Letters

Published
January 6, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cutler’s support for gay and lesbian Mainers never wavered

As a longtime advocate for the rights of gay and lesbian Mainers, I am very disappointed to see EqualityMaine’s endorsement of U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud for governor. In 1984, I remember hearing the news about Charlie Howard, a young gay man in Bangor who was thrown off a bridge in a horrific hate crime, and […]
Published
January 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Carbon limits good for Maine economy

I am a Master Recreational Guide who owns and runs a canoe guide business, running multi-day trips on rivers and lakes in the North Maine Woods. Over 18 years of guiding, I’ve seen firsthand the increase in extreme weather; high winds, extended heat waves, severe downpours and winter seasons that have been shortened on both […]
Published
January 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Couple duped by family acknowledges generosity

My husband, Cedric, and I would like to thank everyone for the love, thoughts and generous donations to our family after news of our plight appeared in the Portland Press Herald (“Betrayed by blood,” Nov. 10). Never did we expect so much attention and generosity, and we feel overwhelmed with gratitude. We will now be […]
Published
January 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Free trade agreement a bad deal in all respects

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a massive free trade agreement that would have profound impacts on non-trade issues such as the safety of our food, offshoring American jobs, the cost of medicine, financial regulations, the environment, and the global race to the bottom. I don’t think that anything good could come out of a trade deal […]
Published
January 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Diatribe about Obamacare touches on women’s issue

Wow, that was some diatribe that letter writer Ralph Ginorio wrote in Dec. 29 Telegram about health care reform, including his denouncement of all Democrats who supported it (“Supporters of Obamacare should be voted out of office,” Dec. 29). He complained that “we have lost control over the most intimate and personal of our choices: […]

Published
January 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Hunt for Maine humorists needn’t come up empty

In response to Susan Cook’s excellent Maine Voices column (“The not-so-funny thing about Maine humorists? They are hard to find,” Dec. 26), I suggest we all need to offset the crazy politics of Maine, the nation and world, with a few laughs. For those who remember him, the untimely death of Maine humorist Marshall Dodge […]
Published
January 5, 2014

Letter to the editor: Oil sands pipeline a dangerous idea for all

About five years ago, China bought at least two oil sands mines for billions in Alberta. Their problem has been getting the product back to China. The shortest route would be to go west, but Canada, which has vast experience in handling this toxic substance, refused to issue a permit for a pipeline through the […]
Published
January 4, 2014

Letter to the editor: Portland Planning Board should assess whether midtown follows ordinances

In response to Patrick Venne’s Dec. 18 letter (“Critics of ‘midtown’ project need lesson in government”) and the Press Herald’s slanted coverage of the proposed “midtown” Bayside development: Why has the Press Herald been so reluctant to provide ground-view elevations of this gargantuan project? This letter wouldn’t even be necessary if citizens could see how […]
Published
January 4, 2014

Letter to the editor: Maine’s wind-energy discussion must include data on amount of power produced

Any discussion of the appropriateness of wind energy should include data on the energy any proposed wind system can deliver to the grid. The 130 proposed wind machines at 3.6 megawatts each are assumed to deliver 1,500 gigawatt-hours of electricity each year. Electricity use in Massachusetts is 42,804 gigawatt-hours per year. The proposed Cape Wind […]
Published
January 4, 2014

Letter to the editor: Wind power doesn’t fulfill backers’ promises to Maine

My heart goes out to the wonderful people of Monhegan Island for the decisions that will affect them and generations to come (“Monhegan residents voice concerns over proposed offshore wind project,” Dec. 28). I have been an advocate of alternative energy sources, including wind power, to improve our lives while diminishing use of pollutant energy […]

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