Letters
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PublishedDecember 10, 2019
Letter to the editor: Pause in USM’s renaming prompts reflection
The Bard himself had some apt words for the campus and the campaign.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2019
Letter to the editor: Media ignore key testimony against CMP corridor
An inclusive and informative news conference, organized by the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, Lisa Savage, at the recent public hearing in Lewiston on New England Clean Energy Connect (the CMP corridor project), was well-attended by press. But no media outlet reported on her news conference or her testimony in the public hearing. How […]
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PublishedDecember 10, 2019
Letter to the editor: Those who dislike Electoral College don’t understand it
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PublishedDecember 10, 2019
Letter to the editor: Collins doesn’t live up to standard set by forebears
As a small state, both geographically and numerically, Maine enjoys a status of overrepresentation in the U.S. Senate. And, to that I say “Thank goodness!” Or rather I used to, considering those who have ably pursued our interests in the past: Edmund Muskie, William Cohen, George Mitchell and other congressional heavyweights who served the people […]
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PublishedDecember 9, 2019
Letter to the editor: Pump the brakes on new highway projects
Funds for new infrastructure should be reallocated to cover Maine's current unmet transportation needs.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2019
Letter to the editor: Environmentalists on both sides of CMP plan
I have been reading every one of your articles and readers’ letters pertaining to the proposed Central Maine Power highway to Massachusetts. For the most part, those for and those against cite environment issues. There are the environmentalists (tree-huggers) and then there are those climate-alarmists. Interestingly, a mix of these two parties both pro and […]
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PublishedDecember 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: We are both a republic and a democracy
You might want to remind letter writer Kay Havener (“Our nation is a republic – it is not a democracy,” Dec. 1, Page D3) that a constitutional republic (certainly we are one of those) and a representative democracy (seems like we are one of those) are virtually the same thing … or maybe she knows […]
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PublishedDecember 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: News stations put employees in harm’s way during storms
For the life of me, I don’t understand why local television stations put their employees in harm’s way to report the weather during storms. Headlines on television say such things as: “Icy roads for morning commute; police say, ‘If you do not need to be on the road, please stay home.’ ” Public works department […]
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PublishedDecember 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: Portland restaurant closings raise bigger questions
The 'bubble' is related to high housing costs and a historically tight labor market.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: Democratic primary contest is a study in confusion
The dust has not settled around the confusion that is the Democrat presidential primary contest. Is Joe Biden the strong front-runner who will defeat Donald Trump or another “inevitable” nominee with name recognition but no charisma? Is it time for the revolutionary Bernie Sanders to take hold of his party’s mantle, or will he again […]
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