Letters
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: Out of respect, USM should keep the name it has now
The University of Southern Maine does not need a name change. Why would someone need to see the city name in a university title to know where it is, or consider going there? Maine may be an older state, but it has a way of life that does not need to be trivialized by renaming […]
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: State needs to heal relations with tribes
Because of her experience and even-handed reputation, many Maine residents drew breaths of relief and hope and joy with the election of our new governor, Janet Mills. I would wish that same feeling of trust for descendants of Maine’s first people, the Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Houlton Band of Maliseets and the Aroostook […]
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: USM name change right move for our time
The positives exceed the negatives.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: Outside work common for medical examiners
I write in response to the column concerning the private consulting done by Maine’s chief medical examiner (Bill Nemitz, Feb. 17). Unfortunately, it relied more on innuendo than facts. The fact is that private consultation by medical examiners is a widespread, accepted practice that ultimately benefits society. This country is facing a drastic shortage of […]
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Letter to the editor: Opioid policies punishing people in pain
Preventing patients from receiving medication they need is unfair and unnecessary.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Letter to the editor: Neither party lives up to the vision the founders had for our country
A plague on the party that built Entrepreneur Mountain and thought and still seems to think that capitalism and democracy are the same. And a plague on the other party, which seems to think that white men alone are guilty of original sin and seems to think that by putting black men and white women […]
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Letter to the editor: Mills should back energy initiatives that help all Mainers, not just her business cronies
Gov. Mills should take all the money she’s spending to, in effect, facilitate heroin use and retrofit every drafty home lived in by ratepayers, and provide us all with heat pumps and electric cars. New windows would be good, too, and solar panels like she’s installing in her new mansion. This would put thousands of […]
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Letter to the editor: Thousands spent on LePage’s out-of-state travel could have helped many Maine kids
Congratulations to Staff Writers Scott Thistle and Kevin Miller for their persistence in getting the information about then-Gov. Paul LePage’s use of $170,000 in taxpayer money to pay for out-of-state travel for himself, his family and his staff (Feb. 17). On the back of the Maine/New England section (Page C6) that same day is a […]
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Letter to the editor: Foodie lingo in Hugo’s review makes for riddle-filled reading experience
In reading the review of Hugo’s in the Feb. 17 Maine Sunday Telegram (Dine Out Maine, Page F1), the reviewer (Andrew Ross) and guest were unimpressed with the “jargon” used by the “wine guy.” I know how they feel. As a non-foodie, I found myself going to Google for at least a half-dozen look-ups of […]
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2019
Letter to the editor: Taxpayers won’t benefit if state takes back full cost of teacher retirement
Rep. Michael Brennan's bill would provide free-spending school districts with another pot of cash.
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