Letters

Published
October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Teddy Roosevelt would find Maine bear hunt appalling

U.S. President and avid outdoorsman Teddy Roosevelt hunted game in many states and especially enjoyed Maine. He was once brought by a Maine hunting guide to a trapped bear of legendary size, but angrily refused to shoot a captured animal. This president who preserved millions of acres in this country to provide wilderness experiences for […]
Published
October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cutler won’t allow backsliding on workers’ compensation

As a person who worked in the Maine workers’ compensation field for almost 40 years, I am supporting independent Eliot Cutler for governor. I have seen the system evolve over all those years, and Maine, her citizens and businesses cannot afford to go backward on workers’ compensation. Eliot Cutler has promised that he will continue […]
Published
October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins part of the problem in Washington

When Sen. Susan Collins voted with her Republican colleagues to shut down the federal government in 2013, she should have realized the consequences for Maine: delayed veterans benefits payments, delayed low-income housing assistance payments and closing of Acadia National Park and $16 million in lost revenue. Sadly, while Ted Cruz read children’s stories to an […]
Published
October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Maine needs Eliot Cutler – now

I have lived in Maine for seven years, but I have also lived elsewhere across the country. I have never lived in a place where progress was so slow and the economy was so glaringly poor. I am confident now more than ever that Eliot Cutler is the only candidate who can transition Maine into […]
Published
October 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Don’t waste a vote on Cutler

Make no mistake about it: A vote for independent Eliot Cutler will help Republican Gov. Paul LePage get re-elected. Recent polls and experience show that Cutler will not win a three-way race. He takes more votes away from Democrat Mike Michaud than he does Paul LePage – and, like four years ago, LePage will win. […]

Published
October 25, 2014

Letter to the editor: LePage’s tenure has been tough for the elderly

Gov. LePage hasn’t cut taxes for the average middle-income taxpayer. He’s increased the property-tax burden for the elderly, poor and middle-income taxpayer by decreasing revenue sharing to towns and cities. We live in Augusta. The four years before LePage was elected governor, our taxes went up 1.2 percent; during his first four years in office, […]
Published
October 25, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cutler displayed a condescending attitude in debate

Ron Bancroft’s Oct. 18 column (“Maine Voices: Maine desperately needs an adult in the Blaine House”) is typical of the demeaning attitude toward Democrat Mike Michaud on the part of independent Eliot Cutler and, apparently, one of his supporters. It’s outrageous to imply that a public servant like Mike Michaud, who has devoted years to […]
Published
October 25, 2014

Letter to the editor: Avoiding Cutler as a ‘spoiler’ promotes a broken political system

It’s simply a myth that independent Eliot Cutler is a “spoiler” in the 2014 gubernatorial race. Eliot came within 2 percent of beating Paul LePage in 2010 as Libby Mitchell lost ground. Democrat Mike Michaud is losing ground now. Therefore, it is imperative we vote our conscience and not just use our vote as a […]
Published
October 25, 2014

Letter to the editor: Manchester knows how to listen and communicate

On Nov. 4, residents of Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Gray, Long Island, Chebeague Island and the northeast part of Westbrook (Senate District 25) have the opportunity to continue our district’s history of electing smart and independent voices in Augusta by voting for Cathy Manchester. Cathy was Maine’s first female chief of police during her first career […]
Published
October 25, 2014

Letter to the editor: Tuttle deserves re-election as a voice for the disenfranchised

I write in support of re-electing Democrat John Tuttle to the Maine Senate. I have known him for 25 years. He has helped us with the Kairos Christian Ministry Program at Maine State Prison and at the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland. Sen. Tuttle was extremely helpful in solving the visa problem […]

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