I am writing to say how ashamed and embarrassed I am to be a registered Republican, which is making me think it is time to unregister with the Republicans. After having one of the highest turnout elections and, with minimal fraud, the Republican states have decided to pass voter suppression laws after the Democrats pulled […]
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Letter to the Editor: Collins and King should back filibuster reform
That the current abuse/overuse of the Senate filibuster has resulted in a clogged system in which almost no legislation can be accomplished is no secret. Obviously, its purpose no longer serves. This needs to change. Not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution the filibuster is a practice that was adopted into the rules of the Senate […]
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Letter to the Editor: Power line project would protect Maine’s environment
I was one of the “ring leaders” who, along with hundreds of others, stopped Applied Energy Services from building a power plant in Bucksport, which would have burned one million pounds of coal a day, to generate electricity for Boston. After raising and spending $125,000 for lawyers and attending numerous meetings, we ran AES out […]
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Letter to the Editor: Gun violence takes away our freedom
A reader points out that no other developed nation tolerates the level of gun violence that has become routine in the United States. But even another spate of mass killings will not be enough to change gun policy.
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Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins shifting blame for failure of insurrection inquiry bill
Let me see if I have this right: Republican senators voted against creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection. And, as the vote began, Sen. Susan Collins called out Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for failing to support her amendment to the bill and blamed him for undermining the bill’s chances. Really? […]
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Letter to the editor: Give Mainers chance to vote on equitable health care system
Throughout Maine, too many residents cannot access health care. Our families and friends suffer and too often die because they lack coverage, or cannot afford high deductibles or expensive medications. In Maine’s current legislative session, many legislators support the enactment of an equitably funded, comprehensive health care system. Economic studies, some in Maine, convincingly demonstrate […]
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Letter to the editor: Cartoonist out of touch with Maine school menus
‘Weiner Winks’ are nowhere to be found – instead, food service directors, managers and workers are serving kids tasty and nutritious fare every day.
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Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins actually works across aisle on bipartisan legislation
“Year in, year out, no senator has matched her devotion to constructing bipartisan legislation in the interest of getting things done for her constituents and our country.” That’s what Dan Diller of the nonpartisan Lugar Center had to say about our senior senator, Susan Collins, when announcing that she has again been ranked as the […]
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Letter to the editor: In Maine, across U.S., we’re getting a lesson in what workers need to live
“Child care in crisis” (May 30) was a front-page allusion to canaries in the coal mine. I suspect that nascent child care entrepreneurs and others need a business plan revision if they modeled paying historically low wages to currently unattainable workers to provide for a profitably sized student body. Employers are experiencing a worker strike. […]
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Letter to the editor: Photo of Maine aspiring Olympian disrespectful of the flag
On Memorial Day weekend, the Press Herald prominently featured an Associated Press photograph of Rachel Schneider with the article headlined “Schneider poised for Olympic opportunity” (May 30, Page C1), blatantly disrespecting the American flag. This is deeply offensive to me and to many other people as well, I’m sure. I could be very happy for […]