Letters

Published
September 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Government consolidation sensible for small towns

An editorial regarding school consolidation brings to mind a much larger issue (“Our View: School consolidation failure calls for different tack,” Sept. 2). Maine has nearly 500 municipalities supported by only a half-million households. A number of these municipalities have fewer than 4,500 people and contain no physical school, post office, library, complete fire, EMT […]
Published
September 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Easy OK of docks, wharves belie words of DEP’s Aho

So Environmental Protection Commissioner Patricia Aho suddenly is “committed to the protection of the environment” (“Maine DEP chief requests oversight of Amtrak plan for Brunswick layover facility,” Aug. 30)? Let’s take, for example, Commissioner Aho’s actions on docks and wharves. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has long used a difficult and time-consuming dock application […]
Published
September 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Kendrick truly an angel, deserves church’s respect

It was refreshing to read the continued work that Paul Kendrick of Freeport has been and is undertaking to protect our youth from sexually deviant predators and pedophiles, both in the Catholic Church and in shelters and orphanages (“Before defamation trial of sex abuse activist, a timely twist,” Sept. 15). He is truly an angel. […]
Published
September 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Elephant sanctuary worth trumpeting

We are grieved to hear of Dr. Jim Laurita’s death at his beloved sanctuary in Hope. We are responding to the negative conclusions some groups have drawn about the veterinarian’s mission and passion for these two “ladies,” Rosie and Opal. Our family has visited the facility three times in the past two years, and we […]
Published
September 20, 2014

Letter to the Editor: Michaud’s deceptive ad shows a recurring theme

I was very disappointed to see that congressman Mike Michaud has apparently fabricated a newspaper headline in his recent television advertisement in his campaign for governor. That the headline comes from his own news release but he makes it appear to come from a newspaper is very deceptive. It seems to me that this says […]

Published
September 20, 2014

Letter to the Editor: Collins talks like moderate, votes like a Republican

I’d like to express my dissatisfaction with Sen. Susan Collins. She claims to be a moderate and bipartisan, yet she votes with the Republicans 80 percent of the time. She’s voted against raising the minimum wage, against equal pay for equal work and in favor of reducing veterans’ pensions, and she just voted against democracy […]
Published
September 20, 2014

Letter to the Editor: Sen. Collins’ tireless work merits a vote in November

Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ tireless work representing Maine in the U.S. Senate should be recognized and lauded. She has made it a point to never miss a vote, ensuring that Maine’s voice is heard and registered at each and every opportunity. The simple fact that she has never missed a vote is not what most […]
Published
September 20, 2014

Letter to the Editor: Key question for Cutler: Why push for more debates?

It’s interesting that Eliot Cutler is calling for more than the six gubernatorial debates already scheduled this fall. Is it possible that he’s eager to use his Harvard and Georgetown Law debate skills on our perpetually self-embarrassing governor and on congressman Mike Michaud, who wears his North Woods Maine blue collar quite proudly? Two questions […]
Published
September 20, 2014

Letter to the Editor: Police shooting of cat merits coverage

Regarding the news article “Stray cat recovering from shooting by officer who suspected rabies” (Sept. 4) and the letter “Coverage of police shooting is definitely no cat’s meow” (Sept. 10): Your reporting on little Clark’s unnecessary wounding was well-written. I thank you for it, and I thank law enforcement for paying medical bills. After his […]
Published
September 19, 2014

Letter to the editor: Maine paying a price for its generosity

While Mainers are being inundated with commercials, endorsements, polls, etc. on behalf of the gubernatorial candidates, little attention is paid to the bread-and-butter issues and how the candidates intend to allocate our limited resources if elected. According to the budget data on Policypedia, Maine spent a total of just under $6 billion on six spending […]

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