Letters
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PublishedNovember 16, 2018
Letter to the editor: Fixing Maine’s youth justice system long overdue, but there’s new hope
The new governor and other elected leaders should develop and fund community-based alternatives to incarceration for the state's young people.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2018
Letter to the editor: Yes, immigrants need help to get established, but can U.S. afford it?
Leopold Ndayisabye’s Nov. 9 op-ed makes a compelling case that immigrants require social welfare and public assistance to get established in America. Immigration to America is a difficult transition, and since we’ve decided our public policy is to invite a million new residents every year, then we are obligated to ease their transition. It raises […]
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PublishedNovember 16, 2018
Letter to the editor: Collins has short memory on how more votes doesn’t always win elections
Susan Collins was quoted in a Nov. 10 Portland Press Herald article about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. When asked about ranked-choice voting, she stated: “The issue with ranked-choice voting is that it can result in the person who received the most votes not being selected to represent the people of Maine.” Well, it seems […]
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PublishedNovember 16, 2018
Letter to the editor: Maine shows nation its common sense with ranked-choice voting
Ranked-choice voting is expensive and time consuming. And absolutely worth it. Maine has now the advantage of being in the national spotlight, and with good reason. Ranked-voice voting makes good common sense. And, after the recent election, we Mainers who appreciate common sense will be a model for the rest of the nation. All eyes […]
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PublishedNovember 15, 2018
Letter to the editor: Column asserting Kavanaugh ‘smear’ affected Senate election misses mark
And in the House, maybe Republicans' blindness to evidence against the nominee was what led to so much turnover.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2018
Letter to the editor: Nation praises the military, but don’t forget the negatives
So another Veterans Day has passed. We demonstrated all of the requisite tributes to our military heroes past and present. We waved the flag, saw pictures of cemeteries containing the multitudinous dead, endured the inescapable camouflage-carpet bombing of the National Football League and enjoyed the many veterans parades across the nation. I joined the army […]
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PublishedNovember 15, 2018
Letter to the editor: South Portland neighborhoods grateful for short-term rentals vote
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the registered voters of the city of South Portland. I am so grateful that the voters upheld the short-term rental ordinance that the city councilors worked so diligently at for the past 13 months. I am a 60-year resident of South Portland who grew up in […]
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PublishedNovember 15, 2018
Letter to the editor: Spend MaineCare expansion funds on bigger priorities, like protecting children
First, I would like to congratulate Janet Mills on becoming the first woman governor for Maine. I sincerely hope she does our gender proud. I would like to encourage Gov. Mills to reconsider her promise to expand eligibility for Maine- Care to able-bodied, working-age people so they can have free health care even though they […]
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PublishedNovember 15, 2018
Letter to the editor: Be on the lookout for potential killers and take preventive action
I am flying my flag at halfway up, or down, for another tragedy. I have put this flag up for a day or two, only to pull it down halfway before the day is over. Another guy who has gone through life without love or recognition in high school or his workplace decides to kill […]
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PublishedNovember 15, 2018
Letter to the editor: Prohibit gun ownership, with some exceptions, to stop the killings
We have no monopoly on crackpots. Other countries have the same rate of mental illness as we do. The difference is guns. No guns, virtually no violence, get it? Maybe for farmers with foxes raiding their chickens, hunters who would qualify could rent them in season, I don’t know. When I was a child, my […]
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