Letters

Published
June 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: It is critically important to help asylum seekers

I read with great consternation the front-page article about asylum seekers in the Monday Press Herald (“Barred from working, facing aid cutoff, asylum seekers in Maine fear ‘disaster’ “). I hope that the municipalities, all who face this human crisis will find a way to help those facing eviction and hunger. The world is experiencing […]
Published
June 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Let parents pay college debt with portion of retirement funds

I am happy to see that student debt and the burden it puts on family finances and local economies has been picked up as a presidential race issue. Presidential hopefuls need to think outside the box on how to solve this issue. Here’s one idea that will help some families and the economy as well: […]
Published
June 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: UMaine officials deserve more than mere censure

Re: “USM gets censured over recent faculty cuts” (June 13): The censure of the University of Southern Maine by the American Association of University Professors should cause the University of Maine System Board to fire Chancellor James Page and Vice Chancellor and Treasurer Rebecca Wyke, who were responsible for the damaging decisions at USM that […]
Published
June 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: We should not turn a blind eye on plight of asylum seekers

It is time that church leaders and the people in Maine stand up to Gov. LePage and demand that General Assistance funds be provided to the people waiting for the federal government to process their paperwork so they can work. To simply tell these men, women and children to starve is not acceptable. For church […]
Published
June 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Column on USM inspires alliterative wordplay

Based on Lynn Kuzma’s hyper-adjectival description in her Maine Voices column of June 14 (“USM as ‘metropolitan university’ is a transformation, not a rebranding”), instead of referring to the University of Southern Maine as “Maine’s Metropolitan University,” we might better call it “Maine’s Monument to Meaningless Memes.” Perry H. Clark Cape Elizabeth

Published
June 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Corporations have motives for designing GMO plants

Re: “Everything you need to know about GMOs in one easy place” (May 24): Thank you for the article on the important, but often misunderstood, topic of foods containing genetically modified organisms. Absent from the article is that GMOs were designed, not for the claimed “increased yields,” but so that a corporation can own a […]
Published
June 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: National park would be a treasure for Kathadin region, visitors

This week, the residents of Medway and East Millinocket will vote on whether to support the proposed Katahdin Woods and Waters National Park. The votes will not be the deciding factor in the creation of the national park, but they will undoubtedly show that people understand the great benefits it will have for the region. […]
Published
June 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Slow mail doesn’t merit first-class price

Wow. I just started this letter two days before the Maine Sunday Telegram on June 7 featured the news that the USPS was making a bid to keep permanent the emergency 49-cent rate increase in place since January 2014 (“Court stamps out USPS bid to keep rate increase”). A ﬁrst-class mailing to me from a […]
Published
June 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Just throw the (holy) book at our insensitive governor

“Open your mouth for the mute, for rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy,” says the Holy Bible (Proverbs 31:8-9). I am asking Gov. Paul LePage and his followers to stop distorting the truth by saying “Asylum seekers are illegal immigrants!” Asylum seekers […]
Published
June 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Lawmakers deserve thanks for supporting palliative care

Here in the state of Maine, we owe a debt of gratitude to the Legislature for doing the right thing. Recently, lawmakers voted to override Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of L.D. 782, “An Act to Improve the Quality of Life of Persons with Serious Illnesses.” This legislation creates a palliative care and quality of life […]

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