Letters

Published
March 22, 2019

Letter to the editor: No compromise needed on paid-sick-time bill

We own Print: A Bookstore in Portland, and support L.D. 369, state Sen. Rebecca Millett’s bill to guarantee earned paid sick time to Maine workers. Some big business lobbyists are calling for a “compromise,” which is actually an attempt to gut the bill. However, L.D. 369 is already a compromise. While tens of thousands of […]
Published
March 22, 2019

Letter to the editor: Workers with paid sick days more focused, effective

My name is Emily Ingwersen, and my husband, Rob, and I own Ginger Hill Design + Build in Arundel. In 2008 we started our green building firm, with the goal of building beautiful, affordable, efficient spaces. As small-business owners, we know that our buildings are only as strong as the workers who build them. That’s […]
Published
March 21, 2019

Letter to the editor: Nothing in the power line project will benefit Mainers

Since Iberdrola bought CMP, worker safety and customer service have taken a backseat to profit.
Published
March 21, 2019

Letter to the editor: Niece grateful to responders in aunt’s Sunday River death

I was very taken with a story you recently published, “Skier gets answers about her rescuers in decades-old incident at Sunday River” (March 14), because I, too, was affected by an accident at Sunday River, but with a much different result. On Feb. 19, 2004, my aunt Jane Marie McCormack was killed on the Sunday […]
Published
March 21, 2019

Letter to the editor: Struggles of Maine seniors, their caretakers should receive thorough state review

As a senior working in senior care and contemplating my own future, I have watched as more facilities have popped up to serve seniors needing independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing care. These are often beautiful, they compete for clients, and the cost to live in them is financially challenging. Less posh […]

Published
March 21, 2019

Letter to the editor: Popular-vote bill would disenfranchise Maine voters, eliminate electoral advantage

Maine has an advantage now in that it has four electoral votes in each presidential election in spite of a small population. Let’s do some comparative math: California has 55 electoral votes, but 39.56 million in population, resulting in one electoral vote per 719,000 people. Maine has four electoral votes for 1.338 million, or one […]
Published
March 20, 2019

Letter to the editor: Aid cuts won’t slow down migration

The president said the U.S. would slash aid because not enough was done to stop migrants from fleeing violence and poverty yet he denies them entry to the U.S.
Published
March 20, 2019

Letter to the editor: Popular-vote amendment part of partisan agenda

It appears that Yarmouth Democratic Rep. Janice Cooper (“Letter to the editor: Popular-vote compact law could easily backfire,” March 12, Page A4) has spent too much time being a political activist rather than a student of how the seat of our government is chosen. Ms. Cooper says she would support amending the Constitution to allow […]
Published
March 20, 2019

Letter to the editor: Vote to block declaration the least we could expect

Along with others, I applaud Susan Collins for voting against President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund his border wall. She was the only Republican senator up for re-election in 2020 to do so. That being said, what a low bar we have set for ourselves when a senator actually does her job, […]
Published
March 20, 2019

Letter to the editor: Free film, panel to offer answers on drug issues

Knowledge is power. Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a public forum organized by the town of Falmouth about the drug epidemic and its effects on their community. After an excellent overview of the problem, people gathered in groups to discuss the town’s goals and ideas on how to accomplish them. Unfortunately, I […]

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