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  • Published
    February 6, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Early voting would offer twofold advantages to Maine

    Regarding the effort to allow early voting in Maine, I would like to clarify one point (“Maine House OKs early voting measure,” Feb. 3). Absentee voting, which we have in Maine currently, and early voting, which we do not have yet, are basically the same. The only difference is the way in which ballots are […]

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    February 6, 2014

    Letter to the editor: ‘Humane way’ of execution is a contradiction in terms

    After reading the lovely tributes Jan. 29 to the great folk singer and humanitarian, Pete Seeger, by Bob Keyes (“Pete Seeger’s life of song had a Maine verse”) and Greg Kesich (“Pete Seeger used song to unite people, power social and political change”), I turned to the second page to read the headline “Time to […]

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    February 6, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Obama must use his ability to work toward clean energy

    Climate change is already wreaking havoc on our Maine way of life. Yet it is clear from President Obama’s recent State of the Union speech, and from his actions, that he has no intention of looking his children in the eyes and telling them he failed to act when faced with the greatest environmental challenge […]

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    February 6, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Single-payer health care won’t fix our broken system

    In regards to “Maine lawmakers to consider single-payer health care system” (Jan. 21), by Joe Lawlor, I feel that I must clarify points made by the proposal’s supporters. For all of the faults the Affordable Care Act has, it may be the first step to fixing our broken health care system. But the two main […]

  • Published
    February 5, 2014

    Letter to the editor: State DHHS right to pay attention to day care child-to-staff ratio

    I can understand day care provider Melissa Geaumont’s frustration (“Maine’s lax follow-up policy penalizes some day care sites, critics say,” Jan. 30). She got caught breaking the law and is now paying for it with a conditional license. If she didn’t get written up for allowing more children than she was licensed for, would she […]

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    February 5, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Look at the big picture to evaluate MaineCare expansion

    Mike Tipping paints a simplistic picture on the expansion of MaineCare. His proposal on Feb. 1 (“Mike Tipping: New study shows life-or-death consequences of Legislature’s MaineCare vote”) is flawed. It may seem cruel to deny expanded coverage, but it would be a mistake to expand coverage. The current MaineCare program was poorly designed. The computer […]

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    February 5, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Opponents of Keystone XL pipeline will keep up pressure

    Predictably, the U.S. State Department issued its favorable report basically sanctioning the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Also predictably, it issued its determination on a snooze-day, Friday afternoon before skulking out of town for the weekend (“Keystone XL oil pipeline clears major hurdle,” Feb. 1). It’s a craven report, hinging its main argument on […]

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    February 5, 2014

    Letter to the editor: LePage’s failure to attend Mitchell event a travesty

    Besides being thankful for one of the most influential, effective and admired statesmen in the world, as well as a tireless and generous servant of the people of Maine, we should be most grateful that Paul LePage was not governor when George Mitchell’s mother and father came here from Lebanon and Ireland, respectively. They might […]

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    February 5, 2014

    Letter to the editor: If production is up, why does heating oil cost more?

    In the State of the Union address on the evening of Jan. 28, the president of the United States said that the United States is producing more oil than ever before and the cost of energy is down. If this is true, then why are we paying $3.79 a gallon for heating oil? Lindley Deering […]

  • Published
    February 4, 2014

    Letter to the editor: Facts don’t support critics of LePage

    Recent letters to the editor and statements by men who want to replace Gov. Paul LePage complain about how bad things are in Maine because of the present administration. It seems that rather independent sources disagree: • The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 16: “David Thompson, a managing director at (the market research firm) Phoenix, said, […]