Letters
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PublishedJune 7, 2020
Letter to the editor: NECEC construction jobs should be valued, not belittled
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PublishedJune 7, 2020
Another View: History gives us a reason to be hopeful
Our willingness to start over has made this the greatest social experiment in history.
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PublishedJune 7, 2020
Letter to the editor: Kids and action in the time of George Floyd
To share a message of inclusion and fairness, families can read books, watch videos, write letters and talk to local officials.
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PublishedJune 7, 2020
Letter to the editor: Civil legal system for Maine’s poor should be rebuilt
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PublishedJune 6, 2020
Letter to the editor: Partisanship has no place in crisis
Congress must act ‘to create the financial scaffolding that might support smaller governments’ through the pandemic.
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PublishedJune 6, 2020
Letter to the editor: When it comes to Québec hydropower, let the science talk
In a letter published on May 23, Richard Aishton claims that the energy provided by Hydro-Québec is not clean. The science proves otherwise. Greenhouse-gas emissions and mercury have been extensively documented in Québec – over 40 years for mercury and 25 years for greenhouse gases – and data results published in numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals. […]
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PublishedJune 6, 2020
Letter to the editor: In District 47, Abbott will work to enable health care access
As a nurse and mother of four, I am paying special attention to candidates’ stances on health care in advance of the July primary. Never in our lifetimes has health care, and Mainers’ access to it, been such an important issue as it is right now. Voters must pay close attention to who we elect […]
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PublishedJune 6, 2020
Letter to the editor: Activist Rose the right candidate in District 29
South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough (down the coast to Higgins Beach) are impacted greatly by oil tankers, the threat of tar sands and other potential poisons to our air and water quality. Eben Rose, a knowledgable, energetic candidate who thinks outside the box, would be an asset in the Maine Senate. I’ve had the […]
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PublishedJune 5, 2020
Letter to the editor: Setting curfews will preserve right to protest peacefully
Here is a modest proposal for preserving the right of law-abiding citizens to protest peacefully while preventing anarchists from endangering the public and destroying our cities: Establish and enforce curfews. Cities are doing the first, but not the second. Agitators commit most of their mayhem after dark when they can’t be identified. When and where […]
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PublishedJune 5, 2020
Letter to the editor: Brunswick officers missed chance to come out against brutality
On the evening of May 31, peaceful protesters marched from the Brunswick Mall to stand in front of the Brunswick Police Department on Pleasant Street. We were chanting phrases such as “Black lives matter” and “No justice, no peace.” This wasn’t unlike the other protests I have attended in the past few days. At that […]
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