Letters

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January 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Energy efficiency not just for the rich

Efficiency Maine prides itself in the rebates and loans that they make available to Mainers. Unfortunately, a shocking truth has emerged: The funding is unavailable to the majority of Mainers. During the first three years, 85 percent of funding went to the top 15 percent income bracket. The new funding schemes are still designed for […]
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January 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Former PUC staffer questions bias perception

A Dec. 31 article on the Maine Public Utilities Commission (“Bill seeks to avoid conflicts that paralyze Maine PUC”) included this statement: “In September, the PUC was the subject of a critical report from the Legislature’s independent watchdog agency, the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability. The report identified problems with the commission, including […]
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January 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Endorsement of Michaud tarnished EqualityMaine

EqualityMaine courageously led Maine into national recognition for fair-minded, sensitive and sensible protection of the rights of our gay, lesbian and transgender friends, neighbors and families. It was neither easy nor immediate nor instantly popular, but it was right, and EqualityMaine can be proud of its leadership role. But that pride in leadership was seriously […]
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January 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Expansion of MaineCare will ensure access to care

Somewhere in Maine today, a young adult, juggling part-time work and school, may be spending the day in an emergency room grounded by an asthma attack because he couldn’t afford his medication. A middle-aged person who delayed seeing a doctor because she had no health coverage may have learned she has lung cancer – and […]
Published
January 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Drug shortage threatens Lyme disease treatment

Susan Cook asked in her letter Jan. 2 (“What is Maine doing to track deadly virus?”) what the state is doing to track the Powassan virus, which caused the death of Marilyn Ruth Snow (“Researchers concerned by virus that killed well-known Maine artist,” Dec. 25). Deer ticks carry a strain of this virus. Lyme disease, […]

Published
January 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Charitable giving means being asked to give again

Is there anyone out there, besides me, who feels like they are being buried under an avalanche of requests from charitable groups and institutions? There was a time when March of Dimes was in February or March, Easter Seals were at Easter and the American Lung Association did Christmas Seals. They had annual drives. Now […]
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January 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Civilization may depend on winning war on poverty

Bravo to Jeffrey Neil Young for his Maine Voices column calling for a renewal of the War on Poverty (“America can still win the 50-year-old war against poverty,” Jan. 6). So many powerful voices over the historical eras of time have told us that poverty is an evil that must be eradicated. Read the words […]
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January 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Nancy and Jim Pike are best argument for food stamp program.

As I read the first part of your article on hunger in Maine (“The Challenge of Our Age: Keeping hunger at bay,” Jan. 5), my heart swelled and then ached for the plight of Nancy and Jim Pike. I am in awe of the sacrifices they make on a daily basis to maintain their lifestyle. […]
Published
January 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Story on elders’ food insecurity disturbs

As I was busily clipping the plethora of coupons from the Maine Sunday Telegram, I had time to reflect on how disturbed I was by the juxtaposition of two items in the Jan. 5 paper. Although I don’t consider my family or me to be “food insecure,” I do clip coupons and shop sales to […]
Published
January 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Midtown a key component of city’s economic future

The people behind Keep Portland Livable would lead you to believe that midtown is massively out of scale with Portland, but when you stop to look at the numbers, you see otherwise. It won’t turn Portland into Boston overnight. Its proposed 675 apartments, built over 10 years, will only increase the population by a fraction. […]

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