Letters
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
Letter to the editor: Maine lags its neighbors in offering paid sick leave
As someone who has gone without paid sick days at work, I understand how imperative it is that the state set a minimum standard for paid sick leave. Maine is one of only two states in New England that don’t require their employers to provide paid sick days. It is a shame how far behind […]
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
Letter to the editor: Newspaper carrier goes beyond the call of duty
I want to commend my Press Herald paper delivery person – and all who deliver your paper. I do not live in a very accessible location during a weather event, but my guy has always been right on. Even on Jan. 3, with two-hour school delays, I went out that morning to snow blow and […]
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
Letter to the editor: Gov. Mills steadily targeting tribal rights
Her choice of Jerry Reid as environmental protection chief underscores her indifference to tribes' sovereignty.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: Enough of the partial government shutdown, it’s doing a lot of damage
We deserve a government that’s open for business and working to deliver the services that keep our nation healthy and strong. Instead, we are witnessing havoc on public lands and bearing the effects of a further crippled Environmental Protection Agency. Without funding, the agency’s essential work – to monitor the quality of our air and […]
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: A simple pickup basketball game offers life, leadership training
I was standing in a field covered in snow, next to my son’s elementary school, watching from a distance. I was spying on a group of fifth- and sixth-grade boys playing basketball on the blacktop behind the school. No adults were present, and I made sure to stay out of plain sight. It was freezing […]
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: LePage raises question with different decisions in similar pardon cases
He granted one for a white Maine businessman with an old drug-trafficking conviction but denied one for a Haitian immigrant businessman with an old drug-trafficking conviction.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: Maine missing out on remote worker potential to improve economy
Mike Turcotte’s Dec. 3 Maine Voices column in the Press Herald makes a critical point that I will expand on: the potential of remote workers to develop Maine’s economy. A couple of years ago, at a Bangor rural economic-development conference organized by Alan Caron, I presented data on the economic impact of remote workers. The […]
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2019
Letter to the editor: Let Gov. Mills return the labor mural
It's part of history that former Gov. Paul LePage chose to remove.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2019
Letter to the editor: Nation has ample room to provide for migrants
The situation at our southern border is outrageous! Children have died! Why is our current administration so determined to keep people out? The migrants who come to the border are not “aliens.” They are people. They are people looking for safety and opportunity and hope. Ours is a really big country, with plenty of room […]
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2019
Letter to the editor: Recent past needn’t be just a pleasant memory
Remember when the Dow was up so high and we were all going to be “so rich”? Remember when our country was respected by most countries of the Free World? Remember when a family would gather together and not be afraid to share views? Remember when you could go to bed and not worry about […]
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