Letters

Published
September 27, 2014

Letter to the editor: ‘Clean elections’ petitions are worthy of a signature

Mainers can’t escape noticing that there will be a general election in several weeks. The media is awash with advertisements for the many candidates. When voters go to the polls to cast their ballots in November, they are likely to come into contact with representatives for another campaign. This is a campaign to gather signatures […]
Published
September 27, 2014

Letter to the editor: Columnist Nemitz should be moved to opinion pages

As the election season gears up, I suppose we can expect even more vitriol from Bill Nemitz. He has moved beyond disliking the governor to outright insult and innuendo. An example of reasoned political discussion that Nemitz might consider is the “Agree to Disagree” column by Ethan Strimling and Philip Harriman. I believe Nemitz should […]
Published
September 27, 2014

Letter to the editor: GM, carmakers in general solely interested in profits

I read with interest the article by Jerry Hirsch of the Los Angeles Times titled “19 killed by GM ignition switches” (Page C1, Sept. 16). The favorite argument of General Motors is that the GM of the 1980s or 1990s is not the GM of today. But it is the same GM. Nothing has changed. […]
Published
September 27, 2014

Letter to the editor: Bayside overwhelmed by social services

Portland’s Bayside neighborhood is in crisis. In the last seven years, during my tenure as a Bayside resident, I have seen problems escalate. Bayside is currently the only neighborhood in Portland zoned for emergency shelters, which include Preble Street Resource Center, the Oxford Street Shelter and the Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter. Although the rude, destructive […]
Published
September 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Recording police on video could pose risk to observer

In regards to Bill Nemitz’s column (“We’re here, we’re recording, get used to it,” Sept. 19) on Jill Walker and Sabino Scattoloni being asked to get away from an arrest of a driver who had been pulled over: What if the driver whose arrest they were filming had a gun or was violent? Police never […]

Published
September 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: If governor skips debates, have cordial talk on issues

I have a suggestion for Mike Michaud and Eliot Cutler on what to do if Republican Gov. Paul LePage decides not to show for the gubernatorial debates. Rather than give LePage the advantage by being negative toward one another in the debates, stay issue-oriented and positive toward one another and spend time explaining why either […]
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September 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Media gave short shrift to record-setting climate march

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologists reported last week that the world just experienced the hottest summer on record and that 2014 is on track to be the hottest year yet. Billions of people around the world are already being affected and are greatly concerned for their future. How disappointing, then, that Monday’s Portland Press […]
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September 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: LePage has best pedigree to lead state as governor

Eliot Cutler, a lawyer, peddles his plentiful platitudes but says nothing of substance. Mike Michaud, high school graduate, is winding up 12 undistinguished “back bench” years in Congress. He spent 29 years with a major paper company as a forklift operator. Voters should ask why, in 29 years, his employer never saw any potential in […]
Published
September 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Best alternative to LePage is Cutler, not Michaud

People who want to defeat Gov. LePage should not vote for Mike Michaud, and independent Eliot Cutler should not throw his support to Michaud, either. The objective is to ensure that the best, most qualiﬁed candidate wins, and that candidate is Cutler. Voting for Michaud makes Michaud the spoiler. If everyone who is against LePage […]
Published
September 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Don’t look now, but there’s a race in 1st District, too

Again, this past week, another news article about the 2nd Congressional District race in this newspaper (“Boehner to raise money for Poliquin’s congressional campaign,” Sept. 17). By comparison, there has been virtually no mention of the 1st Congressional District race in this newspaper. Why is that? Isaac Misiuk, the Republican opponent of the sitting 1st […]

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