Letters

Published
September 7, 2012

Letters to the editor: Maine trade mission heads to China

Next week, I will be joining Gov. Paul LePage and a delegation of Mainers on a seven-day trade mission to Hong Kong and Shanghai. It marks the first time a Maine governor has led a trade mission to mainland China. Our primary goal will be to generate more investment in Maine and promote Maine products […]
Published
September 6, 2012

Letters to the Editor: Check candidates’ environmental records

I am grateful that my state representatives voted for the environment in the past legislative session. The Maine Conservation Voters scorecard, available online at www.mainescorecard.org, reports the voting records of all legislators on environmental bills. There we all can easily track whether our representatives voted as we wished. I hope voters look there to find […]
Published
September 5, 2012

Letters to the editor: Parental roles in beating obesity in kids

Anthony Ligouri makes some persuasive arguments for the Portland school system’s decision to eliminate soda from vending machines (Another View, “Portland on right track with its anti-obesity soft drink ban,” Aug. 27). It all sounds so good except for one thing. What happened to my freedom to choose for myself and make decisions for myself […]
Published
September 4, 2012

Letters to the Editor: School fee will ease taxpayer burden

I have been following the news on the unpopular parking fee to be charged to students of Scarborough High School. While I applaud the initiative shown by Jack Sullivan, senior class president, I think there are other things to consider. (Sullivan led student opposition to the parking fee, and he says students will continue their fight against […]
Published
September 3, 2012

Letters to the editor: Triathlon merited sports section story

Revolution3 Maine — the best thing to hit Old Orchard Beach since Peter, Paul and Mary played the Palace in 1963! Eleven hundred remarkable athletes set their alarms for 3 a.m. or so last Sunday (Aug. 26) while their families and support teams slept in till 4 a.m. The athletes were heading out toward the […]

Published
September 2, 2012

Letters to the editor: Cuban health crisis exaggerated

The Associated Press article on Cuban health care in the Aug. 26 Maine Sunday Telegram (“Cuba squeezed by health care costs”) is off base. Individual complaints of corruption, hoarding and overuse of services are used to suggest health care disaster. It’s as if there aren’t complaints here of troubled doctor-patient relations, hospital mistakes and “can’t […]
Published
September 1, 2012

Letters to the editor: Wigs sought for hair loss victims

I own a small hair salon in Westbrook. We want to be able to offer donated wigs to people suffering from hair loss. We recently looked into buying wigs and realized that wigs can be quite expensive and that insurance doesn’t cover it. In order to buy a nice wig you can spend hundreds, even […]
Published
August 31, 2012

Letters to the editor: Federal taxes only part of the equation

Russ Hughes of Richmond echoed in his letter of Aug. 8 the discredited statement that “the top 1 percent pay 35 percent of all federal taxes, the top 5 percent pay 60 percent and the top 50 percent pay all taxes.” The Press Herald performed a disservice by allowing this factually incorrect information to […]
Published
August 30, 2012

Letters to the editor: Armstrong’s feats can’t be duplicated

Being almost 78 years old now, I was 34 years old when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon in July 1969. I loved reading your Associated Press story about Neil and his passing (he will never die). His career was beyond anything out there today. No one since Dwight Eisenhower has inspired […]
Published
August 30, 2012

More letters to the editor: Readers weigh in on race for White House, U.S. Senate

As I anticipated the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. — after Hurricane Isaac safely permitted it — I was reminded how vicious and destructive the party of Lincoln, in the grips of the tea party and other ultra-right zealots, has become. Throw civility and respect out the door, and usher in […]

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