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February 28, 2013

Letters to the editor: Buffer zone would shield clinic’s clients

Readers say that forbidding protests within a given distance of the clinic would be more effective than police surveillance at addressing patient harassment.
Published
February 27, 2013

Letters to the editorWeak laws help Nestle exploit Maine

The article “Risky business tax breaks cost Maine $100 million per year” (Feb. 20) was an excellent insight into our budget disparities in Maine, particularly in regards to the fiscal challenges facing small towns such as Fryeburg. Since 1997, the Fryeburg Water Co. has sold trillions of gallons of water to Nestle/Poland Spring, and now […]
Published
February 26, 2013

Letters to the editor: Who’s to answer for sequester?

The “Our View” editorial (“House Republicans created sequester crisis,” Feb. 23) stating that Republicans are to blame for the sequester “crisis,” besides being wrong and partisan, misses the point of out-of-control spending and lack of presidential leadership. Since President Obama took office, the national debt has increased 60 percent, or about $6 trillion. By the […]
Published
February 25, 2013

Letters to the editor: Early education doesn’t bear fruit

I’m sure Dana Connors, Meredith Strang Burgess and Robert Moore have their hearts in the right place and truly care about Maine’s tykes (“Maine Voices: Skilled workers start out as well-educated young Mainers,” Feb. 2). So do I, but I disagree with them that the answer is heavy-duty Head Start and other pre-K programs. […]
Published
February 24, 2013

Letters to the editor: Lottery adds to fishermen’s burden

What a good idea the state of Maine has come up with this time. Now the state has decided to make a lottery for the elver/eeling fishery (“Four licenses and 5,200 applicants for Maine elvers,” Feb. 14). Which one will be next? I and others have been commercial fishermen all our lives. We have been paying taxes […]

Published
February 23, 2013

Letters to the editor: Prison crowding points up bad drug policy

Gov. LePage’s plan to spend $100 million on prison renovation is concerning (“LePage: Borrow $100 million for prison project,” Jan. 14), considering that the U.S. already incarcerates more of its citizens than any other nation in the world. Since the war on drugs, the U.S. prison population has skyrocketed. The legal system has become so […]
Published
February 22, 2013

Letters to the editor: Tar sands oil gives U.S. option to OPEC

Reflecting on Portland’s anti-fracking march (“Huge crowd turns out to denounce possible transport of tar sands in region,” Jan. 27), I am reduced to one word: “What?” The God who has blessed us with coal, oil and gas now gives us an alternative to the greed-filled fuels of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (our […]
Published
February 21, 2013

Letters to the editor: An educated country is a secure country

I was glad to see the recent guest column by area business leaders discussing the importance of high-quality early education for improving Maine's economy and future work force . . .
Published
February 20, 2013

Letters to the editor: Storm adds to firefighters’ to-do list

On Sunday, Feb. 10, as the recent record-breaking storm ended, Portland citizens, business owners and visitors were seeing our fire department already out on city streets clearing the nearly 2,000 fire hydrants, which were mostly buried under 3- to 5-foot snowbanks. This is no easy task, considering our department’s reduced on-duty staffing level for six […]
Published
February 19, 2013

Letters to the editor: Homeless people deserve legal protection

Discussing homelessness is like acknowledging the elephant in the room. We all know it’s there, yet few will go far enough to acknowledge the issue or propose a change. Homelessness needs to be discussed. Last November, 450 individuals in Portland utilized homeless shelters. On Dec. 21, the annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil remembered 30 individuals […]

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