Letters

Published
February 10, 2013

Letters to the editor: Cuts will hurt seniors, taxpayers

Shifting budget woes to the most vulnerable populations will result in a devastating blow to Maine’s low-income seniors and Maine taxpayers. When people are hungry and cold, paying for medicine to treat chronic diseases will always come last. Survival struggles such as these will force the most vulnerable of populations to eat and stay warm […]
Published
February 9, 2013

Letters to the editor: GOP ‘attack dogs’ set sights on Hagel

The nomination of Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense is being derailed by the Republican far right because he isn’t parroting their agenda for the Pentagon, a reader says.
Published
February 8, 2013

Letters to the editor: Movies fuel ‘acceptance of gun violence’

So, a few weeks after Bob Costas got into so much trouble with gun rights advocates for saying America has a “gun culture,” I took a look at the Jan. 31 edition of GO, the “arts and culture” insert in the Portland Press Herald, and this is what I saw. On Page E13, two pictures […]
Published
February 7, 2013

Letters to the editor: An ill wind off the coast of Maine

The recent decision by the Maine Public Utilities Commission on a floating wind turbine project is bad for the state of Maine and Maine consumers (“Pioneering Maine wind project passes ‘biggest hurdle,'” Jan. 24). The PUC approved this project at a cost of nearly $200 million, to be paid to a Norwegian company by Maine […]
Published
February 6, 2013

Letters to the editor: LePage taking state in right direction

Alan Caron’s insightful commentary in the Jan. 31 Press Herald (“Economy must reflect a blend of both views of government”) strikes a refreshing and significant balance in the divided and sometimes heated debate about revenues, services and expenditures. He points out the inevitability of government as a needed check and a redistributor to the society […]

Published
February 5, 2013

Letters to the Editor: Editorial on Obama sheds little light

The so-called Another View editorial Jan. 26 ( “Obama’s election marks the start of America’s decline” ), a rambling diatribe and fear-based attack on President Obama accusing a litany of people, including government employees, of being “parasites,” was devoid of any social value. Paraphrasing from “Billy Madison,” at no point in the writer’s rambling, incoherent […]
Published
February 4, 2013

Letters to the editor: State must hold contractors accountable

Several articles were published recently about Daniel Tucci, a Portland “handyman” being sued by the state for allegedly engaging in repeated instances of unfinished, faulty or low-quality home repair contracting work (“Witnesses: Portland handyman pressured, bilked us,” Jan. 23; “Portland handyman testifies in own defense,” Jan. 24). The state is bringing its case on behalf […]
Published
February 3, 2013

Letters to the editor: Assault rifle ban ‘not the answer’

A reader says our nation has a social problem, not a firearm problem.
Published
February 2, 2013

Letters to the editor: Burning over fire department coverage

In the Jan. 27 edition of the Maine Sunday Telegram, under the headline “Is the Portland Fire Department overstaffed?,” was an imitation news article with a biased title. There was one gaping hole in the information: Why it is so vital for the Portland Fire Department to have these resources to fulfill their duty of […]
Published
February 1, 2013

Letters to the editor: Any of us could become homeless, poor

A reader says volunteering at Preble Street Resource Center altered his false assumptions about the homeless.

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