Letters

Published
June 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: With restrooms nearby, please choose to use them

I think some of us folks at one time or another have been traveling on a road or major highway, have had the need for a restroom when and where there were none available and have had to find an isolated spot along the road and discreetly use Mother Nature. Such was not the case […]
Published
June 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Good Will-Hinckley sets appalling example

Good Will-Hinckley should be renamed just “Hinckley.” The social service organization should reconsider its decision to fire House Speaker Mark Eves. As a lifelong educator and current school board member, I find their action reprehensible and the example they are setting for students everywhere appalling. Look at the messages Hinckley is sending: • First, solve problems […]
Published
June 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Gov. LePage demonstrates disdain for democratic principles

Gov. LePage’s latest outrage – threatening to withhold state funds for the school that had ignored his vicious letter of opposition to Speaker Mark Eves’ appointment as new president – demonstrates his disdain for fundamental democratic principles and common decency. Whether his threat constitutes an impeachable or criminal offense will now be the subject of […]
Published
June 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: People of Maine are not behind governor

Disgust and dismay are what I feel that our governor meddled in Rep. Mark Eves’ employment. I find such behavior unforgivable and it is hoped that Rep. Eves pursues legal action against him. The governor’s belief that the people of Maine are behind him is erroneous. Those who fear him and his tactics might say […]
Published
June 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: LePage’s dirty tricks, nasty invective are inappropriate

Gov. LePage’s meddling to get House Speaker Mark Eves’ job offer rescinded from the Good Will-Hinckley School is yet more evidence of the governor’s petty, vindictive, tyrannical nature. The dirty tricks and nasty invective hurled by LePage at his adversaries is appalling and completely inappropriate behavior for a head of state – not to mention […]

Published
June 27, 2015

Letter to the editor: Portland development needs citizen oversight

Greg Kesich’s June 17 column (“Anti-growth mindset leaves Portland with little to build upon”) paints the progress of Portland’s redevelopment in stark black and white. For him and his backers inside and outside City Hall, every massive development should be approved as is, or the city will stagnate and die. What nonsense! Redevelopment of Portland […]
Published
June 27, 2015

Letter to the editor: Suspect in church killings wasn’t born to hate

Dylann Roof has, according to news reports, admitted murdering nine people, after sitting through a prayer service with them, simply because they were black. If he did commit this hate crime intending to create terror in the community, he certainly should be held responsible and punished appropriately. But isn’t there a larger responsibility involved in […]
Published
June 27, 2015

Letter to the editor: Elected officials could find great merit in compromise

How refreshing to read Spencer Apollonio’s opinion on the editorial page June 19 (“Another View: Compromise a vital principle contained in Constitution”). At last, somebody who understands that our elected officials, rather than take unyielding, oppositional stands on the far left or right, are supposed to compromise. I, like Mr. Apollonio, am weary of the […]
Published
June 27, 2015

Letter to the editor: Pope has right to address environmental issues

As the world moves closer to a biblical armageddon, with U.S., EU and NATO forces inching toward the last war on planet Earth staged amongst enemies from the Old World Order, I hear “the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor.” I hear the channeled spirit of Francis of Assisi: “Laudato Si’!” […]
Published
June 27, 2015

Letter to the editor: Pontiff’s climate suggestions should include population controls

Pope Francis, in his encyclical “Laudato Si’,” urges the world to take better care of the environment (“Pope’s plea on climate ‘crisis’ applauded by some Mainers,” June 19). As a moral issue, one has to ask: What took so long? In the encyclical he addresses climate change, drinking water, car pooling, planting trees, turning off […]

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