I’m a Maine voter and a Central Maine Power ratepayer. I have 15 years of utility transmission and distribution experience in the northeastern U.S. I urge the 130th Legislature to reject L.D. 1708 (to create the Pine Tree Power Co.). My power bill has been between $100 and $125 a month for at least the […]
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Letter to the editor: Invest in vital Maine personal care workers – pass L.D. 1573
Older Mainers and people with disabilities are going without services that they need and are eligible to receive.
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Letter to the editor: People don’t need rewards for being responsible, getting COVID inoculation
Does anybody else question why we are rewarding people with a beer for getting vaccinated? I have been tossing this question around for a few days. Why are we offering people an opportunity to “toss one back” for finally doing what is right for all of us? Why do people need to be rewarded for […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine popular-vote bill’s failure is setback for participatory democracy
The Maine Legislature failed to advance L.D. 816, a bill that would have allowed Maine to join the National Popular Vote compact. If you care about your vote for president being relevant, this should matter to you. With the National Popular Vote in place there would be no more “battleground” states and no more second-place […]
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Letter to the editor: Shelters don’t create homelessness in Portland
The city’s moratorium implies that ‘concentrating’ groups of people in one area is a problem only when these groups are made up of people on the margins.
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Letter to the editor: Pine Tree Power would ease Maine’s transition to low-carbon grid
I am writing in support of L.D. 1708, designed to replace Central Maine Power and Versant with a consumer-owned utility. These companies’ business model – buying from large electricity generators and redistributing this electricity to their largest-volume customers – has failed to create the type of dynamic wholesale market that will be needed to carry […]
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Letter to the Editor: Biden’s jobs plan would help businesses thrive
President Biden has proposed $6 trillion, over 10 years, for the benefit and improvement of infrastructure, education and health for a large part of our nation. That budget would be less than three percent of our gross national product over that period. How many thriving businesses or corporations or educational or health institutions allocate less […]
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Letter to the Editor: Republican voter suppression turns off party member
I am writing to say how ashamed and embarrassed I am to be a registered Republican, which is making me think it is time to unregister with the Republicans. After having one of the highest turnout elections and, with minimal fraud, the Republican states have decided to pass voter suppression laws after the Democrats pulled […]
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Letter to the Editor: Collins and King should back filibuster reform
That the current abuse/overuse of the Senate filibuster has resulted in a clogged system in which almost no legislation can be accomplished is no secret. Obviously, its purpose no longer serves. This needs to change. Not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution the filibuster is a practice that was adopted into the rules of the Senate […]
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Letter to the Editor: Power line project would protect Maine’s environment
I was one of the “ring leaders” who, along with hundreds of others, stopped Applied Energy Services from building a power plant in Bucksport, which would have burned one million pounds of coal a day, to generate electricity for Boston. After raising and spending $125,000 for lawyers and attending numerous meetings, we ran AES out […]