Letters

Published
August 19, 2020

Letter to the editor: Media failing to inform voters about progressive Maine candidates

I won’t be 18 until just after the general election this November, but I sent in my voter pre-registration in June. I labeled myself as a Democrat not for love of the party but because Maine has closed primaries. Watching the end of the primary race for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat, I became increasingly frustrated […]
Published
August 19, 2020

Letter to the editor: Support poorer countries’ access to emergency funds

While the coronavirus rages throughout the U.S., our concern deepens over the devastating global economic and health crisis. World Food, Oxfam, Bread for the World and the many other humanitarian and faith-based organizations understandably cannot raise funds sufficient to counteract this pandemic. We urge Sen. Susan Collins and her colleagues to support the International Monetary […]
Published
August 19, 2020

Letter to the editor: Vote absentee in person to avoid slowing post office

As it stands now, there is no incentive for President Trump and his allies to change the Postal Service one iota. If one votes absentee in this coming election, it’s possible that a vote may not count. There is an alternative. As an act of patriotism, citizens may have to vote at their polling places […]
Published
August 18, 2020

Letter to the editor: Urge Maine’s senators to support state, local COVID relief

As the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the municipal and state budget forecasts have become dire. Across-the-board budget cuts in Portland will result in 30-plus workers being laid off with dozens more facing furloughs and lost wages. Similar cuts are expected for state workers, with Gov. Mills requesting department heads to cut 10 […]
Published
August 18, 2020

Letter to the editor: Visiting protected Maine islands? Please clean up before you leave

Published
August 18, 2020

Letter to the editor: Workers still committed to Postal Service’s mission

I have been a mail processing clerk at the Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center for the United States Post Office for 25 years. Like many other companies and businesses, we, too, are working our way through this COVID-19 pandemic. We have many employees with the same issues as those who are out of work […]
Published
August 18, 2020

Letter to the editor: Don’t force Maine teachers to return when they feel unsafe

News coverage of a state survey that found that educators are likely to come back to the classroom failed to mention that most have no choice.
Published
August 17, 2020

Support election officials to protect the right to vote

True to its independent nature, Maine has among the nation’s highest participation rates in federal elections, and even primaries. It probably doesn’t hurt turnout that Maine is only one of two states that can split electoral votes, blunting the impact of the Electoral College’s winner-take-all schema. Given the President’s bluster about delaying the election, a […]
Published
August 17, 2020

Lisa Savage is the right choice for progressive voters

My 17-year-old son is worried about the world we’re living in and the devastating future he is inheriting. He wants me to buy an armored vest with “PRESS” emblazoned on it because he knows that I will be out there in the midst of whatever is happening; as an activist, as a journalist and as […]
Published
August 17, 2020

Former Collins supporter will vote for Gideon

As a Vietnam vet (403rd RR SOD, 5th Special Forces Group, ’66-‘67), and a resident of Maine since 2000, I voted for Sen. Susan Collins in 2002, 2008 and 2014. Hers was the voice of moderation that I sought to temper the increasingly strident, ultra-conservative positions taken by so many members of her party. I […]

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