Letters

Published
July 29, 2015

Letter to the editor: ‘Suits’ miss the boat on taking the bus

“Suits” don’t ride buses. Why is that? Don’t they know that public transportation is being touted as a vital first step toward the conservation of energy and reduction of pollution? Do they discuss these issues in their conference rooms? Do they apply for energy-conserving grants to provide salaries for their firms? Do they study graphs, […]
Published
July 29, 2015

Letter to the editor: Facts support rejection of latest Scarborough school budget

The Scarborough Town Council removed the framework for positive school budget negotiations by allowing the town manager to submit a 2015-2016 budget that was 12-plus percent over last year’s. The town charter required the school board budget to be the fallback if a budget wasn’t accepted by the voters by June 30, de-incentivizing the board […]
Published
July 29, 2015

Letter to the editor: Legislative action needed to tap solar energy’s potential

Thanks to Dr. Lisa Ryan of the Maine Medical Association and Dr. Daniel Oppenheim of Physicians for Social Responsibility for their July 11 op-ed, “Maine Voices: Denial, delay by fossil fuel industry have slowed action on climate change,” outlining the potential public health disaster resulting from our failure to act now to limit the burning […]
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July 29, 2015

Letter to the editor: Lawmakers disappoint by upholding LePage bond veto

It’s not easy to pass a bond in Maine. Both houses of the Legislature have to cast a two-thirds vote for it. Then the voters have a shot at it, and only if they approve will it then go to the governor, who signs it, and the state treasurer, who issues it. And so it […]
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July 29, 2015

Letter to the editor: LePage doesn’t seem to like anybody but himself

Re: “LePage writes to Cape Elizabeth woman: Resign? ‘Not going to happen!’ “ (July 28): Gov. LePage doesn’t like southern Mainers, any Democratic politicians, most Republican politicians, state employees, journalists, etc., etc. Who in this state does he like? Is there anyone, other than himself? S.L. Varney Windham

Published
July 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Strengthen measure to let Maine take action on toxic chemicals

Children face serious health threats every day from toxic chemicals in household products linked to cancers, learning disabilities or reproductive harm. Everybody knows someone touched by cancer. I’ve lost five family members to cancer and have numerous friends and acquaintances who’ve faced this terrible disease. The broken Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 has allowed […]
Published
July 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Charter school enrolls all students, not only ‘at-risk’

Re: “Probe begins on LePage threat to school’s funds” (Page B1, July 18): Please correct what seems to be your standard description of the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences at Good Will-Hinckley as a “school for at-risk children.” MeANS is a “charter school” (Maine’s first), available equally to to any student in Maine who wishes […]
Published
July 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Column on harvesting fetal body parts provokes thought

Thank you for printing M.D. Harmon’s excellent opinion piece, “Unbelievable as it sounds, body parts from abortions change hands” (July 24). Federal law prohibits the sale and purchase of human body parts as well as the alteration of an abortion procedure to facilitate the harvesting of tissue for medical research. In two separate meetings captured […]
Published
July 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Customer says tipping probably will remain the same

With respect to pay for restaurant servers, my feeling is and always has been that tipping based on the amount of the check is already not equitable. I have a personal policy of always leaving a minimum tip of $5 for table service, regardless of the amount of the check. When 20 percent of the […]
Published
July 27, 2015

Letter to the editor: Nothing comical about imperiled Israel

Iran’s Ayatollah Khameini would surely love Nick Anderson’s political cartoon in the July 20 Portland Press Herald. It’s easy to mock Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for being uneasy with an agreement between Israel’s prime supporter and Israel’s arch-enemy. It’s not so easy to live with the reality of threats of annihilation from a nation […]

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