Letters

Published
October 24, 2013

Letters to the editor: Editorial feeds anti-tar sands fears

More readers weigh in on the Waterfront Protection Ordinance on the South Portland ballot.
Published
October 23, 2013

Letters to the editor: South Portland councilors sidestep open-meeting law

A statement opposing a citizens’ initiative is issued without public notice or opportunity for public comment.
Published
October 22, 2013

Letters to the editor: Early education key to later success

A proposed high-quality preschool program for low-income kids will help advance Maine’s economy.
Published
October 21, 2013

Letters to the editor: Another sign of a failed City Council

Wow, city inspector quits and is paid hush money by the city leaders (“Portland restaurant inspector was paid to quit, clam up,” Oct. 16)! And this is news? No news to me. For years I have said that it’s time to replace the entire City Council because of its inability to run this city and […]
Published
October 20, 2013

Letters to the editor: Tea party remains a flashpoint

Is it a group of ‘normal’ Americans or disruptive radicals?

Published
October 19, 2013

Letters to the editor: Columnists give Cutler too little credit

Greg Kesich, in his Oct. 9 op-ed on Eliot Cutler’s gubernatorial candidacy (“Cutler’s book doesn’t answer the biggest question: Can he win?”), presented what might be called a content-free discussion of the politics of a three-way gubernatorial race. No mention was made of who might be the better candidate between Cutler, an independent; and Mike […]
Published
October 18, 2013

Letters to the editor: South Portland waterfront ordinance stirs debate

I consider myself an environmentally sensitive person. I was the president of the Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy in the late 1970s and placed a conservation easement on our family property in Penobscot Bay to preserve a wilderness area and restrict future development. I believe that it is critically important to protect the beauty […]
Published
October 17, 2013

Letters to the editor: Civil emergency declaration another LePage puzzle

It didn’t take long for Mainers to start scratching their heads again. It appears our governor ran out of the duct tape he promised us. After a few weeks of relative quiet, he spouted again – this time about the dysfunction in Congress. We are a big country with 50 states and 50 governors. Only […]
Published
October 16, 2013

Letters to the editor: Solution to deadlock a smaller House

Think of the last time that you wanted to go out with a group of friends to do something as simple as dinner and a movie. How long did it take you to decide? You all like each other and enjoy one another’s company, but one of you wants Chinese food and another one of […]
Published
October 15, 2013

Letters to the editor: Reporter sets poor example for readers

Slipping into a closed national park to roller-blade makes the rangers’ job more difficult.

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