Letters
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2020
Letter to the editor: Don’t rush to replace ranked-choice with another reform
Despite being a longtime supporter of ranked-choice voting, I had some sympathy for Joe Mackey’s Jan. 1 Maine Voices op-ed advocating open primaries as a superior electoral reform. However, I can see no justification for changing over from one reform technique to another at this time. As an unenrolled (i.e., independent) voter, I share many […]
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2020
Letter to the editor: Maine bill would protect overtime pay expansion
Over the last 50 years I’ve seen workers’ payroll rights eroded by “business-friendly” legislation. Overtime pay was awarded by law to hourly and salary non-exempt workers. In the 1970s, more than 60 percent of salaried workers qualified for overtime pay. In 2019, just 7 percent of salaried workers qualified. In fact, American workers are more […]
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2020
Letter to the editor: Help put Greens’ Lisa Savage on Maine’s U.S. Senate ballot
Amazon and other technology giants appear to have settled on New York City for operations without big tax breaks. Their operations are a lot easier to move than General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works. The Maine Legislature should develop a spine, as New Yorkers did, and collect the state taxes due rather than giving tax breaks […]
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2020
Letter to the editor: Boaters lack short-term access to Portland
A mix of slips and moorings off Portland Landing could generate considerable foot traffic to Old Port businesses.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Letter to the editor: ‘Weasel wording’ signals Collins’ lack of courage
On New Year’s Day, on our Portland Press Herald front page, we saw that Sen. Susan Collins is “open” to calling witnesses at President Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate. With all due respect to weasels, Sen. Collins is a master of “weasel wording,” defined by Webster as words “used to evade or retreat from […]
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Letter to the editor: All eyes are on the Senate impeachment trial
Calling witnesses and presenting evidence is the only path to the truth.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Letter to the editor: Collins’ aversion to taking a stand is disheartening
All Americans should be astonished and saddened by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s position on constructing rules for the president’s impeachment trial. He wants a quick trial, with no witnesses called by either side, apparently believing that through such a trial he will be able to enforce the partisanship favoring Senate Republicans. More despicable is […]
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Letter to the editor: Only Democrats think Trump has done something wrong
Former national security adviser John Bolton gets a subpoena from the House to testify. He gets an order from the White House not to testify based on executive privilege. Bolton doesn’t want to get into trouble from either side, so he goes to court to get a ruling. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi can’t wait for […]
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2020
Letter to the editor: We’re sitting back as Trump fast-tracks humanity’s demise
In the Jan. 13 edition of The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert writes: “In the past 10 years, more CO2 was emitted than in all of human history up to the election of JFK.” At the beginning of the Obama administration, I had hope. That hope has been utterly obliterated. What is the largest contributor to […]
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2020
Letter to the editor: Unjustified assassination has taken serious toll
Nobody from the U.S. has died, but the heightened tensions led to a deadly plane crash – and our standing as a trusted power may well suffer.
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