Letters

Published
June 5, 2020

Letter to the editor: Scofflaw in chief’s visit flouts Maine COVID restrictions

We are a retired couple in Florida who had to cancel our long-anticipated visit to Maine this summer because of COVID-19. Despite our sadness, we applaud your 14-day quarantine requirement for out-of-state visitors and wish our governor had half as much good sense as Gov. Mills on this subject. I was extremely disappointed to read, […]
Published
June 4, 2020

Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins’ lack of action leaves Americans more than concerned

Yet another heinous act by President Trump that we have never witnessed from any other president: the firing of five inspectors general. Steve Linick was the fifth inspector general to be fired in a short time. This is a disturbing abuse of power. Yes, the president has the right to remove an inspector general from […]
Published
June 4, 2020

Letter to the editor: How would your life be different if you weren’t white?
Published
June 4, 2020

Letter to the editor: Let’s take steps to ease COVID-fueled tensions

A friend told me she is devastated after being spit upon by another Mainer because she was wearing a black “I love Cuomo” mask with a red heart. The perpetrator believed my friend was a visitor from New York City when, in fact, she is a Maine resident from a small town who lives part […]
Published
June 4, 2020

Letter to the editor: Cemetery flags lift heart of South Portland veteran’s widow

The effort extended by volunteers in Mount Pleasant Cemetery is especially welcome this year.

Published
June 3, 2020

Letter to the editor: Theft, arson are not part of peaceful protests

The First Amendment grants the right to peacefully protest but not to destroy someone else’s property. After serving 29 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, with a priority mission to save lives and property, I cannot now help to stop this madness of burning your hometown because of one incident. Yes, the death with video […]
Published
June 3, 2020

Letter to the editor: Portland police urged to treat protesters respectfully

The people who are demonstrating in the wake of the killing of George Floyd have a constitutional right to assemble that should not be challenged.
Published
June 3, 2020

Letter to the editor: Demonstrators face crackdown; looters are let go

As I watch the many demonstrations occurring in our country today in reaction to the suffocating of George Floyd, I am impressed with the large number of people who are involved in them. It is a positive statement of the concern that so many Americans have for this kind of racial issue, and who wish […]
Published
June 3, 2020

Letter to the editor: Dine-in delays just the latest last-minute Mills decision

I do not understand the timing that Gov. Mills has used, yet again, in her decision making about reopening our state. It seemed that hair salons, etc., were scheduled to reopen and then suddenly allowed to open within two to three days earlier which resulted in salons not being fully prepared. Campgrounds were not to […]
Published
June 2, 2020

Letter to the editor: Susan Collins has left Mainers behind

I am a Maine Democrat and I am alarmed and saddened at recent developments at the federal level. Because of extreme Republican regressive policies, we have an embarrassing and unnecessary national pandemic emergency, our standing on the world stage is deteriorating daily and climate and environmental catastrophe is upon us. And because of the Republican […]

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