Letters

Published
December 29, 2019

Letter to the editor: Gorham connector plan at odds with Climate Council goals

A feasibility study has the right idea: Explore public transit, land-use planning and upgrades to existing roads.
Published
December 29, 2019

Letter to the editor: Hydropower key part of cleaner electricity system, Hydro-Québec scientist says

Recently, there’s been a lot of talk in Maine about Canadian hydropower. Maine citizens have the right to know the facts about hydropower, not a list of misleading statements. I’m a climate scientist and have measured the emissions from hydropower reservoirs in Québec for 25 years. Hydropower development does create carbon emissions, but these emissions […]
Published
December 28, 2019

Letter to the editor: Check Trump’s power or allow corruption by him, future presidents

Watching the House impeachment hearings sickened me with a realization: We live in two Americas. Not just rich versus poor or black versus white – those are worrisome enough. No, I am talking about fact versus gaslight. This trend threatens our democracy. In democracy scholar Larry Diamond’s most recent book, “Ill Winds,” he writes: “Some […]
Published
December 28, 2019

Letter to the editor: Impeachment hearings make case for term limits

I’ve learned a few things from watching “The Schiff Show”: The Democrats are smarter than everyone else in the whole world, and we need term limits for every politician on a town, city, county, state and federal level. We have term limits for governors and the president – why not for the rest of these […]
Published
December 28, 2019

Letter to the editor: Details of missing Richmond woman’s medical, police records didn’t belong in news story

I am writing to express my strong feelings of distaste for the Kennebec Journal article published on the front page of the local section of the Press Herald on Dec. 11: “Missing woman struggles with mental health, medical records show” (Page C1). In both the photo and the article, but more so the article, I […]

Published
December 28, 2019

Letter to the editor: Maine official seems to backtrack on commitment to closing youth prisons

Colin O'Neill's statement that Long Creek is part of a continuum of services to young people is disappointing.
Published
December 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: Wildlife population won’t self-regulate, Bay State’s experience shows

In a recent letter to the editor (Dec. 17), Don Loprieno stated that there is no need for recreational trapping, in that animal populations will self-regulate. A number of years ago, leghold traps, commonly used by recreational trappers in Massachusetts, were banned, and body-gripping traps were restricted through a statewide ballot initiative. Within five years […]
Published
December 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: U.S. economy is great only for those at the top

In response to the Maine Voices column by Robert Daigle (“Trump is following through on a well-founded economic plan,” Dec. 20), I have to disagree. It may be a great plan, as it has turned out, for President Trump’s billionaire buddies and the corporations but hardly beneficial to the people in the real world, sometimes […]
Published
December 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: Senate witnesses could give trial factual grounding

Perhaps the American public will get a chance to see in the Senate those witnesses who the administration refused to let appear in the House. For example, it would be good to hear from President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Mick Mulvaney, acting chief of staff, and Philip Reeker, acting […]
Published
December 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: Don’t take for granted the lives saved by vaccines

A retired pediatrician who 'watched many serious infectious diseases be eradicated' warns of the impact of repealing Maine's school immunization mandate.

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