Letters

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May 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: War may enrich some, but it likely isn’t ‘us’

I am responding to “Commentary: War makes us safer and richer” (May 4). Let’s begin with the fact that the opinion piece barely touches on the human toll that offsets whatever “progress” has come with wars. “Safer”? This is a conclusion not well supported by the chaos and carnage now taking place in many parts […]
Published
May 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Lack of financial support shows Cutler’s weaknesses

Re: “Open Season: PAC explains Cutler’s early leap to TV” (May 4): Betsy Smith, head of the independent gubernatorial candidate’s Campaign for Maine, is absolutely incorrect when she states that the reason people aren’t donating to Eliot Cutler is that they’re “hesitant at this point to throw their support behind the candidate who they really […]
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May 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: UMaine should stop paying off coaches

University of Maine officials were quick to point out that the $113,800 cost of buying out the contract of the dismissed men’s basketball coach Ted Woodward came from privately raised funds in university President Paul Ferguson’s discretionary account. At a time when the university is trying to find ways to cover a $38 million budget […]
Published
May 10, 2014

Letter to the editor: Solar power policy blasted by CMP customer

Last summer, my girlfriend and I bought our first home and set about making it as tight, energy-efficient and comfortable as we could. Our ï¬rst major upgrade was to get our hot water burden moved off the oil boiler and onto an efficient electric hot water heater. The plan was to offset this increase in […]
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May 10, 2014

Letter to the editor: Edes strongly endorsed by a former colleague

The residents of Cumberland County have a great opportunity to elect a sheriff in the upcoming June primary and, ultimately, in November who truly defines “leader”: Mike Edes of Cumberland. Any organization’s most valuable assets are its employees. They are the fabric of the organization that allows the mission to be accomplished to the highest […]

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May 10, 2014

Letter to the editor: Retirees need real property tax relief

The retired couple from Saco can no longer afford property taxes (“Saco might join few Maine towns that let elderly defer taxes, keep homes,” May 5). They’ve got it right: Selling the property and moving to Florida is the right thing to do. Property taxes hurt those who can least afford it. Just look at […]
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May 10, 2014

Letter to the editor: Panhandling’s a charity, not a business venture

On May 6, a letter from a Southport reader said that Portland should regulate panhandling, and that panhandling is a business. According to Merriam-Webster’s, business is “the activity of making, buying or selling goods or providing services in exchange for money.” The Southport reader asks, “. . . would we allow prostitution on the median? […]
Published
May 9, 2014

Letter to the editor: Statistics show no sense in condoning teen drinking

According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other well-known organizations, approximately 100,000 deaths each year are attributed to alcohol consumption. Of these, 88,000 are attributed to excessive alcohol use. Five percent of all deaths from diseases of the circulatory system are attributable to alcohol. So are 15 percent of deaths from […]
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May 9, 2014

Letter to the editor: Why Maine made it onto a top-10 list for business improvement outlook

While I was in Texas the last two weeks of March, a local Houston station stated that Texas was in the top 10 for business improvement outlook over the next few years, and the top three were Maine, South Dakota and North Carolina. This took me by surprise, so I started looking into why that […]
Published
May 9, 2014

Letter to the editor: Democrats should reassess relationship with Maine People’s Alliance

Recently, there was a media firestorm over the liberal activist group Maine People’s Alliance launching an attack on Rep. Dale Crafts, R-Lisbon Falls, for having “no spine” and failing to “stand up” to Gov. Paul LePage. Rep. Crafts is handicapped and has used a wheelchair ever since a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed 26 years […]

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