 2014

Letter to the editor: Social Security disability a needlessly long process

I am taking this opportunity to encourage anyone who has had difficulty obtaining Social Security disability benefits to write to Sen. Susan Collins and demand a reconfiguration of the application process. I am 52 and was diagnosed with damage to my cerebellum in July 2013 as a result of a genetic disorder. This condition has […]

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