Letters

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February 14, 2014

Letter to the editor: Refugees try hard, deserve chance to thrive in Maine

I write this in response to Earl Harnden’s letter to the editor of Jan. 30 (“Who gave immigrants the right to a free ride here?”). He states that he has worked hard all his life and no one has ever given him anything. Yet most of us living in this country have been given the […]
Published
February 14, 2014

Letter to the editor: Port Clyde, Berwick crashes show that strict liability should apply in road fatalities

On Aug. 11, 2013, while getting ready for a trip to Monhegan Island from Port Clyde, Cheryl Torgerson drove her car into another car and a number of people, killing 9-year-old Dylan Gold and severely injuring Jonathan Coggeshall. Knox County’s district attorney, Geoffrey Rushlau, has declined to press charges, because it would be difficult to […]
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February 14, 2014

Letter to the editor: Portland lingerie store ad featuring model, age 65, ‘very fine’

On behalf of all the red-blooded men (mature or otherwise) residing in the Portland area, I would like to thank the lingerie and bra-fitting store Aristelle for its very fine half-page ad on Page A4 of the Portland Press Herald on Jan. 30. The inspirational image and pose of your model Geri, age 65, will […]
Published
February 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Two different populations use opiates – one responsibly, the other not

A recent Portland Press Herald had an article that I found very disturbing. It was about a Narcan distribution service started by MaineGeneral Health for patients with chronic pain (“MaineGeneral Health’s new Narcan program aims to stop overdose deaths,” Feb. 6). The article slid back and forth between addiction-related overdoses (a similar Narcan program for […]
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February 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Decline in abortion rate victory for pro-life cause

The Feb. 3 article “Abortion rate at lowest point since 1973” tells only half the story and is even misleading. The article would have one believe that Planned Parenthood and its contraceptive agenda are responsible for the abortion decline. Not so. Here’s what they don’t want you to know. It’s the abortion ratio, not the […]

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February 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: LePage’s ‘right-to-work’ view ignores value of organized, adequately paid workers

It’s almost hard to believe that our governor once again is trying to blame unionized workers for his lack of ability to produce jobs (“LePage touts record, urges more reforms at State of the State,” Feb. 5). Although more than 85 percent of Maine workers are non-union, he would like us to believe that the […]
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February 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Kindness of a stranger in Portland hugely appreciated

A huge “thank you” to the lady who helped me last week. I was on Congress Street slipping and sliding all over the place trying to get to CVS when this nice lady who was coming from the opposite direction helped me to get to CVS. She was wearing a purple coat. I didn’t get […]
Published
February 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Story about opening ceremony gave Olympics short shrift

A headline in the Sports section of the Portland Press Herald’s print edition Feb. 8 read “Leaving the real world behind.” In the first two paragraphs, the writers left the Olympics behind and started a political argument against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The reporters wrote, “The world’s premier athletes on ice and snow have more […]
Published
February 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Doctors should encourage getting a second opinion

Four-plus years ago, I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. I went to an oncologist here in the Portland area who said I was at stage 4 and the only thing left to do was palliative care. He said if I were his father, he would not put me through radiation, chemotherapy, etc. He felt that […]
Published
February 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Enforcement versus treatment: Maine’s governor doesn’t get it

It was with great disappointment that I read in the paper that Gov. Le-Page is calling for an escalation of the state’s “war on drugs” (“With drug crackdown, LePage favoring enforcement over treatment,” Feb. 6). Maine has a growing heroin epidemic that is reaching into families everywhere. It is our children, our wives and our […]

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