Letters

Published
February 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Border control is the place to start for immigration reform

In his State of the Union address last month, President Obama told Congress it’s time to “fix our broken immigration system.” While I agree that immigration needs to be addressed, the solutions being proposed – which all include some form of amnesty – will not solve the problem, but will actually perpetuate it. Here, instead, […]
Published
February 17, 2014

Letter to the editor: Afghanistan drains money from U.S. own safety nets

It is a curious paradox that while our safety net at home is shredding – unemployment insurance payments terminated for more than a million people, and food stamps plus other aid for the poor cut or threatened – U.S. leaders are ever more determined to continue pouring money down the black hole that is Afghanistan. […]
Published
February 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: Education’s enrichment means more than earnings

Our president, in response to the greed-inflated cost of a college education today, has joined other politicians like our governor who say it is not necessary for all young people to go to college. Technical training can provide an excellent career. Have greed and capitalism taken over our thinking so much that the only purpose […]
Published
February 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: LePage fails to address real problems of our society

I would like to respond to the governor’s State of the State address (“LePage touts record, urges more reforms at State of the State,” Feb. 4). There are four countries in the world with greater per capita gross domestic product than the United States. They are all Scandinavian countries with higher tax rates than ours, […]
Published
February 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: Camden Select Board’s McLean vote took away single father’s chance for local job

Three men on the Camden Select Board decided to take away my right to vote. I am one of those young professionals who would benefit from McLean Hospital operating a residential recovery center at Fox Hill. I am a single father of a 3-year-old daughter, and I rent an apartment in Camden. I want to […]

Published
February 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: Clapboard Island East Preserve worth preserving

I enjoy paddling my kayak all around Casco Bay, and when the opportunity arises, I stop off at an island, for a walk, lunch or just to stretch my legs. There are a few islands that are private, where a person is not even allowed to beach a boat or kayak long enough to take […]
Published
February 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: No medal? Bode Miller’s still not mediocre

I know that newspaper headlines need to be eye-catching, but they should not be misleading and inaccurate. The headline this morning referring to Bode Miller being “mired in mediocrity” is just that (“Commentary: Bode Miller mired in mediocrity,” Feb. 10). This is a man who is among the top in his sport and has been […]
Published
February 16, 2014

Letter to the editor: Camden Select Board should have allowed vote on recovery center at Fox Hill

Three out of five members of the Camden Select Board voted to prevent a town vote on whether or not McLean Hospital should be permitted to operate a residential recovery center at Fox Hill despite knowing that many residents wanted to vote on this issue. The week before this Select Board vote, I went door […]
Published
February 15, 2014

Letter to the editor: Profits from Keystone XL can’t justify the damage

I’ve urged President Obama to consider the story of King Midas when he makes the decision whether or not to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. I wrote that although there may be economic advantage to corporations that bring fossil fuels to market, the extraction process that produces tar sands oil is wreaking havoc on our […]
Published
February 15, 2014

Letter to the editor: Use of executive order nothing new for presidents

President Obama’s threat to push his agenda via executive order is nothing new. Every president, apart from one, has used the executive order as a means to establish law without congressional approval, without judicial oversight and without voter input. More than 60,000 executive orders have been issued since George Washington issued the first eight. Tops […]

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