Letters

Published
May 28, 2010

Letters to the editor, May 28, 2010Teaching reading requires knowledge

Kudos to Wendy Gaal on her May 5 Maine Voices column regarding the crisis of reading instruction (“Let’s put our knowledge to work for children struggling to read”). As a reading tutor, I see daily the damage inadvertently done to children by the still-raging fashion of “whole language” programs, now re-marketed under the label “balanced […]
Published
May 27, 2010

WEDNESDAY OPINION Oil spills must not recur

– The oil disaster is still not resolved. The oil is in danger of moving into the main current and doing even more damage than it already has done. The disaster should be a wake-up call. If this sort of oil spill can happen in the Gulf Coast of the United States, it can happen […]
Published
May 27, 2010

Letters to the editor, May 27, 2010City won’t make Franklin Street safer

City won’t make Franklin Street safer While I commend Christian McNeil and the Maine League of Young Voters for their steadfast concern for the safety of pedestrians, specifically at the intersection of Marginal Way and Franklin Street, why would they think a resolution passed by Portland’s City Council would influence the Maine Department of Transportation? […]
Published
May 27, 2010

More letters to the editor, May 27, 2010Supporters of Blaine House candidates speak out

Mainers should realize that things are not rosy in our state and that we must demand much better management than we have received in the past. Using data from the Bruce Poliquin campaign (BruceForMe.com), some of my concerns are: • Maine’s long-standing reputation for not being business-friendly. • The lowest percentage of residents 18 years […]
Published
May 26, 2010

Letters to the editor, May 26, 2010Oil spills must not recur

The oil disaster is still not resolved. The oil is in danger of moving into the main current and doing even more damage than it already has done. The disaster should be a wake-up call. If this sort of oil spill can happen in the Gulf Coast of the United States, it can happen anywhere […]

Published
May 25, 2010

Letters to the editor, May 25

Muslim women’s garb controversial This is in response to your editorial concerning female Muslim clothing (“Why is Muslim women’s clothing an issue in Europe?” May 13). On a recent weekend, I was at my cousin’s graduation at the University of Massachusetts and noticed a family with women and a young girl dressed in full-body covering […]
Published
May 24, 2010

Letters to the editor, May 24, 2010:Who’s really frightening in politics?

After assessing letters from your readers expressing both pro and con opinions on the controversial tea party movement, I decided to examine their mission statement and core values and make my own judgment. I was perplexed almost immediately by their statement supporting “freedom of the individual to spend the money that is the fruit of […]
Published
May 23, 2010

Letters to the editor, May 23, 2010Train restoration needs examination

On May 12, I attended the Aroostook Railway Task Force meeting at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center. The Task Force, under the direction of Gov. Baldacci, was created to ensure that the process of railroad abandonment and acquisition is done openly, and in a way that protects Maine taxpayers. The only notice of the […]
Published
May 22, 2010

Letters to the editor, May 22, 2010Tax reform bill hurts the poor

Probably most people are aware of the referendum on June 8 in which we can vote for repeal of the so-called tax reform passed by the Legislature, but put on hold pending the result of this referendum. Most of the news reports and opinion pieces about this proposed law mention its slight reduction in income […]
Published
May 21, 2010

Letters to the editor, May 21, 2010

Who’s at fault in fiscal meltdown? Financial reform needs attention now! One of the darkest hours in the financial history of America came to all of us in October 2009. The following collapse of the housing market, unprecedented job losses by Americans and the drying up of credit brought us to the tipping point of […]

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