Letters

Published
July 16, 2018

Letter to the editor: LePage disdains democracy with veto of Medicaid bill

Who died and made Gov. LePage king of Maine? We, the voters, change the law to provide for Medicaid expansion and he vetoes the will of the people. Why is he not being held in contempt of court for refusing to sign the bill providing financing? He should resign, as he’s a disgrace to democratic […]
Published
July 16, 2018

Letter to the editor: Discharging immigrants shows racism of Army

Re: “U.S. Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits” (July 6, Page A5): This is racism, pure and simple! It’s revolting behavior toward honorable people who are willing to defend our country. I grew up in the South during Jim Crow and have never seen anything so disgusting in my life. If this policy is not reversed, […]
Published
July 16, 2018

Letter to the editor: Victims of sex trafficking should not be prosecuted

A Forecaster article published in the July 5 Portland Press Herald (“Prostitution arrest at South Portland motel opened window on sex trafficking“) describes the prosecution of a woman arrested in a textbook case of sex trafficking, despite Cumberland County Assistant District Attorney Jonathan Sahrbeck’s claim, as paraphrased by Forecaster reporter Juliette Laaka, that it was […]
Published
July 16, 2018

Letter to the editor: Girls’ school closure also hurts teachers, staff

We have all recently learned of the abrupt closure of Portland’s Maine Girls’ Academy. Numerous students, parents and alumnae have expressed surprise and dismay over the decision and the loss of the school’s unique educational influence. But we ought not lose sight of what this closure means to another group: the almost 20 faculty who […]
Published
July 15, 2018

Letter to the editor: Confirming Kavanaugh would roll back rights on many fronts

Collins, King must reject the Supreme Court justice nominee.

Published
July 15, 2018

Letter to the editor: Collins should block efforts to fill seat until after Nov. 6

“The best way that I can contribute … is to remain a member of the United States Senate.” – Sen. Susan Collins Most Maine citizens agreed with Sen. Collins last year, myself included, when she announced she wouldn’t be running for governor. Three years earlier, she had won a fourth term – by a landslide. […]
Published
July 15, 2018

Letter to the editor: Unborn, alive child in womb makes Roe v. Wade wrong

We read that “the rights and freedoms of more than 300 million people are on the line” and that women’s health will be devastated if abortions are outlawed with selection of a new Supreme Court justice (July 5). According to the Guttmacher Institute, a well-known source of data on abortion, only 2.8 percent of women […]
Published
July 15, 2018

Letter to the editor: Trump must find nominee who isn’t another puppet

Judges are confirmed to lifetime seats on all federal courts – those that affect the schools we attend, our privacy, whether and when to start a family, our religious freedom, access to health care and beyond. That’s why ensuring a fair and independent judiciary is essential. Sen. Susan Collins has always been a champion of […]
Published
July 15, 2018

Letter to the editor: Collins needs courage, conscience to oppose Kavanaugh

Our Sen. Susan Collins is a declared moderate, a woman who expressed being in favor of a woman’s right to choose. It would be unconscionable for her to confirm a judge to the Supreme Court who, despite his relatively young age, represents 19th-century thinking: Judge Brett Kavanaugh lacks a sense of environmental responsibility, seems oblivious […]
Published
July 15, 2018

Letter to the editor: Collins should support rights of all by voting ‘no’

As an educator in and a resident of Androscoggin County, I believe that every person in Maine should recognize the importance of Sen. Susan Collins in the process of nomination and endorsement for our next Supreme Court justice. President Trump, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and their wealthy and powerful allies envision an America where workers […]

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