Letters

Published
December 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: Gun control needs voters, not Facebook diatribes

Ninety percent of Americans support gun safety and strict background checks. But only about 50 percent of Americans vote in any given election. So our elected representatives, when making laws, are not thinking about what all Americans want; they are thinking about what voting Americans want. And National Rifle Association supporters vote. Can’t we do […]
Published
December 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: Maine needs more addiction treatment programs

Thank you for the recent column by Dr. Mary Dowd (“Commentary: Dealing with addiction,” Nov. 22). Dr. Dowd explains clearly that there are treatments for addiction that are proven to work. She shares both the data and her own experience treating patients with addiction. She also tells us that we are not providing enough places […]
Published
December 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: Tidal power could prove winning industry for Maine

It is heartening to note the progress of Scotland’s tidal power initiative, which taps the energy of the ocean’s tides to turn underwater turbines that will make electricity. Tidal power is very likely the next big thing in clean energy. How wonderful it would be if Maine, with its many inlets and corresponding tides, could […]
Published
December 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: Starry, starry night: Dark sky can light up your life

I think it is great that it gets dark early now! This is the best time of year to enjoy the starry nights of Maine. You can see the Milky Way (at least in Cape Elizabeth)! But because of light pollution, many areas in Greater Portland are too bright to see these marvels. It used […]
Published
December 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: ‘Love one another or die’ is spirituality you can’t lose

Re: “Letter to the editor: Thanksgiving hard to swallow for Indians” (Dec. 6): Dan Ennis, Wulustukyieg Indian elder, made excellent points in his letter. I hope he sees my response and knows that my husband and I support him, although only one of us is Native American. My husband, full-blooded Passamaquoddy, has no use for […]

Published
December 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: Proposed national park needed to counter mill closures

Second District U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s legislative push to limit President Obama’s authority to designate national monuments does nothing to address the Katahdin region’s downward spiral. As he knows, no president would sign such a bill, and the Supreme Court has negated similar efforts in the past. It would be more constructive for Rep. Poliquin […]
Published
December 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: Gun sales at shows aren’t as dangerous as depicted

In the article in Friday’s newspaper on the high number of gun sales (“Killings, talk of new rules trigger rush to buy guns,” Page A1), you state: “Those numbers don’t represent all gun sales, because private sales and sales conducted at gun shows do not require background checks.” It’s true that private sales between individuals […]
Published
December 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: Wait until Spring Street is finished before judging

While I appreciate the enthusiasm with which the Press Herald is reporting on the improvements to Spring Street, I am somewhat perplexed as to why so much attention and evaluation has been given to a project still in phase construction. Indeed, the coverage is more akin to a Twitter feed than to reportage. Be assured […]
Published
December 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: Maine lawmakers show way to battle climate change

President Obama was correct to cite Martin Luther King Jr. in his comments last week in reference to global climate change: There is such a thing as being too late. Commencing Nov. 30, on the outskirts of Paris, leaders from over 150 nations came together for climate talks. There is now global consensus that we […]
Published
December 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: If everyone carries a gun, we’re all less safe

Re: “M.D. Harmon: Democrats misfiring on all fronts when it comes to gun control” (Dec. 11): I say this as a gun owner, not some far-left anti-gun extremist: I am much more disturbed by the fact that, thanks to encouragement by writers such as Harmon (“If you have a handgun, carry it. You don’t need […]

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