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January 31, 2012

Letters to the editor, Jan. 31, 2012Snow ordinance needs clarification

Outer Congress Street is a 56-foot-wide, four-lane highway without any esplanades. Plowing 1 foot of snow results in 5-foot-high snowbanks. The chemicals used on the road cause the snow to melt and refreeze into ice chunks and snow boulders. It is impossible to remove the snow with residential snow throwers. The city plowed the sidewalks […]
Published
January 30, 2012

Letters to the editor, Jan. 30, 2012Mainers will pay for Violette’s deeds

I am pretty angry that Paul Violette gets to have his embezzlement debts paid by the taxpayer, through his pension of $63,000 a year. And in addition, also at taxpayer expense, he could get free room and board as a guest of the state prison for another five years. All this, while the governor cuts […]
Published
January 29, 2012

Letters to the editor, Jan. 29, 2012Governor not seeing big picture

I wonder if it is time to question the governor’s fitness to serve. I, and many others, have observed on too many occasions his going off the rails on an issue or being so offensive about an issue that he leaves one to wonder if he has all of his wits about him; taking down […]
Published
January 28, 2012

Letters to the editor, Jan. 28, 2012Wind venture would be boon to state

On Jan. 31, the Maine Public Utilities Commission will review a draft staff recommendation to reject the proposed joint venture of First Wind and Nova Scotia-based utility Emera to build and maintain a 370-megawatt wind farm portfolio in Maine, which has the potential to generate millions of dollars in construction and ongoing tax revenue for […]
Published
January 27, 2012

Letters to the editor, Jan. 27, 2012: Governor’s ultimatum was shameless

The governor announced recently that if the Legislature did not agree to cuts to MaineCare, he would close public schools on May 1 — the legislative equivalent of “hand over your lunch money our I’ll punch you in the nose.” Gov. LePage consistently attacks those who are least able to defend themselves. He would criminalize […]

Published
January 26, 2012

Letters to the editor, Jan. 26, 2012Long-term deal for dirty oil not needed

So Newt Gingrich says the president’s “no” to the tar sands pipeline is “stunningly stupid,” and Mitt Romney quips that Obama is putting “politics ahead of policy.” I would suggest that ole Newt is stunningly ignorant about the realities of global warming. And that Mitt, who may well be in pandering mode again, lacks the […]
Published
January 25, 2012

Letters to the editor, Jan. 25, 2012Readers weigh fraud case with local ties

Per-job cost of Kestrel deal could get a lot done here / Excesses of public pensions dwarf those of Wall Street / Romney's resume should be seen as proper preparation
Published
January 24, 2012

Letters to the editor, Jan. 24, 2012Prayer is not a government activity

So, Gov. LePage and “other top Republicans” have formed a Maine Legislative Prayer Caucus in order to “preserve the Judeo-Christian heritage of our nation” (Jan. 18). The First Amendment freedom of, and freedom from, religion in governmental actions, which has come to be called the separation of church and state, has never prohibited government employees […]
Published
January 23, 2012

Letters to the editor:Halt to pipeline elicits praise, criticism

I congratulate President Obama for rejecting the massive oil pipeline that was planned to run from Alberta, Canada, through the heart of the United States. Given an election year, powerful Republicans in public office and the over-the-top money and clout of the oil industry, this was a calculated yet courageous decision. The knives are certainly […]
Published
January 22, 2012

Letters to the editor, Jan. 22, 2012One-room schools worth saving

Bill Nemitz’s Jan. 15 Maine Sunday Telegram column regarding Esther Smith’s writings was very interesting (“Nearly a century later, memories rekindle old bond”). Mrs. Smith’s memories of time in the one-room schoolhouse is a story many middle-age Maine residents can share. My three siblings attended a one-room schoolhouse in Prospect in the 1960s. They share […]

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