Letters

Published
April 4, 2015

Letter to the editor: Harborside buildings must preserve Fore Street vista

There is a perception that people who want to see the harbor go to Fort Allen Park or the Eastern Promenade instead of standing on the Fore Street sidewalk by the Portland Co. This is not true. People do stand there to take in the view. They take pictures, pull their cars over to watch […]
Published
April 4, 2015

Letter to the editor: West Bayside opponents misguided

Greg Kesich’s recent column calling for more housing in the city was an accurate and clear assessment of Portland’s needs. The attack by letter writer Peter Monro, who argues that Kesich is “misguided” and who also implies that Kesich is a shill for big developers, is ludicrous (“Columnist overlooks what unbounded growth could do to […]
Published
April 4, 2015

Letter to the editor: Protect Fore Street harbor view for all to see

The proposed rezoning of the 58 Fore St. property in Portland could be another Union Station moment for the city. The quest for urban revitalization is leading to gentrification. If the zoning has none of the restrictions recommended by the Soul of Portland group, it will be talked about for years to come: “What a […]
Published
April 3, 2015

Letter to the editor: LePage is out of step on drug policy

Regarding your front-page report on the Maine governor’s war on drugs (“Impassioned Gov. LePage calls for drug battle reinforcements,” April 1): In 1971, President Nixon declared drug abuse a public enemy. Since then the U.S. prison population has been exploding; we have the largest in the world! The Department of Justice in 2011 reported that […]
Published
April 3, 2015

Letter to the editor: Newspaper story overlooked perils of melting Arctic ice

If the Portland Press Herald is going to present melting Arctic sea ice as largely an opportunity for “entrepreneurial engagement” that opens up more commercial possibilities for “natural resource extraction” (“Looking for edge, Maine plunges into Arctic policy,” March 30), then good journalistic practice means you owe readers a story about the unprecedented weather, social […]

Published
April 3, 2015

Letter to the editor: Land for Maine’s Future is being held hostage

The administration recently confirmed that Gov. LePage is withholding $11.4 million in voter-approved bonds for the Land for Maine’s Future program. As a result, at least 30 projects that were approved for LMF funding are now in limbo. Over the years, the Land for Maine’s Future program has protected land of statewide and regional significance […]
Published
April 3, 2015

Letter to the editor: LePage’s spats with Mills make her look honorable

Could Gov. Paul LePage be secretly promoting Attorney General Janet Mills as a candidate for governor? Every attempt by LePage to curb her actually makes me realize what an honorable person she must be. “Gov. Janet Mills” – what a marvelous idea! And what a nice way to get us to see she could be […]
Published
April 2, 2015

Letter to the editor: Portland zoning proposal will hurt middle-income housing

The city’s proposed R6 zoning change would require that new housing developments offer a uniform proportion of “affordable” housing units at below-market prices. This requirement to provide “affordable” housing units below their actual cost would compel developers to raise the cost of “market-rate” units in order to offset the subsidy for “affordable” units. This would […]
Published
April 2, 2015

Letter to the editor: Thanks for random act of kindness at Portland restaurant

My wife and I were dining Sunday evening at Petite Jacqueline in Portland. About halfway through our meal, a young couple (he was dressed in jeans, a plaid flannel shirt and a knit wool cap) sat down a couple of tables away from us, ordered and ate a dessert, then left. When we later asked […]
Published
April 2, 2015

Letter to the editor: Efficiency Maine’s wise use of incentives has long-term benefits

We like cheap gasoline. A penny or two less and we pull in to the pumps, when the savings really don’t amount to a hill of beans. It’s the same with Efficiency Maine’s rebates, which get people in the door to reducing their energy use. But unlike gas, energy efficiency saves us year after year […]

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