Letters

Published
February 13, 2015

Letter to the editor: Columnist Harmon is no Charles Krauthammer

In “Another View: Readers deserve better than Harmon’s biased climate views” (Feb. 10), Dudley Greeley echoes my sentiments. The Portland Press Herald should have higher standards for paid commentary than what is offered by M.D. Harmon. I have often wondered why his columns are even published, much less that he shares space with Charles Krauthammer […]
Published
February 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: LePage’s plan for opioid addiction treatment unrealistic

Re: “LePage says dropping methadone coverage is sound, but doctors disagree” (Feb. 5): I have been following Gov. LePage’s proposals for dealing with the opioid addiction epidemic that we’re in the grip of here in Maine. I am a counselor who works in the trenches of opioid addiction treatment and am very confused about the […]
Published
February 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: Ranked-choice voting would clean up electoral process

I was pleased to read the Portland Press Herald’s Jan. 31 editorial on ranked-choice voting (“Our View: Group looks to 2016 for ranked-choice vote”). I collected almost 700 signatures and had a chance to talk to a great number of people on the subject. The No. 1 substantive reason that people gave for not signing […]
Published
February 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: ‘Trickle-down’ economics benefits those at the top

Our kind has a long history of things – whether religious, political or socioeconomic – that have successfully helped the ruling few at the expense of the ruled-over many. And here it comes at us once more with the born-again “road to prosperity” ideological delusions of the governors who govern from the extreme right. Those […]
Published
February 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: Clean Elections Initiative will rein in election money

Maine citizens soon will have an opportunity to rein in big money in our elections. This past year, over 1,000 volunteers gathered more than 85,185 signatures in every county in the state to enable the Clean Elections Initiative to be placed on the ballot this November. On Jan. 21, over 200 people gathered in the […]

Published
February 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: LePage’s income tax claims don’t add up to change

Gov. LePage claims that doing away with the income tax will mean more money in all of our pockets. It will mean higher property taxes, as the residents of New Hampshire well know. My property taxes are 22 times higher than my state income tax. Something just doesn’t add up. Kendall Morse Scarborough
Published
February 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: Negotiations and listening key for debating budget

Despite differences of opinion I have with Gov. LePage, I was pleasantly surprised by his State of the State address. His dignified deportment was a welcome contrast to the vulgarity he displayed during his first term and may bode well for improved behavior in the future. Although I don’t agree with all its provisions, he […]
Published
February 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: Obama right on religious extremists

Half the Earth’s population is either Christian or Muslim. The virtues and historical faults of these religions are remarkably similar. Islam currently is rent by conflict similar in brutality and fanaticism to Christianity’s Protestant-Catholic wars of the 16th and 17th centuries. A third of Germany’s population died in those wars. At last week’s National Prayer […]
Published
February 10, 2015

Letter to the editor: Maine’s lack of high-paying jobs a bigger issue than the minimum wage

Regarding raising Portland’s minimum wage: One point is that a two-bedroom apartment in Portland averages $1,000, requiring full-time employment at $20 an hour. But is a person earning minimum wage shopping for a two-bedroom apartment? Cheaper alternatives include one-bedroom apartments, roommates or living in a nearby town. Those options might not be ideal, but it […]
Published
February 10, 2015

Letter to the editor: Maine shelters are full of potential ‘official state dogs’

Re: “Shelter dogs may better represent state than Labs do”: Marlise Swartz of Yarmouth expressed my thoughts exactly in her Feb. 5 letter suggesting that shelter canines in general – or perhaps one featured per month – be the Maine state dog. Her expanded ideas concerning photo sharing and donations are excellent and show sincere […]

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