I agree with Jim Fossel’s column of April 23 (“Supposed replacement for electoral college is flawed”). The National Popular Interstate Compact sounds to me like a poor solution for the Eectoral Ccollege. The Electoral C,ollege is completely undemocratic and should be abolished by constitutional amendment. We cannot honestly call ourselves a democracy when the president […]
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Letter to the editor: Change rent control rule to reflect new realities
The June ballot question gives a chance to landlords to adjust the rent to market value, after current tenants move out voluntarily.
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Letter to the editor: Some things are bigger in Texas
In Monday’s letter about Texas being cheaper to live in than Maine (“Letter to the editor: Texans will not want to come to Maine,” April 24), Theodore Sirois mentioned that there is no state income tax. He neglected to mention the high property taxes there. I was talking to my brother-in-law this week, who is […]
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Letter to the editor: Let’s hear from the responsible gun owners
After all the school shootings and mass shootings, including one that put my town on a “shelter in place” order last week, it is now time for all those good guys with guns to take a stand. These law abiding gun owners could show how they care about America by advocating for reasonable gun reforms. […]
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Letter to the editor: Advice to raise debt ceiling flawed
Jonathan Bernstein thinks that Congress should raise the debt ceiling without conditions, warning that if it doesn’t, the economic consequences would be dire (“Commentary: Wall Street should tell Kevin McCarthy to extend debt limit,” April 20). On the contrary, constant deficits and ballooning national debt – another $1.4 trillion this year – are more serious […]
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Letter to the editor: Rankled by imbalance in Pine Tree Power campaigning
It’s impossible to miss all of the anti-Pine Tree Power ads these days. Every time I open my computer or turn on the TV I’m blasted with talking points against the initiative. CMP’s parent company has funded the group behind the ads to the tune of $10 million by the end of 2022. These resources […]
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Letter to the editor: Russian invasion was naked aggression
Any idea that NATO or the U.S. “provoked” Russia into invading Ukraine is ridiculous (“Letter to the editor: Think twice before calling Russian invasion ‘unprovoked,’” April 12). It is Russia that provoked its neighbors into seeking to join NATO. Russia and its predecessor state, the Soviet Union, have repeatedly invaded its neighbors. The Soviet Union […]
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Letter to the editor: Unthinkable that delegates don’t support ban on assault weapons
Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins, and Rep. Jared Golden should support an assault weapons ban. A ban on assault weapons is necessary.
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Letter to the editor: Special education students deserve more
Thank you for publishing the April 26 story, “Brunswick parents object to changes to school special education service,” by Jason Claffey. I would like to add some important context. In the article, Superintendent Phil Potenziano was quoted as saying that the district will continue to “focus on minimizing regression.” However, when pressed multiple times in […]
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Letter to the editor: What about a different approach to abortion
So much news on abortion access and never a word on preventing unwanted pregnancies. Why is this so? Shouldn’t our educators and people who write the news publicize the significance of attacking this problem “upstream”? Didn’t we all learn, at a young age, the expression: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure?” […]