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November 1, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Outgoing councilor backs Volk in District 3

As the outgoing District 3 City Councilor, I am very attuned to the five-person race to succeed me. I will be voting for Andrew Volk. Andrew is the proud owner of two successful small businesses. Andrew has two small children in the Portland school system and will have a child in our schools until 2035. […]
Published
September 17, 2019

Letter to the editor: Collins’ wall vote underscores divide between her words and her actions

Another day, another instance of breathtaking hypocrisy from Sen. Susan Collins – this time at the expense of military families. The senator’s latest betrayal follows the same tiresome pattern that has become all too familiar to Mainers: Say the right thing; vote the wrong way; rinse and repeat. Last Wednesday, Collins announced that she would […]
Published
July 20, 2019

Letter to the editor: Don’t end efforts to save working waterfront

On behalf of many of Portland’s commercial fishermen, I would like to thank the city of Portland and its community members for its time, efforts, and commitment to protecting the working waterfront on Commercial St. The past six-months during the moratorium, we felt like the city made a strong effort to hear our concerns and […]
Published
June 20, 2019

Letter to the editor: Portland must not settle for bland public art

The four pieces being considered for installation at a planned roundabout seem to ignore local context and history.
Published
May 24, 2019

Letter to the editor: Republicans’ resistance to ranked-choice amendment raises questions

Let me get this straight. In a vote in the Maine Senate on May 21, all the Republicans voted against L.D. 1477, which would have allowed the people of Maine to vote on whether to amend the state constitution to allow the use of ranked-choice voting in the general elections for governor and state legislative […]

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