Letters

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September 14, 2013

Letters to the editor: Sale best option for Congress Square

As we head into the final council vote on Sept. 16 regarding the sale of a portion of Congress Square Plaza, I was compelled to write. As the general manager of the State Theatre — an active neighbor of the Plaza and the Eastland (Westin) hotel since our reopening in 2010 — I’d like to […]
Published
September 13, 2013

Letters to the editor: Public restroom no help if it is locked

I am a vendor at the Portland Farmers’ Market. On Aug. 31, I returned to the market at Deering Oaks after several weeks’ absence. When I was last there, the historic building in the park above the pond was offering clean bathrooms to the hundreds of park visitors in need of them. Those of us […]
Published
September 12, 2013

Letters to the editor: Poland Spring good steward of resources

Mike Schobinger (“Letters to the editor: Profits from Poland Spring not worth drain on resource,” Sept. 9) is misinformed on many matters regarding Poland Spring and its product. I live near the plant and have most of my life. I do not work for the company but have many ties to it, as many in […]
Published
September 11, 2013

Letters to the editor: Higgins Beach not critical plover site

Can the federal and state unelected fish and wildlife officials ever stop wasting money? The most recent Maine Audubon report (“2012 Piping Plover and Least Tern Project Report for Maine,” February 2013) is a poignant reminder that government officials are wholly unable to stop spending our money. The report clearly states that Higgins Beach has […]
Published
September 10, 2013

Letters to the editor: Use of gas compels action in Syria, Tom Allen says

The invasion of Iraq was the defining catastrophic decision of the George W. Bush administration. I helped lead the fight on the U.S. House floor against the resolution authorizing the president to use all “necessary and appropriate” force against Iraq. The choice America faces in Syria is different. Syrian President Bashar Assad’s deliberate decision to attack […]

Published
September 9, 2013

Letters to the editor: Call to oust Obama misreads Constitution

I couldn’t help but notice that Dana Milbank’s recent column (” ‘Obama derangement syndrome’ epidemic among GOP conspiracy theorists,” Aug. 29) ran directly opposite a letter to the editor from Rose Marie Russell of Westbrook, who claimed that President Obama was flouting the Constitution (“Throw Obama out of office for usurping others’ powers“). It is […]
Published
September 8, 2013

Letters to the editor: Expanded comics pages have fans

It has been on my mind to write to you to let you know how much I have enjoyed the changes you have made to the comics section in the Maine Sunday Telegram, and Dahlov Ipcar’s critical letter on those changes has actually prompted me to sit down and write (“Comics fan not laughing at […]
Published
September 7, 2013

Letters to the editor: It’s not too late to expand MaineCare

Maine recently received a $33 million federal grant to improve efficiency and service in Medicare, Medicaid and the private health care market — an important step. Another way to improve access to affordable health care is through Medicaid expansion. Thousands of Americans have lost their jobs and cannot afford health insurance or are working in […]
Published
September 6, 2013

Letters to the editor: Global war could end U.S. empire

President Obama has been purposely mislabeled a socialist by rightists when he is every bit a neocon and neoliberal, a man who galvanized the anti-Bush, anti-war people of 2008, who neutralized and converted them into a cheering section for the same Bush-Cheney agenda of “total, endless war.” Funny how Democrats, liberals and progressives had a […]
Published
September 5, 2013

Letters to the editor: Readers oppose intervention in Syria

Bill Nemitz’s column (“Syrian images hang over peace protest,” Sept. 1) about Portland’s Saturday peace protest against a U.S. invasion of Syria did not accurately represent the objectives of the march or the views of its participants. (I attended the protest and was quoted in his column.) Nemitz portrayed Saturday’s peace demonstrators buying — as […]

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