Letters

Published
November 29, 2018

Letter to the editor: Suicide ruling took too long, doesn’t ring true

Re: “Death of former Deering basketball star after car crash is ruled a suicide” (Nov. 26): I don’t believe for one minute that the Portland police have told us the full story on the cause of Patrick Lobor’s death in July. Nor do I understand why it has taken them nearly four months to do […]
Published
November 29, 2018

Letter to the editor: Residents deserve notice of aquaculture applications

Maine’s Department of Marine Resources, by allowing Mere Point Oyster to provide no notice to residents prior to applying for its proposed 40-acre Maquoit Bay operation, endorses irresponsible aquaculture, which dupes the public, residents and competing users. On Sept. 12, my neighbor forwarded an application for a 40-acre aquaculture operation directly in front of our […]
Published
November 29, 2018

Letter to the editor: Ranked-choice voting a sham in 2nd District

Ranked-choice voting in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District is a scam, perpetrated on the Maine people once again by sore losers who, when they lose, change the rules. So we have a new congressman representing the people of the 2nd Congressional District, one who was elected with a system those same voters rejected overwhelmingly two years […]
Published
November 28, 2018

Letter to the editor: Flannel’s comeback in apparel also has fans in the canine world

We very much enjoyed Staff Writer Edward D. Murphy’s Nov. 26 article “Flannel’s back! Retailers feelin’ it” (Page A1). But we at Uncommon Paws on Exchange Street want to point out one oversight: You didn’t mention that flannel and the buffalo plaid pattern are also hot right now for dogs. This year we’ve designed and […]
Published
November 28, 2018

Letter to the editor: Politicians should focus most on working together, not on getting elected

On Nov. 23, the morning after Thanksgiving, the lead story on the front page of the Portland Press Herald was about Republicans musing on how to win over Maine voters in 2020. Really? That’s what our lawmakers are musing on? Another front-page story that day: “Greenhouse gas levels 41% higher than in 1990.” How about […]

Published
November 28, 2018

Letter to the editor: Injured newcomer gets a warm medical welcome in Maine

To most of you, my husband and I are not from here. But to the rest of the world we are, as of six weeks ago. And with what we’ve experienced so far, we’ll have to rise to our new reputation. I limped into Maine with a knee badly damaged from a bad fall in […]
Published
November 28, 2018

Letter to the editor: Boycott Gardens Aglow as protest, visit Boothbay region displays instead

Send a message to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens that its massive expansion near a drinking water supply is a disservice to the community.
Published
November 28, 2018

Letter to the editor: Kill federal health insurance tax to protect small-business sector

Running a small business isn’t easy. Any additional costs can be devastating, and owners have to make up for them somewhere just to stay in business. That’s why it’s essential that Congress delay the health insurance tax until after 2020. Since this tax ends up harming small businesses while huge corporations can avoid its impact, […]
Published
November 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: Former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler is wrong man for job as head of EPA

Andrew Wheeler, the current interim director of the Environmental Protection Agency, should not be confirmed to fill the vacancy left by the departure of embattled EPA director Scott Pruitt. Wheeler has a history of working for the interests of major polluters (namely, the coal lobby), which he became involved with after leaving his position as […]
Published
November 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: Until 1976, Maine law made blasphemy against Christianity a crime

As we read about the fate of Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian who was convicted of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad, we should realize that until 1976, blasphemy against Christianity was a crime in Maine (Public Law 1975, Chapter 499, section 5). In 1919, a freethinker named Michael X. Mockus was prosecuted and convicted of […]

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