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Published
September 4, 2010

Letters to the editor, Sept. 4, 2010Portland’s policies panned, praised

There is need to debate the ongoing friction between the city of Portland and its skateboarding populace. The city of Portland’s general view seems to be that skaters in their entirety are immature, soliciting, unemployed vandals. This, my friends, is far from the actual case. As a skateboarding young man, I have witnessed firsthand the […]
Published
September 4, 2010

More letters to the editor, Sept. 4, 2010Ocean best place for wind turbines

Jonathan Carter, in his Maine Voices column Aug. 9 (“Mountaintop wind farms not good for the ecology”), seems to think mountaintop wind farms are a bad idea for Maine. I tend to agree with him. Whether they are more bad than the bad idea of continuing to burn fossil fuels to make electricity is at […]
Published
September 3, 2010

Letters to the editor, Sept. 3, 2010Two votes for Maine, two for N.H.

Ask anyone — an economist, a businesswoman or the proverbial man on the street — and they’ll tell you: There is a whole variety of factors that go into determining how well off a given state may be. Education levels, labor productivity, transportation infrastructure, the availability of natural resources, and, yes, proximity to centers of […]
Published
September 2, 2010

Letters to the Editor

I ask cartoonist Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News whether she removed her blinders long enough to watch the Aug. 28 Restoring Honor rally at the Lincoln Memorial on C-Span. If the answer is yes, is she prepared to apologize for the baseless, cynical cartoon the Press Herald ran the day of the rally? […]
Published
September 2, 2010

More Letters to the Editor: Weighing in on governor’s race

Some people are concerned that Paul LePage will cut needed programs. At least those people admit that LePage is not going to spend more than we can afford. Let’s look at what Paul has done with Mardens. Just recently Mardens opened a new store — in a down economy! They must have been in pretty […]

Published
September 1, 2010

Letters to the editor, Sept. 1, 2010ACT test score rise meaningless

You report (“Maine’s ACT scores up slightly as test takers top national averages,” Aug. 18) that students in Maine who took the ACT exam scored higher on average on all exams than the national average. Maine’s scores have also increased each year since 2006. Although such results appear positive, it is likely they are also […]
Published
August 31, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 31, 2010Leaders needed on parking, waterfront

There were two items in Aug. 19 newspaper that were unrelated, but together they’re blood relatives: Tom Bell’s news story, “So little demand, yet so much parking” and John Golen’s letter to the editor, “Waterfront issues bungled by city.” If our City Council can’t relate these issues they deserve the negative criticism they’ve garnered. This […]
Published
August 30, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 30, 2010

Crime in Portland not matter of color Social psychologists, who have used objective scientific methods of study, have found for years that the reason for this prevalence is because drug dealers and gangs know that there are more people to prey on in these environments. People who have low socioeconomic status are more desperate and […]
Published
August 29, 2010

Letters to the editor:State misled on mill analysis

Scribner’s Mill would like to thank Beth Quimby for her fair and unbiased article in the Maine Sunday Telegram (“Dam plan up against landlocked salmon,” Aug. 1). One issue which was not mentioned in the article was the state Inland Fisheries and Wildlife agency’s comments on our first application. It contained false information, misleading statements, […]
Published
August 28, 2010

More letters to the editor:Candidates for governor get bouquets and brickbats

In an Aug. 13 Maine Voices column, former Maine GOP vice chairman Scott Kauffman states, “What Maine needs is a strong economy.” He goes on to write, “As Senate president, Libby (Mitchell) got things done that helped create jobs.” Since no examples of her success were provided, and since success is relative, let’s compare Maine […]

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