Letters
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2014
Letter to the editor: Keep wheel squeaking to get answers from insurance companies, banks, government agencies
What does one person do when they’re stuck in a corporation’s process that’s designed to disenfranchise the individual’s success? I’m trying to do a little thing: get a $120 monthly fee removed from my mortgage since I’ve paid off a certain percentage of my principal early. But it’s January, and I’ve been working on this […]
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2014
Letter to the editor: Concessions few despite Portland group’s efforts to work with midtown developer
The Press Herald (“Our View: Planning Board made right call on ‘midtown,’ ” Jan. 18) asks critics of midtown to “work with the developer.” For more than a year, at Planning Board workshops and directly with the developer we’ve tried to do just that. But the city and developer have seen little need to change […]
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2014
Letter to the editor: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program underutilized by Maine’s low-income elderly
I am writing in response to the wonderful article “The Challenge of Our Age: Keeping hunger at bay” (Jan. 5) by Gillian Graham: While hunger is difficult to think about, it is indeed the reality many older Mainers confront every day. As an AmeriCorps VISTA and the SNAP outreach coordinator partnered with AARP Foundation and […]
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2014
Letter to the editor: Gubernatorial candidate Cutler has vision and plan for achieving ambitious but realistic goals
Four years ago, I watched the debates between six candidates for governor and came away feeling that one stood out: Eliot Cutler. I watched the second debate and was even more impressed. Anybody can talk about the issues that the polls indicate will get them votes, but Eliot Cutler had vision and he had plans […]
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2014
Letter to the editor: Mainers’ taxes should go to those who need insurance
Since I have been paying federal taxes all of my adult life, I expect some of those dollars to come back to my state to raise the quality of life for Maine people. I was not happy that our governor turned down federal money as a protest of the Affordable Care Act. It is in […]
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2014
Letter to the editor: Fears that ‘weird weather’ is affecting Maine don’t have factual basis
This is in response to the letter writer who is concerned about “dangerously weird weather” in Maine (“Dangerously weird weather needn’t be in our future,” Jan. 11). Apparently the writer believes evil entities are responsible for rain in winter, and kids walking on ice in winter. That’s weird. She seems saddened by “blowing through” funds […]
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2014
Letter to the editor: South Portland giving up forest for the swamp
Last Tuesday night, as part of South Portland’s multimillion-dollar Thornton Heights Stormwater Management Program, the South Portland Planning Board approved the city’s proposal to remove a forest to create a swamp. Because a stormwater drain pipe is too small to handle the flow, South Portland has chosen to create swamps to “temporarily” hold water. (“Wetland” […]
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2014
Letter to the editor: Collins’ support helpful to Maine’s weatherization push
Thanks goes to Sen. Susan Collins for loudly calling for an increase in LIHEAP funding for low-income families. She deserves even more kudos for mentioning the importance of weatherization efforts that fix the root cause of the increased need for heating oil funding. All Mainers are feeling the pinch when paying to heat their homes […]
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2014
Letter to the editor: Let’s defy the undertakers, say ‘die’ instead of ‘pass on’
For a number of years, Richard Lederer wrote a column for the Portland papers about the English language. He often told stories about interesting words and phrases, and occasionally he offered a lesson on English grammar and usage. We could use some of those lessons today. But Lederer has died, and no replacement has appeared. […]
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2014
Letter to the editor: Gov. LePage’s General Assistance proposal looks self-serving
I thought Gov. LePage could sink no lower in his constant war against Maine’s poorest, until he proposed eliminating General Assistance to those immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. (Maine Department of Health and Human Services Rule 17P). I was flabbergasted that anyone could be so mean-spirited. Asylum seekers can wait a year or more […]
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