Letters

Published
August 2, 2014

Letter to the editor: Teens would not be hired at higher minimum wage

A $9.50-an-hour federal minimum wage sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? You get a raise without making yourself more valuable or taking on more responsibilities! I hear a lot of figures being thrown around. What I find frustrating is that the vast majority of the people proposing this increase are not the ones who have to […]
Published
August 2, 2014

Letter to the editor: Does the thief of cemetery plants possess a conscience?

Does whoever who keeps stealing hanging plants from my daughter’s gravesite at Scarborough Memorial Cemetery have any conscience at all? Since she passed away in March, we have had three plants stolen. July 21 was her birthday, so we thought we would try it again. A plant was placed there at noon. At 7 p.m. […]
Published
August 2, 2014

Letter to the editor: ‘Pro-Palestinian’ activists in Portland miss their mark

Like most of the thousands of rockets launched by the Hamas terrorists at innocent Israeli men, women and children, the recent “pro-Palestinian” demonstrators in Monument Square missed their mark. Some are claiming that Israel provoked this and are bent on genocide. The truth and history prove their positions flat-out wrong. Let’s start with the provocation. […]
Published
August 1, 2014

Letter to the editor: Bears taken over bait face humane way to die

I have read many letters encouraging readers to vote for the referendum to end bear baiting, trapping and hounding for the purpose of stopping the “cruelty” against bears. The vast majority of the 2013 reported bear harvest was taken by deer hunters and over bait (2,129 of a total of 2,714). Taking a bear over […]
Published
August 1, 2014

Letter to the editor: Raising a question can disrupt abuse

It takes more than trust to protect children and others from being preyed upon, especially when the predators are teachers, coaches, mentors. I was in high school when a trusted adult initiated me into the world of adulthood. I regret that I did not have the courage, confidence or mindset to tell anyone. Thirty years […]

Published
August 1, 2014

Letter to the editor: Columnist illuminates history of Palestinian-Israeli conflict

The U.S. media needs to inquire more deeply into the complex history of what we call the “Palestinian-Israeli conflict.” Gideon Levy’s columns in Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, tend to offer fair analyses. In his July 13 column, titled “Israel’s real purpose in Gaza operation? To kill Arabs,” Levy calls the “war” a match between […]
Published
August 1, 2014

Letter to the editor: Time to renew commitment to clean air
Published
July 31, 2014

Letter to the editor: South Portland should be proud of city government

On July 21, I attended the City Council meeting in South Portland at the invitation of an organization named Protect South Portland. Scheduled was the final vote on an ordinance that would prohibit the loading of crude oil – including tar sands oil – via the South Portland waterfront. What I observed was a City […]
Published
July 31, 2014

Letter to the editor: If GMO food’s safe, why object to label?

I’m writing in response to “Another View: States’ GMO labeling laws likely to frighten, not inform, consumers” (July 21). I find it insulting to tell consumers that GMO labels will frighten, not inform, them. Food companies in some 60 other countries are required to state that a product contains GMOs, yet there is no evidence […]
Published
July 31, 2014

Letter to the editor: Giving rationale for murder does victim an injustice

In the two July 29 articles on the multiple murder-suicide last weekend (“Seeking the ‘why’ after a quadruple murder-suicide” and “Husband shot wife and three young children as they slept, then killed himself in their Saco apartment”), we learn from the reporters that the accused murderer was a solid, hardworking guy who was experiencing difficulties, […]

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