Letters
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PublishedMarch 14, 2019
Letter to the editor: Slurs used by Lewiston politician nothing to laugh at
Racist and sexist texts sent by Shane Bouchard during the 2017 mayoral runoff amount to hate speech.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2019
Letter to the editor: U.S. should limit presidential discretion on emergency declarations
Barring a blocking by Congress, it seems that we will end up with the courts deciding whether President Trump’s national emergency declaration will hold. Some are saying that presidents have very wide discretion on this, since there are no specific criteria that must be met, but how wide is that discretion? It can’t be unlimited, […]
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PublishedMarch 14, 2019
Letter to the editor: To stop climate change, we must push for both state, federal action
We are currently at 1 degree Celsius in terms of global warming. Marine species in Maine are moving north to higher latitudes. Elsewhere, we have ever-more-ferocious storms, fires and droughts. An additional rise of 0.5 C, taking us to 1.5 C, will exacerbate ice sheet instability in Antarctica and Greenland. Current rates of greenhouse-gas emissions […]
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PublishedMarch 14, 2019
Letter to the editor: Raise high school sports referees’ pay, ban offenders from games
The March 1 Press Herald editorial, “Our View: Berating refs should be out-of-bounds conduct” (Page A6), captures the essence of a long-standing problem that has seen a dramatic increase. The slow, but sure, loss of high school sports referees poses an existential threat to a long-standing quality of life experience in our communities. As is […]
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PublishedMarch 14, 2019
Letter to the editor: Substantial share of voters support Ogunquit recall process
In her Feb. 21 letter (“Ogunquit recall shouldn’t proceed if it can’t withstand legal scrutiny”), Mary V. Buck gives the impression that 260 registered Ogunquit voters “out of 1,217 registered voters” signed each of the three recall petitions for Select Board members Charles Waite III, Madeline Mooney and Robert Winn Jr. It would be true […]
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Letter to the editor: Unfairly criticized Chinese partnership benefits USM
The Confucius Institute teaches language and culture – it doesn't offer propaganda.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Letter to the editor: Confucius Institute opens up opportunities for USM students
In a recent letter (March 6), the writer, Eamonn Dundon, raised concerns over the University of Southern Maine’s Confucius Institute. As a USM student who has had a tremendous amount of direct experience with the Confucius Institute, I believe this criticism is misguided. The Confucius Institute offers incredible opportunities for USM and its students. It […]
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Letter to the editor: Rise in cost of necessities outpaces increase in Social Security benefit
I am writing to ask if anyone can explain why Central Maine Power bills, Portland Water District bills and the cost of most food items and vitamins have recently increased after Social Security benefits increased a paltry amount. These increases have more than wiped out the additional Social Security benefit. Connie Smith Westbrook
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Letter to the editor: Paid sick days will help protect Maine health care workers, patients
I work in health care, and the safety of our staff and patients depends on workers’ ability to access the care we need. I am fortunate that my employer allows paid sick days. If this weren’t the case, my co-workers and I would be put in the unfair and unethical situation of possibly infecting our […]
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Letter to the editor: The company he keeps says a lot about Trump
I must give President Trump credit for his efforts to “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C., of self-serving career politicians. Over the past several years he has managed to surround himself with upstanding, selfless public servants like Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Steve Bannon, Michael Cohen, Roger Stone and Scott Pruitt to help him Make America […]
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