In 2011, Mitt Romney said: Corporations are people. In 2021, Mitch McConnell said: Corporations should stay out of politics. Therefore, according to the Republican playbook: People should stay out of politics. Another example of the bizarro world our Republican friends live in. Kate Reilly Portland
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Letter to the Editor: We have waited too long for ocean wind
I am writing in response your editorial of April 8. I was especially struck by the headline, “Ocean wind industry arrives at the right time.” To be sure, good jobs with benefits are always timely for Maine. We never have enough, but why now? I recall having the good fortune, during the Baldacci administration, to […]
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Letter to the Editor: People of all ages need to learn financial literacy
April is National Financial Literacy Month. When it comes to awareness months, this one probably isn’t top of mind to commemorate, but it should be. Basic money management—saving, budgeting, investing, even paying down debt—is a fundamental skill to perfect all year long, and yet, this topic typically only grabs people’s attention during the month of […]
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Letter to the Editor: League of Women Voters backs primary reform
A recent letter to the editor of this paper (“Offer Mainers voter freedom – support top-two open primary” April 3) might have left some confusion about where the League of Women Voters stands on semi-open primaries. Let there be no mistake: we emphatically support L.D. 231 sponsored by Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, to establish semi-open […]
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Letter to the editor: Portland Chamber obligated to research its past
Asha A. Echeverria’s commentary in the April 4 Maine Sunday Telegram touts some of the admirable accomplishments and ideals of the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce. But bringing up the Ku Klux Klan, she skips an important step: research. The KKK plays a well-known part in Maine’s history. Portland housed its Maine headquarters beginning in […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine Millennial should support better speech, not silence
I enjoy reading The Maine Millennial’s columns, and columnist Victoria Hugo-Vidal seems like a well-intentioned, earnest person. Which is why I’m assuming that she was naïve rather than disingenuous when claiming that she does not know what “cancel culture” is (March 28). Merriam-Webster defines it as “the practice or tendency of engaging in mass withdrawing […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine delegation should push back on tax break for the rich
The top 20 percent of earners will get 96 percent of the benefits if President Biden decides to repeal the cap on state and local tax deductions.
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Letter to the editor: Keep guns out of Maine’s polling places
I will be frank that being in the presence of civilians who are carrying firearms while in a public space makes me feel unsafe. Faced with such a display of firearms in the voting place would keep me from doing my constitutional duty of voting, thus negating my ability to practice my right to freedom […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine senators should support ending or reforming filibuster
I am writing to ask that Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King vote to end, or at least reform, the overused and abused filibuster, which has become a tool for the minority to obstruct the will of the majority. The requirement that a supermajority of 60 votes is necessary to pass any legislation is […]
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Letter to the editor: ICE’s presence in Scarborough will keep non-citizen veterans from seeking care
Re: “Letter to the editor: Military veterans and ICE are not compatible” (March 26): I’m another Vietnam veteran who concurs with Robert “Sam” Kelley that combining an ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) office with a veterans health care facility is a bad idea – although for different reasons. Since 2017, 92 veterans who served […]