Letters

Published
January 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Single-payer health insurance in Maine merits attention

Though you wouldn’t know it from reading the Portland Press Herald, the Legislature is currently considering a bill – L.D. 1345, “An Act to Establish a Single-payor Health Care System To Be Effective in 2017” – to fund health care for all Maine citizens at an overall cost that would be less than what we […]
Published
January 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Voters on RSU 21 should beware of deferring project, reapplying for subsidies

I’ve recently heard suggestions that the proposed school construction projects in RSU 21 should be deferred until such time when state subsidies could help fund them. The reality is, every time the state accepts new construction applications, they start from scratch, reviewing each project with equal bias. Some districts have actually lost ground in subsequent […]
Published
January 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Sports funding shows brawn trumps brains on campus

Jonathan Zimmerman rightly bemoaned the wide disparity between the big-bucks sports teams and the less celebrated ones (“Commentary: Title IX hardly to blame when colleges decide to slash sports teams,” Jan. 14). The value systems of our institutions of higher learning are askew. Some of the time there is a sex bias; all of the […]
Published
January 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Vote ‘no’ on unnecessarily costly RSU 21 project

We are writing to encourage all voters in Kennebunk, Arundel and Kennebunkport to vote “no” on RSU 21 Article 1. Early voting has started at the town halls and will finish Jan. 21. Our reasons for voting “no” are many. The total cost of more than $113 million includes additions and new school facilities, which […]
Published
January 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: Those who take Bible as gospel can’t cherry-pick

In his letter to the editor Jan. 9 (“Bible reader disputes claim that people can be born gay”), Dr. Frederick H. Giese quotes the Bible, Leviticus 18:22-23, to support his bigotry against gays. He has every right to believe in it along with the right to be a bigot. However, he conveniently leaves out an […]

Published
January 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: Asylum seekers already here should not lose state aid

As a volunteer teaching English to Africans granted asylum, I am appalled at the possibility of Gov. LePage cutting off their financial aid. These remarkable men and women from Africa have been granted asylum and paid their airfare to the U.S., often leaving their families behind. They were led to believe they would receive a […]
Published
January 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: Being gay isn’t learned, but intolerance probably is

I read Dr. Frederick H. Giese’s reply to an earlier letter written by Derek Viger (“Bible reader disputes claim that people can be born gay”, Jan. 9). And, like Giese, I felt compelled to reply. Giese claims that homosexuality is learned behavior, taught by someone else. I think this comment is ridiculous. Both of my […]
Published
January 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: Drug-addled killer’s appeal defies logic

I would like to know how attorneys Clifford Strike and Sarah Churchill can sleep at night! They are filing an appeal on behalf of their client, convicted murderer Joel Hayden (“Maine Supreme Court to hear appeal in New Gloucester double murder,” Jan. 13). It states that Hayden “was under the influence of a high dose […]
Published
January 15, 2014

Letter to the editor: Co-op store’s accessibility good news for non-drivers

The Portland Food Co-op has taken a great, progressive step in announcing that the storefront it will open in September at 290 Congress St. will be easily accessible by people who, by choice or circumstance, are not car-dependent (“Portland Food Co-op takes step toward full-service store,” Jan. 7). Unlike the Winter Farmers’ Market, whose East […]
Published
January 15, 2014

Letter to the editor: Global warming debunkers too quick to label cold spell

As cartoonist Nick Anderson pointed out (somewhat too grotesquely) in the Jan. 8 Press Herald, there are climate change denyers who seize upon facts like the recent cold weather to try to debunk the fact of global warming. (I prefer “denyer” to “denier” in order to relate its meaning more closely to “deny” than to […]

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