Letters

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May 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Push Portland council to take steps to protect environment

In the near future, the Portland City Council will be voting on the recommendation of its Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee to ban polystyrene containers. I urge you to contact your city councilor and ask them to support this recommendation. On May 21, the Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee will be meeting to decide whether […]
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May 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Only male turkeys can be hunted in Maine until end of May

You printed a photo caption on the front page April 26 that reads, “Turkeys like these are fair game for hunters through the end of May.” With all due respect: There are two hens and one male turkey in the picture on the front page. The male turkey is located in the center of the […]
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May 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Woman’s abortion defense makes opposition’s point

There is a YouTube video that has gone viral. It shows a 25-year-old woman, Emily Letts, having an abortion. Her desire was to show abortion in a positive light. I found one of her statements very interesting: “I don’t feel like a bad person. I don’t feel sad. I feel in awe of the fact […]
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May 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: New Balance gets healthier, thanks to Michaud’s support

Days after the Department of Defense announced that our country’s service members would wear American-made athletic footwear, I toured the New Balance factory in Norridgewock with U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud. The employees greeted us with incredible enthusiasm. The DoD decision is a big win for them. New Balance employs about 900 Mainers at plants in […]
Published
May 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Government shares blame for FairPoint’s poor service

To those of us who want good telephone service, here is a sad tale. FairPoint Communications has an office in Portland called the Customer Excellence Center. Staffers purportedly aid and assist in customer service. In my opinion, they are a bad joke on what a real telephone company should be providing. When we as customers […]

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May 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Single train operator no way to run a railroad

Running any train without a conductor is dangerous. Even a single-car train with only one locomotive must be manned by at least two qualified persons: one certified, qualified and rested conductor and one certified, qualified and rested locomotive engineer. Many non-railroad readers often confuse these two similar, yet different, train crew members. The conductor of […]
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May 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Portland Museum of Art’s former director also played a major role

Re: “Portland Museum of Art director Mark Bessire: An individual with an eye”: Thank you for the great story by Bob Keyes about the extraordinary job Mark Bessire has done for the Portland Museum of Art and Congress Square in just the last ï¬ve years. He has accomplished during this short period many of the […]
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May 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Racism no stranger to Boston sports

It’s disheartening to see that racism persists in the Boston sports world (“Racist tweets thoroughly condemned,” May 3). When P.K. Subban, a black player for the Montreal Canadiens, scored the winning goal in a playoff game against the Bruins, a torrent of racist abuse erupted via Twitter. The Bruins management said the tweets “do not […]
Published
May 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Obama flouts Constitution much like Andrew Jackson

I have read numerous recent letters by people who feel that former President Andrew Jackson’s picture should be removed from our currency. After all, he was the principal culprit in causing the death of about 4,000 Cherokee Native American men, women and children as they were driven from their lands in a death march known […]
Published
May 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Land-based nuclear weapons pose unnecessary risk

“Do we still need land-based nukes?” That is a question we must ask ourselves. Our Air Force keeps nuclear weapons ready for immediate use on presidential command, while attempting to ensure there is never an accidental or unauthorized use – an impossible task. Accidents have occurred, as described by Eric Schlosser in the book “Command […]

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