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Published
July 16, 2010

Letters to the editor, July 16, 2010A good START on weapons control

Earlier this year, Presidents Obama and Medvedev signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the United States and Russia. This agreement limits both countries to 74 percent fewer nuclear weapons than allowed by the previous START agreement of 1991. The leadership demonstrated by the two nations — which have the great majority of […]
Published
July 15, 2010

Letters to the editor:No emergency at Portland’s ERs

I am writing in response to Kathy Card’s letter published July 1. As medical director of the emergency department at one of the city’s two major hospitals, I can appreciate her concern that, with Portland’s growing population. emergency rooms can become overwhelmed. However, I would like her, and the community at large, to know that […]
Published
July 14, 2010

Letters to the editor:Let’s make rose circle accessible to all

In December 1879, William A. Goodwin and the Olmsted brothers drew up plans for Deering Oaks park, and by the early 1900s it was known as the “people’s garden.” State Street bisected the park and separated the rose circle from the rest of the park. In 1904, State Street was widened to accommodate increasing horse-drawn […]
Published
July 13, 2010

Letters to the editor:Children the world over need to play

On behalf of the International Childhood Enrichment Program (ICEP), I want to thank both Bill Nemitz and the Portland Press Herald for the excellent article on playgrounds for Afghan children (“Providing playgrounds for young Afghans,” June 19). Additionally, Capt. Paul Bosse and his troops need to be commended for their heroic service, as well as […]
Published
July 11, 2010

Letters to the editor, July 11, 2010Time to exit Afghanistan

When will our government decide it is way past time to get out of Afghanistan? At this point in time we have lost over 1,136 men and women. There has been 6,469 injured and we have spent almost $300 billion. This has been the longest war the United States has experienced in history — eight […]

Published
July 10, 2010

Letters to the editor, July 10, 2010Fireworks, music, Declaration all great

I went to the Eastern Promenade this year to see the fireworks for the first time in a long time. We would go there when our kids were little and spend the entire day. This year my daughter wanted to take her son to hear the Portland Symphony Orchestra and see the fireworks. My wife […]
Published
July 9, 2010

Letters to the editorOpposing views on Dechaine series

In the tradition of Watergate reporters Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein, their editor, Ben Bradlee, and The Washington Post, your publisher, Richard Connor, and Staff Writer Trevor Maxwell have distinguished your newspaper and yourselves. The first part of your coverage of the Dennis Dechaine case on July 4 is thorough, clear, well-written and well-presented; it […]
Published
July 8, 2010

Letters to the editorPrimary care doctor wants to get paid

As a primary care physician, I am aware of how hard it is to be a patient. So, it is difficult to explain how awful it is to be a primary care physician right now in this country. Unlike well-paid specialists, I live paycheck to paycheck. For weeks the government has held my paycheck. Most […]
Published
July 7, 2010

Letters to the editor, July 7, 2010:How could gunman avoid prison?

Once again, the justice system has failed us. How are we to believe in a system that does not hold people accountable? The case of Herbert Jones showing up outside an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting with a rifle, admitting his intent on taking at least one life, is a serious example of the court system not […]
Published
July 6, 2010

Letters to the editor, July 6, 2010Why not ask coastal towns on wind?

The polling on wind energy in Maine featured in your recent story, “Mainers full of gusto for wind power, survey finds,” (June 29) should have included residents of Maine’s coastal communities as a second “rim” area along with rural counties. The pollsters would have found a mighty drop in enthusiasm from commercial fishermen and nearly […]

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