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Published
May 21, 2013

Letters to the editor: LePage’s goal to destroy public schools

The response from the public to Gov. LePage’s A-F grades for public schools was immediate and severe. Now the motives behind the grades are clearer. An internal memo that, no doubt, the governor hoped wouldn’t see the light of day, has been discovered. It clearly delineates the Department of Education political agenda. The memo from […]
Published
May 20, 2013

Letters to the editor: City should reject oil sands resolution

The 400 members of the Maine Energy Marketers Association work every day to lower energy prices for their customers. The Portland City Council will soon consider a resolution opposing the transportation of oil sands through the region. This resolution could limit our supply of petroleum products and lead to higher energy prices for Maine consumers. […]
Published
May 19, 2013

Letters to the editor: Readers praise, pan tax plan

I think the bipartisan group’s plan is a great place to start. However, I’d suggest four changes: Not tax those goods truly essential to life: (a) heating fuel; (b) basic foods, including meats, vegetables, fruits, non-dessert dairy products and grains, including non-dessert baked goods and grain products; and (c) medical/dental care, including prescription medicines, annual […]
Published
May 18, 2013

Letters to the editor: Guardians work for children, not money

Regarding Scott Dolan’s article on May 9 titled “Complaints fuel bid to reform children’s representation in Maine disputes”: I am a guardian ad litem. I resent the implication that this is all about money. Every guardian I know has lost money on many cases. We are usually able to get an initial retainer, but when […]
Published
May 17, 2013

Letters to the editor: Scope of Styrofoam ban questioned

I am an employee of a Portland-based company that distributes expanded polystyrene shipping containers to local seafood companies. I write this letter in the hope that it may help the Portland City Council understand some important questions and concerns of some who work and/or live in Portland regarding the proposed citywide Styrofoam ban (“Portland moves […]

Published
May 16, 2013

Letters to the editor: Cutler must test himself in party primary

In the last gubernatorial election, I voted for Eliot Cutler after concluding that Libby Mitchell wouldn’t defeat Paul LePage and that Cutler had the best chance. I had reservations over Gov. LePage, based on his campaign. Unfortunately, he has fulfilled my reservations and then some, especially his negative rhetoric, bullying tactics and his simplistic black-and-white […]
Published
May 15, 2013

Letters to the editor: Maine public schools have proud history

A few years ago, I bought a book titled simply “A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts.” A work of nonfiction published soon after the War of 1812, it tells of a doctor who was one of the crew of a privateer captured by the British and then sent to England to spend the […]
Published
May 14, 2013

Letters to the editor: Bill would revive union insurance monopoly

I understand that the Press Herald looks at everything Maine from a liberal perspective. However, I was surprised to find not one mention of L.D. 300, “An Act to Protect School Administrative Units and Taxpayers.” How could anyone not love that title? The only problem is that the act protects neither schools nor taxpayers. It […]
Published
May 13, 2013

Letters to the editor: NRA brushes off risks guns pose to kids

During the recent National Rifle Association convention, a seminar titled “Home Defense Concepts” was conducted by Rob Pincus, a so-called “gun safety advocate and firearms instructor.” Pincus recommended to attendees that a “quick-access safe (containing guns of course, loaded and ready to be fired) be placed in the closet of your kids’ room.” His rationale […]
Published
May 12, 2013

Letters to the editor: Mainers deserve fair eel quotas

Casual observers might have taken the April 30 public hearing in Augusta on the draft American eel fisheries management plan by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to be a referendum on government interference in a region’s right to a state-specific resource. This outreach (“Maine fishermen resist eel harvest quotas,” May 1) was actually conducted […]

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