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Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: We won’t fix our problems if we can’t fix democracy
Majority policy preferences are ignored on abortion rights, gun safety, climate change and other issues because of unrepresentative government.
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Maine Voices: Portland should lift 5-year ban on referendum changes
The law of unintended consequences ties the city’s hands when citizen initiated polices don’t work out according to plan.
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Maine Voices: Let’s save both the Atlantic salmon and the Shawmut Dam
Keeping a hydroelectric dam on the Kennebec River would be good for the environment and the economy.
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Maine Voices: Boy called ‘Who rules the world’ graduates into a Jan. 6 world
When information has power, how will the politics of the Big Lie govern a young man’s life?
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Maine Voices: Caring for pets takes more than love
Before making the commitment to care for an animal, an expert suggests asking yourself some hard questions.
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Maine Voices: The individual right to bear arms is a recent phenomenon
Relentless messaging by the gun lobby changed public opinion and the Supreme Court followed.
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Maine Voices: Mills has shown leadership on LGBTQ issues
The governor’s track record contrasts starkly with that of her challenger, former Gov. Paul LePage.
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Maine Voices: Piping plovers need federal backing to complete comeback
From a low of just eight pairs in the 1980s to 125 pairs on Maine beaches last year, these birds can escape extinction with a fully funded Endangered Species Act.
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Maine Voices: Gardens can’t grow without bees and other bugs
Pesticides and herbicides have cut populations of as much as 80 percent of insect species around the world,