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Published
July 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: Kate Snyder would make city government work

“The meeting devolved into a shouting match between Strimling and several councilors, including a rival in the mayoral race, Spencer Thibodeau.” That quotation comes from an article in the Press Herald (“Several councilors say mayor misinformed asylum seekers about housing options” July 23). As a Portland resident, I have become weary of grown men behaving […]
Published
July 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: Davis won’t run again for Portland school board

After much consideration, I will not be seeking re-election to the District 3 Board of Public Education seat that I have held since 2010. I am honored and thankful to have had the opportunity to serve the people of Portland first on the City Charter Commission and then as a member of the board. Now, […]
Published
July 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: Death penalty incompatible with Christianity

How does executing prisoners square with the administration's pro-life stance?
Published
July 27, 2019

Letters to the editor: Nothing sinister about Collins-Graham fundraiser

Whether we like it or not, it is expensive to run a serious political campaign – especially for a seat in the U.S. Senate. No candidate could ever raise enough money relying solely on donations from hard-working Mainers. Fortunately, people here in Maine, and around the country, respect Sen. Susan Collins for her tireless, bipartisan […]
Published
July 26, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Portland mayor doesn’t deserve recent criticism

As an immigrant leader in the Congolese community in Portland, I am writing to express my disappointment with city councilors at the meeting on July 23, where they talked about housing for asylum seekers. What was reported in this paper is not what happened. Councilors should be ashamed to have used the asylum seekers as […]

Published
July 26, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Not just newcomers feel housing crunch

I have a daughter who was born in Portland, raised in Portland and was educated at Portland public schools while her parents paid their very high property taxes. She is now 25 and is a certified nursing assistant. She works all the time trying to save money to move out on her own. She is […]
Published
July 26, 2019

Letter to the Editor: We should hold our leaders to the highest standards

True story: When my daughter was four, she was playing outside with a friend. A little boy had thrown a rock at a grasshopper and killed it. My daughter became upset, and when confronted as to why he killed the grasshopper, the little boy said “I didn’t do it, the rock did!” We joke now, […]
Published
July 26, 2019

Letter to the Editor: American is beautiful, not perfect

At the end of a recent Sunday Mass, honoring America’s great Independence Day, we sang the song “American the Beautiful.” The words written by Catherine Lee Bates, included: “America! America!/ God mend thine every flaw/ Confirm thy soul in self-control/ Thy liberty in law!” Now, more than at any other time in our history as […]
Published
July 25, 2019

Letter to the Editor: You can’t compare U.S. detention centers and Nazi camps

The detention centers at the U.S. border were established to hold people who are trying to enter the country illegally or under dubious asylum claims. The centers are necessary to determine just who has a legitimate claim to seek residence in our country. People detained there receive: food, water, clothing, medical attention, etc. Conditions there […]
Published
July 25, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Cruel values at the top lead nations to ruin

My parents served on a military government team which de-nazified the German media at the end of WWII hostilities. I asked my father how was it that Germany, who gave us the likes of Nietzsche, Marx, Wagner, Beethoven, and Bach, could also produce the third Reich. He leaned back and said: “Imagine that the world […]

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