Letters

Published
March 12, 2020

Letter to the editor: Seniors key part of Portland’s thriving arts scene
Published
March 12, 2020

Letter to the editor: Give Maine workers opportunities to save for retirement
Published
March 12, 2020

Letter to the editor: Utility trying to intimidate corridor opponents

Hiring a private investigator to tail anti-NECEC petitioners 'is harassment, plain and simple,' and CMP must not be allowed to get away with it.
Published
March 11, 2020

Letter to the editor: Trapping plan is only a short-term solution to rabies in Bath

As a Bath resident, I sympathize with fellow residents who love cute wild animals, but in discussing the rabies problem, we are talking about crazed animals that carry a disease that kills. People are part of the problem. Wildlife is more dense in urban areas because people provide them with food: bird feeders, pet food, […]
Published
March 11, 2020

Letter to the editor: Hypocrisy evident in newspaper’s response to cartoon controversies

Why was one artist banished for an expletive about a public figure, when another has been allowed to come back after promoting racist stereotypes?

Published
March 11, 2020

Letter to the editor: To win over millennials, Biden must make progressive policies a priority

For someone who barely advertised on Super Tuesday, and has minimal grassroots infrastructure or youth support, Joe Biden pulled off a surprising win over my preferred candidate, Bernie Sanders. There will be with an asterisk next to his name. He was not elected in a landslide; instead, it was a close election constituting a minority […]
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March 11, 2020

Letter to the editor: Reject challenge to presidential ranked-choice voting in Maine

“Insanity” is often defined as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” By that definition, the attempt by opponents of ranked-choice voting to force us to vote on this issue for the third time in five years is clearly insanity. Unfortunately, some have decided to challenge the law passed […]
Published
March 10, 2020

Letter to the editor: Who will write the COVID-19 ‘hits’?

Calling all writers and musicians! I propose a contest to share information about preventing the spread of coronavirus: 1) Check the facts at www.cdc.gov. 2) Put words to music and post them on YouTube. 3) share your creation via social media – including the Press Herald. Who wins? The song with the most “hits.” For […]
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March 10, 2020

Letter to the editor: Reich made no claims about ‘orgone accumulator’

Re: “On this date in Maine history: March 8,” by Joseph Owen: We appreciate your acknowledgment of this date and of some of Wilhelm Reich’s important contributions to the fields of psychoanalysis and body-oriented therapies; however, we must take issue with the repetition of baseless statements that Reich claimed the orgone energy accumulator could cure […]
Published
March 10, 2020

Letter to the editor: Early voting distorts political process

Lawmakers should make Election Day voting easier, but absentee ballot access more difficult.

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