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February 15, 2014

Letter to the editor: Use of executive order nothing new for presidents

President Obama’s threat to push his agenda via executive order is nothing new. Every president, apart from one, has used the executive order as a means to establish law without congressional approval, without judicial oversight and without voter input. More than 60,000 executive orders have been issued since George Washington issued the first eight. Tops […]
Published
February 15, 2014

Letter to the editor: Obamacare effect on labor a good thing

On Feb. 4, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated a decline in employment of about 2.3 million jobs by 2021 because of Obamacare. The report explicitly states that the estimated reduction in jobs “stems almost entirely from a net decline in the amount of labor that workers choose to supply, rather than from a net […]
Published
February 15, 2014

Letter to the editor: Midtown and arterial plans a destructive combination

It used to be that green space and nice views were appreciated in Portland. Now, with the planned demise of the Franklin Arterial, in conjunction with the massive “midtown” project being planned in Bayside, that no longer seems to be the case. The impending construction is going to turn Portland into a smaller copy of […]
Published
February 15, 2014

Letter to the editor: Civic center doomed to fail without a parking solution

You can spend another $50 million to modernize the Cumberland County Civic Center, but it will be the same old CCCC because it does not have the most important feature that would attract people and new games – and my answer to all this is parking. Chet Milo Hollis Center
Published
February 14, 2014

Letter to the editor: Work that curbs scamming of Maine’s elders deserves praise

I applaud the important steps being taken by the Office of the Attorney General to curb financial exploitation and elder abuse of older Mainers. This was highlighted in the Portland Press Herald article “Maine task force to focus on prosecution of elder abuse cases” (Feb. 1). Each year, identity theft, investment fraud and scams […]

Published
February 14, 2014

Letter to the editor: Refugees try hard, deserve chance to thrive in Maine

I write this in response to Earl Harnden’s letter to the editor of Jan. 30 (“Who gave immigrants the right to a free ride here?”). He states that he has worked hard all his life and no one has ever given him anything. Yet most of us living in this country have been given the […]
Published
February 14, 2014

Letter to the editor: Port Clyde, Berwick crashes show that strict liability should apply in road fatalities

On Aug. 11, 2013, while getting ready for a trip to Monhegan Island from Port Clyde, Cheryl Torgerson drove her car into another car and a number of people, killing 9-year-old Dylan Gold and severely injuring Jonathan Coggeshall. Knox County’s district attorney, Geoffrey Rushlau, has declined to press charges, because it would be difficult to […]
Published
February 14, 2014

Letter to the editor: Portland lingerie store ad featuring model, age 65, ‘very fine’

On behalf of all the red-blooded men (mature or otherwise) residing in the Portland area, I would like to thank the lingerie and bra-fitting store Aristelle for its very fine half-page ad on Page A4 of the Portland Press Herald on Jan. 30. The inspirational image and pose of your model Geri, age 65, will […]
Published
February 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Two different populations use opiates – one responsibly, the other not

A recent Portland Press Herald had an article that I found very disturbing. It was about a Narcan distribution service started by MaineGeneral Health for patients with chronic pain (“MaineGeneral Health’s new Narcan program aims to stop overdose deaths,” Feb. 6). The article slid back and forth between addiction-related overdoses (a similar Narcan program for […]
Published
February 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Decline in abortion rate victory for pro-life cause

The Feb. 3 article “Abortion rate at lowest point since 1973” tells only half the story and is even misleading. The article would have one believe that Planned Parenthood and its contraceptive agenda are responsible for the abortion decline. Not so. Here’s what they don’t want you to know. It’s the abortion ratio, not the […]

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