Letters

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August 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: Nuclear deal with Iran a necessary step for peace

Seventy years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The U.S. bomber departed from Tinian – a tiny, emerald Northern Marianas island. Today, Tinian is a magnet for scuba divers seeking spectacular sea life. Other pilgrims visit Hiroshima and its Japan Peace Museum. They bear witness to the devastating, catastrophic […]
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August 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: Kerry got bamboozled on Iran nuclear deal

The July 26 commentary about the historic Vienna deal with Iran, penned by Secretary of State John Kerry and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, cannot go unchallenged (“Vienna deal is the best way to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons”). Kerry and Moniz spout about “verification,” “unprecedented access,” “preclusion of cheating,” etc., ad nauseam. Were it […]
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August 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: Latest mass killings show flaws in the NRA’s logic

Three mass killings between June 17 and July 16 (in Charleston and Holly Hill, South Carolina, and in Chattanooga, Tennessee). These incidents did not occur in bastions of gun control run amok and are fitting cases to test the National Rifle Association’s favorite retort: “The best remedy to a bad guy with a gun is […]
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August 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: Taxpayers should authorize renaming of city property

The renaming of the Portland Ice Arena, which is city property, should have been authorized by city taxpayers. So, if I understand correctly, anyone with money or the ability to collect money from others can initiate and get the city to rename a building. This is wrong – another problem within city government. Pat Joy […]
Published
August 10, 2015

Letter to the editor: Michaud’s new plum job: spoils system in action?

If Mike Michaud is confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a Department of Defense position overseeing veterans’ employment and training, he will join a select company of quadruple-dippers – those who collect income from four different sources: salary from his new job (undisclosed); a pension from his years of employment at Great Northern Paper; a […]

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August 10, 2015

Letter to the editor: Vehicles’ unwieldiness had role in pedestrian deaths

The Aug. 6 front page informed us of two women losing their lives while walking along roads with adequate shoulders: one in Harpswell and the other in York. The victims were hit by young women in oversized vehicles, identified as a Nissan Titan pickup and an SUV. The last time I went car shopping I […]
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August 10, 2015

Letter to the editor: We need more checks on gun-carrying and buying

I could not agree more with Wayne Richardson’s column regarding the new law that allows concealed carry without a permit (“Maine Voices: Concealed-carry permit holder exposes danger of weakened law,” Aug. 7). Like him, I have a permit and do carry when I think I might be in harm’s way, which is not often. It […]
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August 10, 2015

Letter to the editor: Thank you to state Rep. Don Marean  for backing Land for Maine’s Future program

I write to express gratitude to my state representative, Don Marean, R-Hollis, for being a champion of the Land for Maine’s Future Program in the Legislature this year. Land for Maine’s Future is Maine’s most successful land conservation program. The program is popular because it has been so successful in contributing to Maine’s natural resource-based […]
Published
August 9, 2015

Letter to the editor: Hiker’s feat, park’s response overblown

Re: “Appalachian Trail record-setter says Baxter State Park officials ‘vilifying’ him‘ ” (Aug. 2): I see there is a new “world record” for a foot-trip over the Appalachian Trail, implying such a record has not been set anywhere else in the world. That would be quite a feat in itself, there being no other Appalachian […]
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August 9, 2015

Letter to the editor: We are missing LePage’s strategy: He’s a unifier!

Increasingly, evidence points to Paul LePage being a closet good-government, reformist progressive. He wants to unite the state, to rid our political environment of the toxic partisanship and bitter personal attacks that have plagued us. And he is smarter than those of us who have not seen his cunning. Why else would he take on […]

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