Letters
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2011
Letters to the editor, Feb. 1, 2011Environmental plans draw response
I am simply appalled at Gov. Le-Page’s proposed decimation of our environmental and land use protections. I hardly know where to begin. As the father of a 4-year-old, I cannot imagine explaining to my daughter why the governor seeks to allow more sulfur dioxide emissions into the air, thus increasing her chances of getting asthma. […]
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2011
Letters to the editor, Jan. 30, 2011:Standing up for Gov. LePage
Forbes magazine recently ranked Maine as the worst state to do business. Yes, Maine was ranked as No. 50, which is rock bottom. Years of excessive taxation and excessive regulatory policies led to this ranking, not to mention the $1 billion state budget shortfall left by Baldacci for Gov. LePage to solve. Why aren’t LePage’s […]
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2011
Letters to the editor, Jan. 29, 2011State of the Union inspiring, or not
I attended the Organizing for America State of the Union watch event at RiRa’s. As usual, I was very impressed with our president’s words, but was most impressed with his points made on Americans needing to reinvent themselves in this new world where finding a job or career is not as easy as it used […]
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2011
More letters to the editor, Jan. 29, 2011Column on abortion stirs strong replies
I am writing with concern over the publication of M.D. Harmon’s column in the Jan. 21 paper regarding the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I never thought I’d see something so retrograde and damaging to women’s health in your paper. Aside from Harmon’s inflammatory tone, his facts are incorrect. It is not true, for example, […]
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2011
Letters to the editor, Jan. 28, 2011More gun laws needed, or not?
Matt Brown in his “Another View” on Jan. 22 (“Many choices in a free society come with risks, not just guns”) equates the lethality of firearms with that of tobacco and alcohol, and he pronounces that, “The risks, dangers and consequences” of all three are “the price we pay to live with these personal liberties […]
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2011
Letters to the editor, Jan. 27, 2011Consider cost when energy is topic
When I read a couple of weeks ago that Maine is the most oil-dependent state in the nation when it comes to heating, I was saddened, but not surprised. Heating a house in any manner is expensive and, unfortunately, the only way that people will move to other energy sources is if it makes economic […]
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2011
Letters to the editor, Jan. 26, 2011School reforms can’t wait, principal says
I am in total agreement that Maine schools can’t stand still in school reform efforts, and I know that there are many educators and state Department of Education representatives who feel the same. I am principal of Lyman Elementary School in RSU 57 and the facilitator of the district’s movement toward providing learning that is […]
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2011
Letters to the editor, Jan. 25, 2011Vernal pools need protection
On Jan. 19, I read in the paper that Gov. LePage’s idea to increase business in the state is to destroy protections for the environment. His intelligence on this subject is exemplified by his statements: “We want to address vernal pools. If they are intermittent and dry up after rainfalls, I am going to recommend […]
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2011
Letters to the editor, Jan. 24, 2011:Suit against Obamacare right or wrong?
The first blow was dealt to Obamacare in December, and I couldn’t be happier. On Dec. 17, Virginia federal judge Henry Hudson declared the individual mandate included within Obamacare was unconstitutional – something many of us knew all along. Although we’re still a ways away from repeal, which likely won’t happen until the U.S. Supreme […]
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2011
Letters to the editor, Jan. 23, 2011:Not ‘bias’ to think O.J. guilty
Your Jan. 9 article, “Simpson lawyer answers critics,” was ludicrous, and F. Lee Bailey’s defense was laughable. According to him, he “never published anything because people were too biased to consider (O.J.) Simpson’s innocence.” He is correct, and one of these people, according to Jeffrey Toobin in “The Run of His Life: The People v. […]
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