Letters

Published
April 30, 2012

Letters to the editor:Gender gap shapes workplace behavior

Is Sen. Susan Collins' suggestion to have more women in the Secret Service obsolete gender typecasting? A letter writer with more than 30 years of working in the information technology field says no.
Published
April 29, 2012

Letters to the editor, April 29, 2012A memorable encounter with King

In 1994 I was in the bowels of an armory in Augusta, standing next to the new governor of Maine, Angus King. My wife and I were close friends of Mary Herman, Angus’ wife, and we had come in just for the inauguration. It was a happy time. I looked at King as we walked […]
Published
April 28, 2012

Letters to the editor, April 28, 2012Cannon’s departure big loss for city

On Aug. 10, 1812, the USS Constitution defeated HMS Guerriere off Nova Scotia. This was the first time the U.S. Navy went one on one against another professional navy warship and came away the uncontested winner. In Europe, people just laughed and said the Americans were just a bunch of old fishermen and pirates, they […]
Published
April 27, 2012

Letters to the editor, April 27, 2012Pain problem goes beyond addiction

Janice Reynolds wrote clearly and credibly about the true pain epidemic (“‘Addiction epidemic’ is media driven, but there is a true pain epidemic,” April 20). Last fall, I made the same point to the reporter who authored the Press Herald series on painkiller abuse, and to the two state task forces on this issue — […]
Published
April 26, 2012

Letters to the editor:Wind projects versus a good view?

I strongly agree with your recent editorial in support of wind power and the Maine PUC’s approval of the opportunity for Emera to invest in Maine and the wind projects. It is remarkable to me that opposition to wind seems to be from people who don’t want their views obstructed. I mean no disrespect to […]

Published
April 25, 2012

Letters to the editor, April 25, 2012Paperboy remembers Payne fondly

Your readers may have read your obituary of Nancy Hill Payne, who died April 6 at the age of 94. I want to contribute this story to flesh out her fine character: The Paynes were among customers on my paper route (Route 161) on Pleasant Avenue. I always liked to toss my tightly rolled and […]
Published
April 24, 2012

Letters to the editorAre budget cuts meant to punish?

Over the past months, Gov. Paul LePage has proposed large cuts to MaineCare, DHHS, General Assistance programs and children’s services. The governor claims that these cuts are solely due to the current financial situation in Maine rather than trying to punish or harm impoverished Maine families. With regards to the need for budget cuts, the […]
Published
April 23, 2012

Letters to the editor:Lots of questions about east-west road

Gov. LePage has signed legislation authorizing spending $300,000 of Maine taxpayers’ money to study a private business proposal to construct an east-west highway. My question is, how will taxpayers be assured that the study will be comprehensive and unbiased and not just provide the answer the proponents want to hear? The cost of gasoline and […]
Published
April 22, 2012

Letters to the editor, April 22, 2012If MERC closes, Biddeford loses

Maine has always had difficulty balancing its budget, and since the Great Recession of the new millennium, many cities and towns have been on the verge of a total fiscal disaster. In addition, the economic outlook doesn’t include any major upward swing in the next several years. Accordingly, any municipality that has a guaranteed income […]
Published
April 21, 2012

Letters to the editor, April 21, 2012Violette a criminal, not a ‘good man’

Letter writer Judith Hopkins speaks of former Maine Turnpike Authority CEO Paul Violette as being a “good man” who has met “misfortune” — the misfortune of being caught in his breach of public trust (“Readers weigh in on Paul Violette’s sentence,” April 11)! His actions are a crime, as are those of the “bankers who […]

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