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Published
February 18, 2013

Letters to the editor: Church puts power in the wrong hands

Benedict XVI’s resignation frustrates my plan for an online petition demanding it. Two grounds: The Vatican curia’s and Paul VI’s thwarting of Vatican II reform implementation procedures have allowed John Paul II’s and Benedict XVI’s major undoing of Second Vatican Council reforms and what hundreds of theologians have long agreed is a Vatican schism. Where […]
Published
February 17, 2013

Letters to the editor: Unlikely allies hurt U.S. workers

In her commentary (“Think again: Fallacies about immigration,” Feb. 3), Shannon O’Neil at least does the service of correctly identifying the advocates of unrestricted immigration: Big Business and the Democratic Party. Business wants to keep wages low by importing low-cost labor, and the party seeks a permanent constituency of welfare dependents. Neither gives a fig […]
Published
February 16, 2013

Letters to the editor: Rail service expansion poised for success

I wanted to respond to Colin Woodard’s article “Expansion of passenger trains in Maine takes slow track” (Feb. 4). In reference to expanding Amtrak Downeaster service to Auburn, the story reports: “… a 2011 Maine Department of Transportation study suggests ridership would be limited. … The study predicted 30,000 people would use it annually.” Before […]
Published
February 15, 2013

Letters to the editor: Clinic’s closure would cause care gap

Regarding Gov. LePage’s plan to shut Clinical Services (“LePage’s budget would cut off patients with special needs,” Feb. 1): I am a registered nurse and have worked for Clinical Services for more than 15 years. I have been retired for the past three years. This clinic serves people whose diagnoses range from mild to profound […]
Published
February 14, 2013

Letters to the editor: LePage misuses his time with students

I must comment on “LePage reads to school kids, offers his opinions” (Feb. 2). What Gov. LePage said at St. John Catholic School on Feb. 1, and apparently at a Waterville Junior High School presentation last year, is wrong on so many levels. The Portland Press Herald reported that the governor read “Baxter at the […]

Published
February 13, 2013

Letters to the editor: Drug warnings aimed at saving lives

I am writing to applaud Portland Public Health in their decision to release posters addressing the particularly potent heroin recently affecting Greater Portland (“Posters warn addicts about potent Portland heroin,” Feb. 5). As controversial as it may seem to publicly encourage precautions when using illegal substances, in no way do I interpret the intent of […]
Published
February 12, 2013

Letters to the Editor: For profits, bishop will forgo integrity

Regarding the Jan. 25 column by Bill Nemitz, “Uh-oh, bishop, what have you gotten yourself into?” : Bishop Richard Malone shouldn’t be criticized for diversifying his investment portfolio, but by his recent decision to purchase a strip mall in Portland, Bishop Malone exhibits blatant hypocrisy, even attempting to use a moral theologian to justify his […]
Published
February 11, 2013

Letters to the editor: Wake-up call needed on teens’ bedtimes

Both parents and students have said they’d support a later start to the school day for Portland Public Schools, because children are often exhausted in the early morning and their learning and test scores are greatly affected (“Longer school days, shorter summers under Portland school plan,” Feb. 4). One parent said, “Kids just want to […]
Published
February 10, 2013

Letters to the editor: Cuts will hurt seniors, taxpayers

Shifting budget woes to the most vulnerable populations will result in a devastating blow to Maine’s low-income seniors and Maine taxpayers. When people are hungry and cold, paying for medicine to treat chronic diseases will always come last. Survival struggles such as these will force the most vulnerable of populations to eat and stay warm […]
Published
February 9, 2013

Letters to the editor: GOP ‘attack dogs’ set sights on Hagel

The nomination of Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense is being derailed by the Republican far right because he isn’t parroting their agenda for the Pentagon, a reader says.

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