Letters

Published
April 30, 2015

Letter to the editor: Let’s appreciate risks taken and bravery shown by police

With all the negative press and protests these days, I thought we should hear about all those men and women in law enforcement who are out there every day and night protecting us. There were 114 last year who gave their lives. In January 2015, 10 made the same sacrifice. They have been ambushed making […]
Published
April 30, 2015

Letter to the editor: Maine should not become a state that’s ‘open for crime’

Re: “Chief admits day care response failed” (April 23): So, we all agree that the delayed state police response time to a report of a prowler at a Dayton day care was unforgivable. And apparently the entire town was left unprotected because every single law enforcement officer was busy with a drug bust. And apparently […]
Published
April 29, 2015

Letter to the editor: Did a concealed weapon help at bee farm killing?

If Merrill Kimball didn’t have “the right” to carry a concealed weapon – or to carry a weapon at all, for that matter – would he be facing at least 25 years in prison for murder? Would Leon Kelley be dead at age 63? Deborah Napier Portland
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April 29, 2015

Letter to the editor: Market, not city’s minimum wage, should determine pay levels

An $8.75 minimum wage in Portland? Why not $18.75 or $25.75? Where will the non-market-driven wage increases come from? From higher prices for goods and services or from saved wages of laid-off workers. After Oakland, California, raised its minimum wage, numerous restaurants in the Chinatown district closed because labor costs eliminated profits. Spain, Greece and […]
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April 29, 2015

Letter to the editor: With 124 unsolved killings, state needs cold case funds

One hundred and twenty of our children, friends and neighbors have been murdered, and we don’t know who murdered them or why. We don’t know if their murderers were drunk or stoned or if their drug of choice is murdering other human beings. We don’t know if they’re from away, here on vacation or just […]

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April 29, 2015

Letter to the editor: State sales tax proposals are bad for small businesses

I am a small-business owner in Sanford, and I am concerned that our governor and legislators are not considering the total impact of the proposed 6 percent sales tax on services. I have talked with quite a few other small-business owners, who, like me, only provide a service or labor, and we don’t see how […]
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April 29, 2015

Letter to the editor: Landlords should pay for porch inspections

Regarding the deadly porch railing collapse (“Man’s death in fall from second-floor porch adds to calls for housing safety office in Portland,” April 24): I am a retired structural engineer who spent 45 years practicing structural engineering in the Boston area. During this time, I had many opportunities to inspect the construction of wooden porches, […]
Published
April 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Governor’s flawed plan to end income tax exposed as a bad idea

Thanks to Andy Wright for his April 13 column, “Maine Voices: Eliminating the state income tax won’t mean economic growth,” which did a great job of countering all of Gov. LePage’s weak arguments for the plan to end the tax. Mr. Wright is correct. There is simply no evidence that lowering or eliminating the state […]
Published
April 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: New law will help focus training on skills that employers need

While I was alarmed to see the results of a new report on manufacturing jobs, which said that there is a workforce shortage in Maine and the other New England states, I was pleased to see the attention being given to this important issue by the New England Council. The good news is that we […]
Published
April 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: State is failing to protect residents of private roads

In the past several years, I’ve had considerable trouble with all-terrain vehicles terrorizing my neighborhood. I ﬁled several complaints with the sheriff’s department and the game wardens. Unfortunately, they couldn’t help much. I finally had to ﬁle a restraining order against the most obnoxious offender. I’ve spent some time reviewing state laws regulating ATVs and […]

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