Letters

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April 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: Portland’s parking rules crazy, hostile, unyielding

Today was the last straw with Portland’s unyielding and inconsistent parking rules. It’s the third time I have received a $30 parking ticket over these impossible rules. • First: Near a pizza parlor where a sign read “Parking allowed,” but up ahead was a sign back to me, saying, “No parking from 11:30 p.m. to […]
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April 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: Support effort to enhance suicide prevention in schools

As most readers can attest, being a teen is difficult. Teens are experiencing intellectual, emotional, physical and social changes while trying to navigate their way through life. It is so easy for them to feel confused, overwhelmed and lost, especially in today’s society. They’re dealing not only with peer pressure, acne and puberty, but also […]
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April 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: Executing marathon bomber would perpetuate cycle of revenge

Brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev killed and injured innocent Americans because they believed the U.S. is responsible for the deaths of innocent people in the Middle East. Now we wait to hear if Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be put to death by our legal system. We would be taking revenge on two horribly misguided men who […]
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April 14, 2015

Letter to the editor: Maine risking its reputation for decency, mutual respect

I have always prided myself on being a citizen of Maine, where reason and mutual respect were the norm. I felt so superior to those big-city folks. That’s why my first hope for the news last week was that it was an extended April Fool’s issue and not the actual news. Last week, I read […]
Published
April 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: War-mongering critics of Iran deal make no sense

Isn’t it a bit odd that the same people (Benjamin Netanyahu, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton and, well, essentially every Republican in Congress) who say that a nuclear deal with Iran would be a “threat to world peace” are the same people who advocate bombing Iran? That’s like saying that my decision to eat […]

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April 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: General Assistance helps to produce proud, contributing citizens

I came to the U.S. as an asylum seeker from Rwanda in May 2011, having fled my country because of persecution, torture and the fear of being assassinated. I left behind my wife and four children, my assets, my culture and my job. I had served as a humanitarian worker for 10 years before opening […]
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April 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: South Portland should  join move to ban pesticides

Spring is on the way, or at least we hope so. The grass will soon be turning green – but that’s not all that’s going green in Maine this season. Twenty-four communities have passed resolutions banning the use of pesticides on city property. In fact, nearby Ogunquit has passed an ordinance that includes private property […]
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April 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: Require simple rider to gun-carry bill

Re: “Cumberland County police chiefs denounce concealed carry gun bill” (April 8): Having established that proposed concealed carry legislation simply allows “a legal gun owner to carry while wearing a jacket” (according to the sponsor, Sen. Eric Brakey), perhaps a simple rider to the bill would be appropriate. It would provide that in addition to […]
Published
April 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: Why not fight for more gun-ownership requirements?

Instead of allowing people to carry concealed weapons without a permit, why are we not fighting for legislation that requires all gun owners to have permits, even for unconcealed weapons? I understand we have a love of guns in this country (the American Revolution? the Wild West?), but we also have a love of the […]
Published
April 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: Food-safety responsibility falls on many shoulders

Your March 29 article “Meats are impounded as Portland area chefs innovate with high-risk processes” points out many of the challenges associated with restaurant-based curing and value-added processing. Responsibility for food safety can be likened to a three-legged stool. The first leg is the government, which is responsible for protecting public health by putting forth […]

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