Letters

Published
July 15, 2015

Letter to the editor: Coverage ‘trivializes’ Gov. LePage’s behavior

First, I’d like to thank Mike Tipping for his column of July 11 (“Just what the heck was Gov. Paul LePage thinking?”). While I’m shocked by Gov. LePage’s recent actions, I’m almost equally shocked by much of the reporting associated with these actions. One example is the failure of many reporters to fairly analyze the […]
Published
July 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: Portland City Council ignored guidance on minimum-wage tip credit

Regarding the article about the tip credit in Portland on July 8 (“Portland’s higher minimum wage comes with unforeseen hitch”): It should be noted that Mayor Michael Brennan and City Council members, were, in fact, highly aware that, even if their intention was to keep the tip credit wage at $3.75, the wording of the […]
Published
July 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: LePage also squandering taxpayers’ time and money

Gov. LePage has stated that the purpose of his actions over the last month has been to waste legislators’ time. Aside from the immaturity of that reasoning alone, what about taxpayers’ time and money he’s now wasting by keeping the Legislature in session to deal with the consequences of his juvenile actions, as well as […]
Published
July 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: To a retired teacher, LePage’s actions make him look like a class bully

A short comment about our governor, Paul LePage: We listen to him complain about the Legislature not caring about the people of the state of Maine. But in his disagreement with the Legislature, he vowed to veto and has vetoed any bill sponsored by a Democrat simply because it was sponsored by a Democrat. The […]
Published
July 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: Governor should be spending his own money on veto fight

I just hope that if Gov. LePage takes this veto argument to the state supreme court, he uses his own money, not the state taxpayers’ dollars! Let him fight his own battles. He is doing this just to get attention. Too bad he is getting it. He is just making Maine – or, should I […]

Published
July 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: ‘Affordable housing’ is out of reach for many workers

What does “affordable housing” mean? For low-wage or minimum-wage workers, it is not affordable at their income. “Market rate” housing is too expensive. Working also costs: transportation, clothing, laundry, food, etc., can be costly. These workers are near homeless. How about housing for them? Assisted living and senior housing are also needed. Social Security is […]
Published
July 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: Congress should protect IRS refunds from fraud

My wife and I had our identities stolen. Someone filed for a federal tax return using our Social Security numbers. We filed Jan. 26. But our return was overridden by an electronic filing. I was shocked to learn that the Internal Revenue Service gave a refund without having Forms 1099 and W-2s to verify the […]
Published
July 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: LePage wrong in the extreme to say he speaks for Mainers

Gov. LePage has often claimed to be “speaking for the people of Maine,” and I would like to rebut that. In particular, his veto letter stated: “The Maine people made it quite clear in November they want tax relief and welfare reform.” While I doubt that every one of the 294,189 people who voted for […]
Published
July 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: LePage’s treatment of Eves reasonable and justified

Gov. LePage’s political enemies eagerly attribute the meanest of motives to him for rescinding Speaker Mark Eves’ appointment to head the Good Will-Hinckley School at the same time they attribute the purest of motives to the speaker’s overnight conversion from a charter school critic to a wannabe charter school champion. The speaker’s allies also want […]
Published
July 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: Minimum wage should apply to tipped employees too

I was disappointed to read the front-page news July 8 that “Portland’s higher minimum wage comes with (an) unforeseen hitch.” It was not unforeseen that the new ordinance, like the much stronger “Ordinance Toward a Living Wage,” on which Portlanders will vote in November, includes new wage protections for tipped workers. I think everyone on […]

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