Letters

Published
January 30, 2014

Letter to the editor: Progressive operatives need to sit it out for next few years

Alan Caron’s column of Jan. 23 (“Concentrated wealth puts our economy, democracy at risk”) is just beating an old progressive drum: Point the finger at the extremely wealthy and whomp up class envy to justify taking the wealth from one citizen and giving it to another, all in the name of eradicating income inequality, the […]
Published
January 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: Clapboard Island a gem worth conserving

I am writing to urge support for the purchase of the northern end of Clapboard Island to conserve the property and make it available to the public. Clapboard is located immediately off Falmouth Town Landing in Casco Bay. The island recently came on the market for the first time since 1898, and a local group […]
Published
January 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: Portland doesn’t need more traffic problems

It never ceases to amaze me how this city thinks and operates. On one hand, we have a useless mayor who gives a State of the City address promoting more business to locate here, and on the other hand, we have a Planning Board and city councilors making it harder to arrive in and depart […]
Published
January 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: State should be prepared for inevitability of legal pot

In the next 10 years, marijuana will be as legal as vodka in the U.S. It is going to happen. You can like it or not. The train has left the station. The only question is when it will arrive. Absent action by thoughtful people, someone will try to set up separate committees, laws and […]
Published
January 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: In Scarborough, minority should be heeded on issue of leashing dogs

Those who want Scarborough to continue to allow unleashed dogs on our beaches are vehement. But I hope the Animal Control Advisory Committee and our Town Council members understand this issue is not really about the plovers. Many people who use our beaches feel terrorized by out-of-control dogs, although only a few of our residents […]

Published
January 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Constitution clear on religious displays

Responding to the guest editorial by Arnold Besier in defense of religious displays on public land (“Another View: Religious displays on public property attest to a society’s tolerance,” Jan. 19), there are two important points to be made. First, there is a false dichotomy in pitting tolerance for “violent, degrading and sexualized dialogue” on public […]
Published
January 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Under GOP-led Congress, no progress – just attacks

Harry Truman coined the term “do-nothing Congress” to describe the Republican Congress of 1948. If Truman were alive today, what adjective would he use to describe the latest Republican Congress, which set new low standards of accomplishment even while still drawing their generous pay and benefit package? Probably not something that could be printed in […]
Published
January 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Journalist’s visa issues don’t detract from Olympic glory

In reference to “Another View: American journalist won’t be silenced by loss of Russian visa” (Jan. 21): You published an opinion from The Washington Post. The Post expressed disappointment that Russia will not allow American journalist David Satter into the country during the Olympics. I don’t know who David Satter is. I do know that […]
Published
January 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Windham Marine gave life for our freedom on Iwo Jima

To all my fellow freedom-loving patriots, this is a reminder that February marks the time many years ago that led to the adoption by a foreign power of the benefits of democracy. This foreign power today ranks high in world powers. One of Windham’s very own was one of the stalwart young men who led […]
Published
January 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Was Biddeford baker held to different standard because of gender?

In regards to your Jan. 23 article “Biscuit baker rises to occasion, wins Biddeford startup funds,” about startup funding being awarded to entrepreneurs who want to open their own business in downtown Biddeford: What amazed me was the inappropriate question asked of Stacy Cooper by the Main Street Challenge judges. One of the judges asked […]

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