Letters
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PublishedJuly 19, 2018
Letter to the editor: Seasonal residents surely deserve the right to vote in Maine
Let me get this straight. Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling and City Councilor Pious Ali are resurrecting the twice-turned-down proposal to allow legal residents who are not U.S. citizens the right to vote in local elections? How about they first consider extending the same consideration to the hundreds of thousands of Maine homeowners and landowners who […]
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PublishedJuly 19, 2018
Letter to the editor: House committee’s spending cuts would hurt vulnerable Mainers
I work in public health in Portland. I am very concerned about the cuts to Title X recently approved by the House Appropriations Committee. I work directly with high-risk women, people who use IV drugs and members of the LGBTQ community, all of whom rely on Title X-funded clinics such as Maine Family Planning, Greater […]
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PublishedJuly 19, 2018
Letter to the editor: Homeless shelter needs to be centrally located in Portland
Why is it that when we address the homelessness situation, it becomes a real estate issue and not a people issue? Our response reveals a high regard for the rising values of Bayside real estate and low regard for what is best for the community as a whole. A new and improved shelter to lessen […]
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PublishedJuly 19, 2018
Letter to the editor: Trump’s trip abroad leaves long list of ‘whys’ and worries
The big question is “Why?” Why did President Trump treat British Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissively and antagonistically while lavishing praise on Russian President Vladimir Putin during this last trip abroad? Why did President Trump criticize NATO and make our allies squirm, leaving both the allies and Americans wondering about […]
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PublishedJuly 19, 2018
Letter to the editor: Somehow the Trump administration finds fault with breastfeeding
Once again, members of this administration have shown me just how naive I am. Now they are attacking breastfeeding, the safest, healthiest, most economical way of nurturing an infant. All medical societies endorse exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby’s life. A 2016 study in the medical journal The Lancet found that […]
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PublishedJuly 19, 2018
Letter to the editor: An advocate for opioid solutions can’t also be a foe of Medicaid expansion
Rep. Karen Vachon says the state can't afford adding health coverage for 70,000 Mainers, but we also can't afford not to offer lifesaving treatment to substance abusers.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2018
Letter to the editor: It’s hard to understand why Trump backers adore a man who’s harming them
I can understand rich people supporting Donald Trump and his Republican Party. The Republicans passed a huge tax credit for the rich, and their shares in the corporations that run America are going up and will be paid for by burdening the rest of us and our descendants with huge amounts of debt. But why […]
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PublishedJuly 18, 2018
Letter to the editor: Legislature’s political games affirm need for Clean Elections funding
Citizens United is not just a Supreme Court decision; it is a decision of the Maine Legislature, which opted last week to keep big money in politics. Against their oath of office to uphold the laws of Maine, legislators blocked Clean Elections funding to candidates who committed to a code of civility, a modest cap […]
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PublishedJuly 18, 2018
Letter to the editor: Connecting Trump speech to hacking of emails was speculative, silly
Not content with their relentless and overwhelmingly negative coverage of anything or anybody even remotely connected with the Trump administration, certain media outlets now resort to silly, speculative theories to further undermine the presidency. Case in point: On July 14, the Associated Press wrote a story that appeared under the headline “Russian hack of Clinton’s […]
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PublishedJuly 18, 2018
Letter to the editor: When it comes to Trump, either side with democracy or enable fascism
It's time for the Republican Party to either man up and impeach the president or join him and announce their allegiance to the Russian Federation.
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