Letters

Published
July 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: Legalization of pot invites mayhem, tragedy on roads

I’m writing in regard to a July 1 column by Ruth Marcus headlined “Commentary: Head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse sees legislation of pot as risky social experiment.” Marcus, in her informative interview with the head of the above-named institute, a lady by the name of Nora Volkow, asks, “Can a country afford […]
Published
July 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: Carefully read policy before buying disability insurance

I read the July 17 article “Employers dropping long-term disability insurance,” and I was not surprised that employers and employees are cutting long-term disability insurance. Several years ago, while working in Connecticut, I became disabled and could no longer work. After three months of short-term disability and some paperwork to prove I was disabled, my […]
Published
July 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Support a peaceful solution in Mideast

This past week, both houses of Congress passed resolutions expressing U.S. “support for the state of Israel as it defends itself against unprovoked rocket attacks from the Hamas terrorist organization.” Among the Senate co-sponsors was Maine’s Susan Collins. Sen. Collins and her colleagues surely know that the largely ineffectual rockets fired from Gaza are not […]
Published
July 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Hobby Lobby ruling opens door to discrimination

The recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby’s religious rights is a puzzling one. I thought that one of the intentions of Obamacare is to allow folks access to a baseline standard of health care services, without discrimination. If Hobby Lobby can pick and choose which packages of coverage it offers employers, then […]
Published
July 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Michaud deserves respect for his personal evolution

As a public clergy figure in Maine, I cannot endorse candidates. Speaking as a citizen not endorsing a candidate, I write in defense of Mike Michaud’s record on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues from a personal and psychological perspective. Many of Michaud’s critics are straight. While it is wonderful to hear non-LGBT individuals speaking […]

Published
July 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Failure to vote shows Cutler’s civic commitment

I heard on the radio that Eliot Cutler said he didn’t have time to vote in the June 10 election. He said he had a very full schedule that day, and besides, he knew that the only important issue on his town’s ballot, the school budget, would pass. Well, I guess Mr. Cutler is in […]
Published
July 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Writer gets to the heart of overpopulation challenge

With the publication of Kurt Woltersdorf’s “The Conversation: Is it getting crowded around here?” (Source, July 13), the Press Herald again thoughtfully chooses to be a principled “thought leader” and to print critical perspectives that most media unfortunately ignore. Kurt’s piece drives to the source of Maine’s, and humanity’s, ultimate challenge: ridding ourselves of the […]
Published
July 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Air conditioning would add to summer schooling costs

A recent Sunday Telegram editorial (July 13, Our View: “Long summer break leaves kids behind”) suggests year-round schooling “would not add much cost to the typical Maine school year.” The significant cost you have overlooked is retrofitting hundreds of older school buildings with air conditioning. Hot and humid classrooms will not be conducive to learning. […]
Published
July 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Saco woman’s death not caused by inattention crossing road

We write as neighbors of our recently deceased friend Jewell Friedman, to clear up any misconceptions created by Sunday’s article (Maine Sunday Telegram, July 13) regarding her death from the reckless hit-and-run driver on Ferry Road in Saco. It would be foolish or suicidal to cross Ferry Road near the Atlantic Heights retirement community without […]
Published
July 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Senior citizens feel disrespected by governor

As senior citizens dependent upon Social Security and Medicaid entitlements, my husband and I join with all concerned Mainers upset with Gov. Paul LePage inexplicably equating us with welfare recipients. His subsequent explanation for this erroneous statement (without apology) and assertions he protects senior interests have no credibility. The pattern of our governor’s infamous “plain […]

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