Letters

Published
October 30, 2014

Letter to the editor: Despite her youth, Emily Downing shows great responsibility

Emily Downing is a 22-year-old college student, an AM radio intern learning important skills and a Westbrook homeowner. Best of all, she is running on the Republican ticket for House District 35. You may be surprised that such a young person can juggle and succeed with all of those responsibilities. Emily has a work ethic […]
Published
October 30, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cutler supporters control this election

I’m not alone in my frustration that our voting system allows a candidate to win with less than half the vote. We should all be able to “vote our dream” without last-minute checking of polls and calculating the results of “voting our conscience.” With the most recent University of New Hampshire poll in hand, the […]
Published
October 30, 2014

Letter to the editor: Michaud’s traits: Measured, thoughtful, considerate

Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud has been called “dishonest” by Republican Gov. Paul LePage. In my opinion and in my experience in serving in the Legislature with Mike, there isn’t a dishonest bone in his body. One could go to Mike for a vote, advice or just to talk about a piece of legislation and […]
Published
October 30, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cutler missed chance to make ‘smart’ choice

Much is made of the fact that Republican Gov. Paul LePage and independent Eliot Cutler are businessmen. I like the idea of somebody graduating from high school, punching a time clock for nearly 30 years and still making time to serve the citizens of the state of Maine. This is what Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike […]
Published
October 30, 2014

Letter to the editor: Why should Cutler give way to a lesser candidate?

There is, without doubt, a consensus in Maine that independent Eliot Cutler is a far better qualified candidate for governor than his opponents. Cutler has valuable experience in developing job-creating businesses, in practicing law nationally and internationally, in managing the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and in helping enact the Clean Water and Clean […]

Published
October 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: Voters should recognize Cutler’s extraordinary talent

Maine voters have an opportunity in independent Eliot Cutler to elect a governor with vision, a plan and a way to pay for a 21st-century economy in Maine. I am impressed by and confident in Eliot’s business expertise, his plan for welfare reform and property tax relief and his plan to improve declining state infrastructure. […]
Published
October 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: Former Rep. Tom Allen endorses Michaud

Eliot Cutler, the independent candidate for governor, and Mike Michaud, the Democratic candidate, are friends of mine. I worked with Eliot for Sen. Ed Muskie in the early 1970s and served together with Mike in Congress for six years. In 2010, I voted for Eliot; this year, I am voting for Mike. In a nutshell, […]
Published
October 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: Voters can prevent bears running roughshod

As an animal damage control agent, I will be directly involved in trapping the problem bears Question 1 is sure to create. “Yes on 1” is a conscious decision to ignore our biologists’ warnings that danger of death is imminent. It brings bear trapping from backwoods to backyards. It surrenders control of bears, to bears […]
Published
October 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: LePage is the only candidate who understands the need for cheaper energy

As a manufacturing employer and business owner in Maine for over 25 years, I’m alarmed by the unprecedented increases in electricity costs that threaten our business and its 328 hard-working and loyal employees. This urgent situation clearly calls for political will and leadership, and Republican Paul LePage is the one candidate who understands the severity […]
Published
October 29, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cutler is far better than ‘good enough’ for Maine

I don’t know when I’ve ever felt more strongly about the importance of a Maine election than I do now, and the opportunity that independent Eliot Cutler offers us to pull Maine out of the “good enough” doldrums that we’ve been in at least as long as I can remember. He is the only principled […]

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