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April 15, 2010

Letters to the editor, April 15, 2010Lacrosse player’s plight: Fair or foul?

Regarding the parents of a Yarmouth High School lacrosse player suing to overturn her three-week team suspension for apparently drinking beer: As a parent of one former and one current high school athlete, I am familiar with the honor code signed by student athletes. It is a pledge on the part of the student athlete […]
Published
April 14, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aprl 14, 2010Maine’s water too precious to sell

It looks like The Portland Press Herald is unaware of the facts and problems that drove large numbers of Wells voters to reject water extraction last year. The paper’s editorial of April 6 (“Water use battles play out in rate hike talk”) shows a deep ignorance of the well-established facts and problems that resonated with […]
Published
April 13, 2010

Letters to the editor, April 13, 2010:Learning not a mechanical process

Thanks to Chris Queally for a wonderful April 7 Maine Voices column outlining the pitfalls that abound when attempting to pin teacher evaluations to students’ performance. There have been a host of calls to enact this form of teacher assessment from a business-minded population that imagines education to be like running a factory or a […]
Published
April 12, 2010

Letters to the editor, April 12, 2010Diocese falls short of Jesus’ example

Regarding the Catholic Diocese’s choice to revoke funds to Preble Street: I grew up Catholic, and I am now very happy to say I attend a much more open, affirming church! Punishing the homeless shelter as a way to enforce church beliefs really shows the separation between “letter of the law” and “spirit of the […]
Published
April 12, 2010

More letters to the editor, April 15, 2010Topless marchers should know men are going to look

As a proud feminist who respects Ms. Ty McDowell’s right to demonstrate topless, I don’t understand her shock that men would ogle these women. Unfortunately, we live in a society of “girls gone wild,” where young women in particular are suffering from an epidemic of eating disorders, teen pregnancy and sexual assault. Mothers who breast-feed […]

Published
April 11, 2010

Letters to the editor, April 11, 2010Paid sick days bill made ‘cents’

I am writing to express my disappointment in the failure of the Legislature to pass L.D. 1665, An Act to Prevent the Spread of H1N1, a bill sponsored by Senate President Libby Mitchell. It is my understanding that three attempts have been made to pass legislation to ensure paid sick days for Maine’s hard-working citizens. […]
Published
April 10, 2010

More letters to the editor, April 10, 2010Most on welfare don’t fit image drawn in stereotype

This letter is in reference to Charles A. McDonald’s letter regarding welfare recipients (“Welfare, illegal aliens take funds, jobs from Americans,” March 27). Mr. McDonald writes, “One would have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to notice the lifestyles of many welfare recipients. Late-model cars, cell phones, brand-name clothing, personalized license plates, the best […]
Published
April 10, 2010

Letters to the editor, April 10, 2010Did Casco censure or censor e-mail?

So Selectwoman Barbara York forwarded an offensive e-mail. Then Casco’s selectmen censured her for her bad taste and poor judgment in forwarding – not creating, mind you, not endorsing, not embellishing, but forwarding – the offensive e-mail. Obviously a story deserving of several days of front-page coverage. I can certainly see why the paper’s circulation […]
Published
April 9, 2010

Letters to the Editor, April 9, 2010Constitution allows for disagreement

Constitution allows for disagreement In response to Russell Warnberg’s letter of April 3, I would advise him to take a closer look at the “history” he has been “teaching” for 40 years. The framers of our Constitution, as any serious student of history knows, were pretty well divided among those who felt our fledgling nation […]
Published
April 8, 2010

Letters to the Editor, April 8, 2010Topless stroll uncovers mixed reaction

Topless women marching through the streets of Portland? Gals, how can you do such an embarrassing, humiliating, undignified thing and still expect to be loved by a great guy and respected by him and others? Whatever has happened to common decency, dignity and decorum? The fact that a man can get by with going topless […]

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