Letters

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February 9, 2014

Letter to the editor: Seriously mentally ill need to get federal funds

I am the father of a seriously mentally ill son who murdered his mother, after ideologically driven federally funded lawyers “freed” him from hospitalization over the objections of my wife and myself. I want to thank Rep. Mike Michaud for co-sponsoring HR 3717, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, which reins in the […]
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February 9, 2014

Letter to the editor: Oakhurst was a company that cared

I am saddened to hear that Oakhurst Dairy is no longer a Maine-owned company (“Maine’s Oakhurst Dairy sold to farmer cooperative,” Feb. 1). It has been a Maine staple for many, many years. I will tell a story about when America cared. It’s May 1945, and World War II was winding down. I was 5½ […]
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February 9, 2014

Letter to the editor: National Humane Society should butt out on bears

I attended a recent meeting of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine’s Fish and Game Club Network at SAM headquarters. Present were Judith A. Camuso, Wildlife Division director for the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, and game warden Maj. Christopher J. Cloutier. They were there to explain how IF&W manages the bear population. They rely […]
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February 9, 2014

Letter to the editor: Consistent cultural norms best cure for society’s ills

I see that columnist Alan Caron claims that he knows the “heart of the problem” by regurgitating the class warfare and stale political rhetoric of a hundred years ago and advocates another government taxing program (“Concentrated wealth puts our economy, democracy at risk,” Jan. 23). I am going to suggest that the “heart of the […]
Published
February 8, 2014

Letter to the editor: Firing of Pittsfield substitute teacher handled like a witch hunt

Random House defines the word “sub-” as a Latin prefix meaning “below” or “beneath.” We all know how teachers in our society are underpaid and undervalued, so where does that leave substitute teachers? Well, if the story in the Press Herald about a sub who was fired in Pittsfield is any indication, I would have […]

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February 8, 2014

Letter to the editor: Bill to ban gold dredging leaves hobbyists wanting

I am a gold dredger, and my wife and I go to Maine’s northwest mountains. There is a law (L.D. 1671) coming out of committee to ban dredging. Who’s pushing this law? Trout Unlimited, the Rangeley Region Guides & Sportsmen’s Association and other such groups. They say we hurt brook trout and Atlantic salmon. The […]
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February 8, 2014

Letter to the editor: Medicaid expansion will reduce stress for doctors, too

I attended the Maine Medical Association news conference Jan. 23 at the State House to support Medicaid expansion. The MMA asked four doctors to speak about the need to expand Medicaid coverage in order to insure more of the working poor in Maine. I had to leave early to see a patient with a stroke. […]
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February 8, 2014

Letter to the editor: Kennebunkport resident repulsed by beach ruling

I am deeply disappointed by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s Feb. 4 ruling in favor of 29 beachfront owner plaintiffs instead of the town of Kennebunkport (“Maine court: Public has no right to use Kennebunkport beach,” Feb. 5). These are mostly summer homes. Driving down Goose Rocks Beach in the winter is like visiting a […]
Published
February 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: Free summer meals vital to needy Maine kids

The National School Lunch Program provides healthy, low-cost or free lunches to children each day. When I was a kid, I relied on this program. It guaranteed me – regardless of my parents’ ability – one good meal each school day. Unfortunately, in my family, getting breakfast and dinner was hit or miss. As the […]
Published
February 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: Midtown towers too big for planned Bayside site

I am writing in response to this paper’s editorial on Jan. 18: “Our View: Planning Board made right call on ‘midtown.’ ” I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised at the description of midtown as being “a building that is a little taller than the ones around it,” when in fact it is made up […]

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