I watched the AARP Webinar about Maine’s Question 3 on the November ballot. It is clear to me that there are huge unanswered questions that make it too risky to vote “yes” on this proposal to create Pine Tree Power. Instead of putting this question on the ballot, the Legislature should have created a commission […]

My wife and I attended the home of a friend, whose relative is running for mayor; an opportunity for the candidate to present his position and us to become better acquainted. Listening to him sincerely express his position on current matters it dawned on me that, yes, Portland is in a crisis mode: encampments, homeless, […]

This newspaper’s Oct. 8 editorial highlighted the recent report on the lack of housing for Mainers: “The housing shortage is hurting nearly everyone in Maine, holding back an economy and a state that is otherwise ready to grow and prosper. Community leaders can’t sit back and let this happen. If they don’t act in a […]

The oversized headline on page A3 of the Oct. 15 Sunday Telegram read: “Investigation into Hunter Biden leading to ethical concerns about president, poll shows.” The very size of the headline, along with the placement of the article in Sunday’s paper, provided unjustifiable credibility to “concerns” about President Biden. The entire history of the Hunter […]

The Maine Public Utilities Commission is set up to oversee and regulate utilities. If our utilities are out of control, who is to blame? One obvious answer is elected officials, the same folks we’re being asked to hand total control of the power grid. It’s ridiculous to think that government can effectively oversee and regulate […]

When it comes to our electricity, this newspaper’s editorial board recently advised readers to follow Gov. Mills’ opinion and stick with the evil we know: CMP and Avangrid. The board asked “Why?” Here are two powerful reasons to support a public utility. 1) The governor writes that: “Electing people only injects a level of politics […]

A recent letter to the editor was off the mark in denigrating “Bidenomics,” Roosevelt’s New Deal and Johnson’s “Great Society” efforts (“Letter to the editor: ‘Bidenomics’ has learned nothing from past failures,” Oct. 11). All three initiatives involved investing in the American people or in the underpinnings of a robust economy. The Great Depression saw […]

Can we just stop? Can we please stop the killing? Can we please stop trying to find a good reason to back Israel? Can we please stop trying to find a good reason to back the Palestinians? Those are not Israeli babies. They are not Palestinian babies. They are babies. They are innocent babies who […]

It is the position of the Statewide Homeless Council that all people deserve housing and if that is not readily available, all people deserve proper and decent shelter while they seek permanent housing. All people deserve to stay indoors. The solution to the growing number of unsheltered people in Maine is to create an improved […]