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Published
April 3, 2012

Letters to the editor, April 3, 2012Pot crackdown is the new Prohibition

I get a kick out of local law enforcement when they make a “big marijuana drug bust.” In reality, they are opening the doors for out-of-state pot dealers. Of course, the price increases if it comes from Revere, Mass., or Hartford, Conn. Or even imported from Detroit. These lawmen actually keep the price of pot […]
Published
April 2, 2012

Letters to the editor, April 2, 2012Keep income taxes, but end license fees

Gov. LePage wants to eventually eliminate income taxes. I disagree. Instead, eliminate other taxes. The state income tax is onerous, but marvelously efficient. We pay based upon calculations already computed for our federal income taxes. We can be taxed by our ability to pay. The poor, the retired, the unemployed could and should pay less. […]
Published
April 1, 2012

Letters to the editor, April 1, 2012Fellow Marine recalls a great woman

Hattie Bickmore was indeed a wonderful woman who noticed people and make them feel important. (“Laughs mixed with tears: Just what Hattie Bickmore wanted,” Maine Sunday Telegram, March 25). When I was a Portland police officer, I had the honor of doing some executive bodyguard work for U.S. Sen. Bob Dole when he was at […]
Published
March 31, 2012

Letters to the editor, March 31, 2012Mural pays workers proper tribute

The mural depicting the Maine workers’ rise out of the lower income and into middle-income status should not have been removed by the governor. The mural belongs to the people of the state of Maine and shows the struggle of the labor movement from child labor to a reasonable form of American labor. This country […]
Published
March 30, 2012

Letters to the editor, March, 30, 2012Attacks on Mayhew disappointing

It’s very disappointing to see the media and the Maine Democratic Party attacking Mary Mayhew as she tries to fix the problems at DHHS. In 2005, the Baldacci administration wasted tens of millions of our hard-earned tax dollars on a billing system that never worked. Then they installed a new system in late 2010 as […]

Published
March 29, 2012

Letters to the editor, March 29, 2012Different views on USM raises

It is understandable that in bad economic times people are concerned about the raises proposed for some University of Southern Maine employees. As a USM faculty union member, I hope to see raises for all USM and Maine system employees. It’s time for a fair contract with a cost-of-living increase. I hope the same for […]
Published
March 28, 2012

Letters to the editor, March 28, 2012Irony seen in criticism of McCormick

Dale McCormick, executive director of the Maine Housing Authority (until March 31), is not a Republican. She is not a member of Gov. LePage’s extended family. She is a “liberal Democrat” in a Republican administration. Her tenure as a public servant was destined to end the moment Gov. LePage was elected. Her competency and stellar […]
Published
March 27, 2012

Letters to the editor, March 27, 2012Scotia Prince had Mexico chapter

Your March 19 obituary of the Scotia Prince, about to be scrapped in Sri Lanka, covered its life very well, except for the omission of an interesting chapter. In December 2002, it began a winter shuttle service between Tampa and Mexico, called the Yucatan Express. It was a logical move, for there are many tourists […]
Published
March 26, 2012

Letters to the editor, March 26, 2012St. Patrick’s Day was mischaracterized

The characterization of St. Patrick’s Day and those who celebrate it in your March 19 front-page story (“Revelers had saintly day”) was based on tired stereotypes which would not be acceptable if applied to another ethnic group. The story focused entirely on drinking and inebriation and the reporter interviewed only three Irish bar managers and […]
Published
March 25, 2012

Letters to the editor, March 24, 2012Stop the harm done by bags

We are facing a global epidemic, which is indiscriminately wreaking havoc on the planet and her inhabitants. The collective human consciousness is decidedly uncluttered by thoughts of the before, during and after repercussions of our blind consumption, yet the evidence abounds, in waterways, on beaches, in our parks and streets, in trees, in the stumps […]

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