Letters

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December 2, 2018

Letter to the editor: In fact, columnist’s facts needed checking

I write in response to the Nov. 25 Maine Millennial column by Victoria Hugo-Vidal. She uses the word “fact” and then makes assertions about vaccinations without any citations to back up her opinion. I would expect the Portland Press Herald to do some fact-checking before the word “fact” is thrown around. Let’s just look at […]
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December 2, 2018

Letter to the editor: Let’s meet to dispel our north-south blind spots

In their well-written Nov. 18 letter, Andy and Sara Torbett said that “southern Maine liberals” imposed ranked-choice voting with the explicit goal of working against the wishes of conservative voters in northern and rural Maine. They said southern Maine liberals are “convinced of their intellectual superiority,” that they consider northern Mainers to be “lovable” and […]
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December 2, 2018

Letter to the editor: Columnist’s approach to vaccine issue impresses

As a nearing-retirement-age pediatrician, I want to congratulate Victoria Hugo-Vidal for her great Maine Millennial column about vaccines in the Nov. 25 Maine Sunday Telegram. Her column is forceful without being nasty. Good work! I had polio at age 7, measles at 6 and chicken pox, rubella and scarlet fever. I survived all of that, […]
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December 2, 2018

Letter to the editor: With Democrats elected, Maine’s headed for disaster

Well, the people of Maine have spoken. Obviously, they can’t stand prosperity and will get their wish. Under a Democratic governor and Legislature, I predict: Unemployment will rise, welfare rolls will dramatically increase and state debt will blossom. Kiss the surplus and rainy day fund goodbye! Hospitals will have to wait for the next Republican […]
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December 2, 2018

Letter to the editor: Thanks to the young man who found, returned purse

I would like to express my deepest thanks to the honest young man who found my purse by the roadside in Dayton on Nov. 17 and went to the trouble of delivering it to the Kennebunk Police Department. This is my only way to communicate my gratitude to this gentleman. He gave me a great […]

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December 2, 2018

Letter to the editor: Ranked-choice system made sure voters’ wishes were met

Let me remind them and any other aggrieved Bruce Poliquin voters of a few things: Gov. LePage, thanks to split votes between more liberal-leaning candidates, came into office with a paltry 37.6 percent of the vote his first election and managed to “jump” up to 48.2 percent his second election. Put simply: Many more voters […]
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December 1, 2018

Letter to the editor: Nuclear energy is the solution to carbon-based climate change

A lack of understanding about nuclear energy stands in the way of a realistic approach.
Published
December 1, 2018

Letter to the editor: Climate report’s dire predictions underscore need for carbon tax

Thank you for giving the National Climate Assessment above-the-fold placement in the Nov. 24 Press Herald (“Climate change’s grip ‘intensifying,’ ” Page A1). If we are to have any hope of leaving a livable planet to our descendants, we need to attend to this warning now. As the article states, we’ve wasted 15 years, which […]
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December 1, 2018

Letter to the editor: Don’t buy into opponent’s call for boycott of botanical gardens event

Let’s not agree to Nov. 28 letter writer Jason Anthony’s boycott of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ Gardens Aglow display too quickly. First, it is important to note that Anthony is a member of the family that owns property that the Boothbay Register has referred to as the “closest and largest abutter” to the gardens, and […]
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December 1, 2018

Letter to the editor: Reader seconds demand for official outrage at Khashoggi’s death

Re: “Letter to the editor: White House shows indifference to journalist’s slaying” (Nov. 21): The author of this letter, Amanda Ogden Bonnevie, asks: “Does anyone remember Daniel Pearl?” Oh, yes, I do well remember Daniel Pearl! And I well remember, too, that it was never even a thought at that time that our government would […]

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