Editorials
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PublishedDecember 24, 2010
Our View: Low-key inauguration right for Maine’s fiscal climate
Gov.-elect Paul LePage read the spirit of the times and decided that a big party can wait.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2010
Our View: Waterfront zone change has risk and opportunity
The city will have to monitor and enforce its standards to protect the working waterfront.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2010
Our View: From crisis to crisis,city trusted its manager
Joe Gray's retirement is just one of the major changes that Portland will face next year.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2010
Our View: DEP pool study may deliver clear water with less chlorine
A chemical used to avoid illness may be making people sick unnecessarily.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2010
Our View: Portland school officialshave a handle on budget
It was only three years ago, when Portland was reeling from a self-inflicted fiscal crisis.<br /><br /> Before the economic collapse that squashed state and local revenue collections, Portland school officials were trying - and failing -- to explain how they'd overspent their budget by nearly $2 million, making it abundantly clear that the people in charge had a very vague idea of how much money they had going in and how much was going out.<br /><br />
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PublishedDecember 20, 2010
Another View: Labor Committee consolidation unnecessary, harmful to workers
While the structural change has happened, Mainers should still keep an eye on results.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2010
Our View: Without clear objectives, Afghan effort could fail
When a nation is involved in something as important as a war, it is more than worthwhile for its leaders to step back from day-to-day concerns and evaluate strategy.<br /><br /> That is exactly what President Obama and his top advisers did last Thursday, in their "Afghanistan-Pakistan Annual Review."<br /><br /> Details of the conference, attended by the president, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other aides and advisers, are secret.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2010
Another View: Autonomy best way to care for mentally ill, substance abusers
The goal of a central Maine group is to provide individually focused treatment.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2010
Our View: Tax law just first move in wrangle over budgets
Current tax rates, with some changes, will last until 2012, but now the debt debate begins.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2010
Another View: Obama’s tax deal with GOP is not in Maine’s best interest
Rep. Chellie Pingree defends herself against an editorial suggesting she 'get on board.'
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