Letters
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PublishedJune 26, 2010
Letters to the editor, June 26, 2010Stimulus funds would boost Maine jobs
Our two senators ignored both The Press Herald’s well-considered plea for a continuation of federal stimulus spending and the importance to Mainers of the services that must be cut in the absence of the state’s $84 million share of the bill they opposed. In doing so, they once again chose to hew to the Republican […]
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PublishedJune 26, 2010
Letters to the editor, June 26, 2010 Columnist’s attack on GOP only lacked one thing: Accuracy
Leigh Donaldson’s recent column, “Republicans now the party of ‘no’ on any kind of social progress,” is in roughly equal parts careless, blatantly false and insulting. Donaldson boosts his complaints about Republicans by quoting liberally from Arun Gupta, the left’s latest trendy guru, whose sweeping assertions on social and economic issues are often little more […]
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PublishedJune 24, 2010
More Letters to the Editor, June 24
Toy soldier hat hardly threatening The Tioque School administration (in Coventry, R.I.) strives to keep kids safe and avert potential terrorism. Students cannot bring weapons to school. Violators face swift discipline. Recently, David Morales’ second-grade class was assigned a project making hats. David glued some of his small, plastic toy soldiers onto a camouflage baseball […]
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PublishedJune 24, 2010
Letters to the Editor, June 24, 2010
Comments on Gulf oil spill continue to flow strongly President Obama gave the first Oval Office speech of his presidency on the Gulf oil crisis, echoing growing sentiment around the country that oil companies like BP must pay for the mess they create. He also reaffirmed the need for a new national climate and clean […]
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PublishedJune 24, 2010
Letters to the editor, June 25, 2010Peppermint Park the pride of East Bayside
I was very pleased to see such beautiful pictures of the newly designed and refurbished Peppermint Park in the paper on June 10. However, some of the text accompanying the photos was incorrect (and was corrected the next day). To re-emphasize the facts, Peppermint Park is located in East Bayside — not on Munjoy Hill […]
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PublishedJune 23, 2010
Letters to the editor:Opioids belong in pharmacies
The letter from Nicholas Karahalios of Falmouth titled by the newspaper as “Move narcotics out of the pharmacies” is unfortunate in that it is full of many misconceptions and prejudices. While crime exists against pharmacies, is it really more prevalent than against, say, convenience stores, or is it perception? Morphine and other opioids are not […]
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PublishedJune 22, 2010
Letters to the editor:It’s too hard to vote at City Hall
One of citizenship’s great rights and privileges is the right to vote. As an immigrant and refugee instructor at Southern Maine Community College, I teach about our Constitution and attend every naturalization ceremony of my students, showing support and emphasizing responsibility. This month, I took a brand-new citizen to vote. She had worked late, so […]
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PublishedJune 21, 2010
Letters to the editor, June 21, 2010Bill would spur new-home sales
The economy has shown a great deal of improvement in recent months, but we have much further to go before it can safely be said that things have returned to normal. The state of the housing industry is a case in point. Builders may be having a somewhat easier time selling homes now that unemployment […]
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PublishedJune 20, 2010
Letters to the editor, June 20, 2010Proud of Democratic ideals
I am a Democrat and a liberal who voted for Libby Mitchell in this year’s primary election. I was angered to read Richard Connor’s glib dismissal of me as wanting “someone who will fix their problems at all costs,” want their problems and those of their neighbors to go away, and wanting “government salve for […]
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PublishedJune 19, 2010
More letters to the editor, June 19, 2010Assessing the cost of oil dependence
The letters of June 10 expressed urgency about shedding our oil addiction. A few points: 1) Hydrogen is not an alternative fuel; it is a fuel-delivery package possibly more efficient than those used currently. Energy is obtained from its recombination with oxygen. Separating hydrogen from oxygen requires energy — more than you get back, according […]
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