Kudos to the Legislature for voting to appropriate $40 million to Land For Maine’s Future. This amount will revive the original goals in the 1970s, when farmland was disappearing at an alarming rate and fishermen were finding their coastal lots too expensive to continue living there. When I was an appointee to the first LMF […]
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Letter to the editor: Voter suppression has a new look in Maine
If you wanted to express your opinion about the Land For Maine’s Future bond (L.D. 1702), slated for this fall, you can’t because it’s not a bond anymore. It’s been added to the state budget (L.D. 221) and approved by the governor. The decision is no longer yours to make. What you have instead is […]
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Letter to the editor: Dire warnings about South Portland Clear Skies Ordinance prove unfounded
The bad things that opponents of the ordinance predicted just didn’t happen.
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Letter to the Editor: Federal government should set basic voting rights
Let us be reminded that the recent challenge of voting rights was initiated by a man who lost a very, free, fair and secure election and a Republican party which refuses to support the results of a democratic process. It is only right that the federal government should have oversight into the way elections are […]
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Letter to the Editor: U.S. military is world’s largest carbon emitter
I wonder if I am the only reader who experienced a strong cognitive dissonance while reading your July 8th edition? An article in the Business section, “King expects Bath-built warship cut from the budget will be restored,” was followed a few pages later with, “Study: Northwest heat wave not possible without climate change.” Unfortunately, we […]
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Letter to the Editor: Constituent knocks Rep. Caiazzo’s support for CMP
I’m writing to express disappointment in my representative Chris Caiazzo (D-Scarborough) for voting in lock step with Central Maine Power during his first three years in the state Legislature. Rep. Caiazzo has gone out of his way to support CMP’s interest over the interests of his constituents. In 2019, Rep. Caiazzo voted against L.D. 640, […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine insects’ disappearance strikes ominous note
When I was growing up in central Maine, in the 1950s, any time we filled the tank in the car with gas, we had to wash the windshield because it was covered with the remains of many moths and insects. As a kid, I delighted in going onto the front lawn and seeing many lightning […]
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Letter to the editor: Don’t count older Mainers out of climate fight
A columnist shows her own bias by surmising that age is the reason that other people who live here have been slow to act.
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Letter to the editor: We’ve forgotten how to be friends
The country is slowly starting to open up after the COVID lockdowns. People are short-tempered and, like me, didn’t realize it. The lack of social interaction, combined with the financial strains, have tested everyone’s patience. I remember as a toddler, I was taught to how to respect others, how to not pick fights with anyone […]
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Letter to the editor: Bishops trying to shut people out of the church
As a practicing Roman Catholic, do I accept all that is put forward by the leadership of our church? No, I do not. God has given us a conscience, intellect and free will. We can rationalize things for ourselves. I have attended Catholic schools K-12, as have all of my children. Unfortunately, none of them […]