Letters

Published
September 14, 2012

Letters to the editor: Public schools need to step up for all

Every day there are more articles about the decline of the American educational system, including the problems with teachers’ unions, the high cost of college tuition, school dropout rates and the effects of poverty. A major problem with the American educational system is that the students are not taught critical thinking and writing skills. This […]
Published
September 13, 2012

Letters to the editor: City policy encourages panhandlers

The prevalence of panhandlers on the traffic islands 'has led to dangerous traffic situations for area drivers and pedestrians,' a reader says.
Published
September 12, 2012

Letters to the Editor, Sept. 12, 2012Scouting’s future in an era of change

In response to the letter submitted by Charles E. Aaskov (“Boy Scouts shouldn’t alter stance on gay troop leaders,” Aug. 21): Currently, there is no controlling legal basis to compel a private organization to alter its membership policies. As established in the 2000 Supreme Court decision Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, private organizations, through […]
Published
September 12, 2012

More Letters to the Editor, Sept. 12, 2012Election-year debate over candidates, platforms continues

Hang on to your seats, Mainers, and batten down the hatches! We are facing a Force-5 sludge storm, inflicted on us for the sole purpose of smearing Angus King, a Maine public servant whose qualities place him in a class with Bill Cohen, George Mitchell, Ed Muskie and Margaret Chase Smith. This sludge storm of […]
Published
September 11, 2012

Letters to the editor:Blue? Red? Maine should be undecided

As I watch the so-called “swing states” flicker between leaning blue and leaning red, I can’t help but wonder why Maine, with its iconoclasm and fiercely independent tradition of strong public service, is not a swing state. Why are we considered to be a “blue state,” when the most reasonable position for a thinking voter […]

Published
September 10, 2012

Letters to the editor: Evicting healthy feral cats will backfire

A population of feral cats that numbered in the 60s is now down to 15 or below, thanks to the efforts of year-round residents and a nonprofit organization.
Published
September 9, 2012

Letters to the editor: Teens face employment obstacles

Party telephone lines, the Fuller Brush man, station wagons, transistor radios and typewriters. All relics of the not-too-distant past. Well, now it’s time to add a few new ones to the list. Summer vacations for students that used to begin in late June and ended soon after the Labor Day weekend are vanishing, and the […]
Published
September 8, 2012

Letters to the editor: Voters shut out of election hearing

I was excited about the opportunity at last week’s public hearing in Portland to speak to the Commission to Study the Conduct of Elections in Maine about what voting means to me and how important it is to make sure that every citizen has the opportunity to exercise his or her right to vote. I […]
Published
September 7, 2012

Letters to the editor: Maine trade mission heads to China

Next week, I will be joining Gov. Paul LePage and a delegation of Mainers on a seven-day trade mission to Hong Kong and Shanghai. It marks the first time a Maine governor has led a trade mission to mainland China. Our primary goal will be to generate more investment in Maine and promote Maine products […]
Published
September 6, 2012

Letters to the Editor: Check candidates’ environmental records

I am grateful that my state representatives voted for the environment in the past legislative session. The Maine Conservation Voters scorecard, available online at www.mainescorecard.org, reports the voting records of all legislators on environmental bills. There we all can easily track whether our representatives voted as we wished. I hope voters look there to find […]

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