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  • Published
    January 15, 2020

    Letter to the editor: We can shrink our carbon footprint without Green New Deal

    In response to the Jan. 9 Maine Voices column about the Green New Deal: I urgently ask my fellow citizens to learn about HR 763 (the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act), then contact your senators and representatives. We don’t have to wait for a new administration to take action. Thank Rep. Chellie Pingree for […]

  • Published
    January 15, 2020

    Letter to the editor: Critic misses the point of ‘Olive, Again’

    I had just finished reading and enjoying “Olive, Again” when I read the critical (and really confusing) Maine Voices column by Rhea Côté Robbins in your Jan. 11 paper. Her allegation that the book spreads anti-Franco prejudice reminds me of charges that newspapers are “too negative” because they print stories about crimes and accidents. Bad […]

  • Published
    January 14, 2020

    Letter to the editor: Despite much-touted inquiry, PUC sides with CMP

    With all of the controversy during the past two years about Central Maine Power overcharging its customers and all of the investigations into the issues that supposedly caused the problems, what good did it do? When it is all said and done, the Maine Public Utilities Commission always sides with CMP. They always have. CMP […]

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    January 14, 2020

    Letter to the editor: To shore up net neutrality, strengthen oversight of ISPs

    A letter writer who implies that clamping down on Facebook and Twitter will ease rural broadband access 'doesn't know what he's talking about.'

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    January 14, 2020

    Letter to the editor: Grandfather will stand up for granddaughters at Portland march

    I have eight grandchildren and I can’t believe that my granddaughters will still have to fight for equal pay when doing jobs similar to ones performed by men. It seems that women will always have to fight for this equality. I marched in the first D.C. march in 2017, Portland last year and I will […]

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    January 14, 2020

    Letter to the editor: Maine House Speaker Gideon has the skills to shine in the U.S. Senate

    As the Maine Legislature begins its 2020 session, the good news is that a budget surplus of almost $120 million will be available to lawmakers. I for one am glad we have a House of Representatives with a Democratic majority led by Speaker Sara Gideon of Freeport working for us in Augusta, as I trust […]

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    January 14, 2020

    Letter to the editor: Require special licenses for trucks with plows

    This time of year, pickup trucks with snowplows on the front are everywhere. No special license or training is required to own and operate one. It is not uncommon to see one coming toward you with the plow blade over the centerline, forcing oncoming traffic to move over out of their way. With so many […]

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    January 14, 2020

    Letter to the editor: Don’t follow ‘experts’ on Democratic presidential choice

    As you probably all remember the “experts” declared that Hillary Clinton would beat Donald Trump handily. We all know how that worked out. Now the “experts” keep talking about which candidate could beat President Trump in 2020. Please do not think this way. What kind of person do you want as our president? I want […]

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    January 14, 2020

    Letter to the editor: Congress should rein in Trump’s war powers

    Several war powers resolutions are circling the House and Senate to rein in a crazy man in the White House. The U.S. had no business assassinating Qassem Soleimani. This is a war crime. Being a “nation of laws” where we have “trial by jury,” and “innocent until proven guilty,” there is never a justification to […]

  • Published
    January 13, 2020

    Letter to the editor: Maine would benefit from single-payer health care

    Maine has waited long enough. For years now, America has famously had the world’s highest health care costs among developed nations – yet has the lowest health care quality. Why? Because the middleman in our health care system has been the private insurance industry, which by almost any sensible measure has failed the American people. […]