Letters

Published
March 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: How about a little balance in photos of Maine hoops champs?

The city of Portland boasted two state basketball champs last week: Catherine McAuley High School and the Portland High School boys. McAuley rated two large pictures, both on the front page of the Maine Sunday Telegram and the front page of the Sports section, while the Portland boys rated several smaller pictures. They deserve equal […]
Published
March 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: Columnist Harmon’s take on registering guns has sadly familiar ring

Who but M.D. Harmon (in his Feb. 28 column, “Obama cultivating a fourth branch of government”) would consider it good news that “up to 300,000” Connecticut owners of AR-15 semiautomatic rifles are refusing to register them, perhaps foreshadowing a general resistance like Ukraine’s and Egypt’s to “increasing encroachments on their freedom”? (Mr. Harmon’s source is […]
Published
March 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: Thanks to Pingree, Michaud for trying to keep big-money politics in check

We talk a lot about equality, both here in Maine and across the country. Marriage equality, racial equality and gender equality have been the focus of recent debates and discussions. But more and more, it’s the lack of political equality that is of concern to me. As more special interest money pours into our elections, […]
Published
March 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: Why wasn’t USM wrestler’s victory covered?

This is a question on what is important to us. When a team or individual wins a regional New England or national event, the press usually covers the story, gives some acknowledgment of the accomplishment being a good thing, that overcoming challenges speaks to the human condition and makes us for the most part grateful […]
Published
March 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: With tar sands crude, risks increase when spill occurs

A March 3 Maine Voices column by Jamie Py would have us believe that crude oil from tar sands is no riskier than conventional crude. It is true that dilbit (diluted bitumen) is not tarlike and has not been shown to be any more corrosive to pipelines than any other oil. It does not contain […]

Published
March 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: Maine charter school panel doing its job

Re: “Our View: State-run virtual school better choice for Maine” (Feb. 28): I disagree with the broad stroke you paint that full-time virtual charter schools are a bad fit for public school students. At the public hearing on the proposed virtual school moratorium, students explained reasons for needing a full-time virtual school. They include bullying, […]
Published
March 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Fans are voting with their feet against the Pirates

On Feb. 26, the Portland Press Herald finally published an article suggesting that the move to Lewiston wasn’t such a good idea for the Pirates hockey team (“Pirates again weak to the finish”). All those months that the paper chronicled “the Pirates honchos said this” and “the Cumberland County Civic Center trustees said that,” there […]
Published
March 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Spend less on pets and more on humans in need

After living 86 years, I had never read something that upset me quite like an article in the Feb. 27 newspaper, “Animal Refuge League plans new $6.5 million Westbrook shelter.” What’s wrong with this picture when shelters and clinics for the homeless have to close due to lack of money while friends of pets can […]
Published
March 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins favors tar sands over the environment

Mainers are environmentalists. We believe that quality of life and quality of place go together. We might assume that our moderate senator, Susan Collins, is also an environmentalist. We would be wrong. Sen. Collins joined 52 other senators in 2013 urging President Obama to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. When I asked her on MPBN’s […]
Published
March 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Legal appeal of midtown project aims at vision for Portland

We residents, businesspeople and landowners of Bayside are challenging the approval of the massive midtown project because we believe the rules that govern development in Portland deserve to be upheld and the community’s own vision brought to fruition. Our legal appeal should come as no surprise. Every count in the complaint has been raised before […]

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