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May 4, 2010

Letters to the Editor, May 4

Wells water too precious to sell In response to your editorial that appeared April 6 (“Water use battles play out in rate hike talk”), I would like to point out the following. First, you point out the falling demand for water in our district. The sole reason demand is down is the present slow economy. […]
Published
May 3, 2010

Letters to the editor, May 3, 2010Suit over teen alcohol pledge was futile

As a health educator, I was appalled to read attorney Michael Waxman’s rationale for filing a lawsuit (that has now been withdrawn) against Yarmouth school officials on behalf of the student who was disciplined for violating the school’s honor code. In his response, Mr. Waxman states that “Kids will be kids. Kids will make mistakes. […]
Published
May 2, 2010

Letters to the editor, May 2, 2010Open-carry story draws fire

Your front page article, “Pro-Gun rally shines light on liberal laws” (April 25) merely placed the light on your liberal writer, not on the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Giving credence to the Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence anti-gun bunch added additional humor to her article containing, at best, half-truths. […]
Published
May 1, 2010

Letters to the editor, May 1, 2010Bullish, bearish on financial fixes

The movement for financial regulatory reform has evolved into a national consensus. The problems which contributed to the economic collapse in 2008 must not be repeated. The Troubled Asset Relief Program threw billions of U.S. dollars at banks and other corporations deemed “too big to fail.” In other words, if they went down, we were […]
Published
May 1, 2010

More letters to the editor, May 1, 2010Immigration laws work, as long as they are enforced

There is a country in which the following immigration laws are in effect: Foreigners will be banned if they “upset the equilibrium of the national demographics.” If they do not enhance the country’s “economic or national interests” or are “not found to be physically or mentally healthy” they are not welcome. They must not be […]

Published
April 29, 2010

Letters to the editor, April 29, 2010Peaks incident shows two officers needed

A recent incident on Peaks Island highlights many of the reasons that it would be unwise to reduce the number of Portland police officers on duty there. On April 13, at 12:24 a.m., two police officers were summoned to a home because a man was cutting himself with a knife. The man was potentially suicidal […]
Published
April 29, 2010

More letters to the editor, April 29, 2010Environmental causes, issues raise significant concerns

This year’s Earth Day was both happy and sad. For all the environmental gains we have made as a country, we are faced with a disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that may have massive repercussions. This oil drilling rig disaster is a highlight of our horrible addiction to petroleum and flies in the face […]
Published
April 28, 2010

Letters to the editor:Tea party protests controversial

In the late 1960s and early ’70s in Berkeley, Calif., the radicals were in the streets inciting useful idiots by the thousands to violence. They wanted to overthrow the U.S. government but didn’t agree on how best to do it. Some split off from the Students for a Democratic Society to form the Weather Underground. […]
Published
April 27, 2010

Letters to the editor, April 27, 2010Tracking motives on health care votes

I’ve watched the medical bill proceedings closely while vacationing in Florida. My question is, where have our two senators been during this debate and recent vote? It seems that they bowed to Republican pressure and forgot about the Maine voters that they represent while in Washington. I say it’s time to send a message to […]
Published
April 26, 2010

Letters to the editor, April 26, 2010 Military spending way out of line

A letter on April 9 by Mary-Jane Ferrier called attention to the tremendous cost of our military. Here is confirmation. On Tax Day these startling statistics became available: 33 cents of every dollar of our 2009 federal income tax went to fund the Pentagon, while only 1 cent of every dollar went to diplomacy, development […]

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