Letters
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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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PublishedNovember 14, 2018
Letter to the editor: Will Poliquin still be concerned about vote process if he wins?
Or will he be a 'sore winner' as well?
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PublishedNovember 14, 2018
Letter to the editor: Is oyster farm a good fit with Maine’s ecological values?
If the 40-acre factory planned for the middle of Maquoit Bay were an industrial plant of equivalent size, to be built on land in any of the surrounding communities, a hue and cry would likely go up bemoaning disruptive sprawl and its adverse impacts. “The traffic, the noise, the degradation of our environment!” people would […]
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PublishedNovember 14, 2018
Letter to the editor: Flawed Question 1 still addressed a critical need
I wish Question 1 had passed. It was poorly written and had a number of other issues, but we need to do something to help make it affordable for the disabled and elderly to stay in their own homes. The coalition of interest groups and politicians that was opposed to this make it evident that […]
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PublishedNovember 14, 2018
Letter to the editor: Candidates ignored state’s affordable-housing crisis
Would someone in this government please tell me why not a single candidate mentioned the fact that there is an affordable-housing crisis in Maine? You want to bring more better-paying jobs to attract people – well, where are they going to live? If you care at all, which, from what I have seen, nobody does, […]
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PublishedNovember 14, 2018
Letter to the editor: Please remember Tree of Life shooting victims
I grieve deeply for the 11 congregants who died, and the two members who were seriously injured, in the Oct. 27 massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My heart goes out to their families, their rabbi, the Squirrel Hill community and to every Jew in America. Your pain is my pain. […]
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PublishedNovember 13, 2018
Letter to the editor: Justice O’Connor did her job with poise, strength, civility and skill
Political orientations aside, few can fail to appreciate retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s decision to withdraw from public life. Nor can one overlook her grace in announcing that she suffers from a disease that often strips its victims of dignity. I was especially moved by this news because I had the privilege of […]
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PublishedNovember 13, 2018
Letter to the editor: New attitude in Augusta a given, as is more taxes under controlling party
I laughed out loud when I read the headline on the story about Janet Mills’ WGAN radio interview, “Governor-elect: Time for attitude change in Augusta” (Nov. 9, Page B1). Well, that will be very easy. For at least the next two years, Maine will be governed by only one party and our new governor will […]
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