Letters

Published
July 8, 2019

Letter in the editor: Welcome refugees, invest in the future

Maine is an aging state in need of young blood and skilled workers. With this in mind, I would suggest the following actions to help the refugees and the people of Maine. First, screen out all the health care workers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, etc. Send them to one of the universities in Maine that gives […]
Published
July 7, 2019

Letter to the editor: To stop child abuse deaths, we need to know why they’re happening

Re: “Our View: Build a better child welfare system – finally” (June 30): You make a great suggestion, but it is easier said than done. In October 2016, in a report titled “Within Our Reach A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities,” the federal Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities […]
Published
July 7, 2019

Letter to the editor: Story illuminates what asylum seekers have endured to get here

Your article on the front page of this morning’s paper was by turns searing, horrifying, heartbreaking and essential (“Asylum seekers defy death for a better life in Portland,” June 30). Thank you for documenting our new neighbors’ stories. And thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who have pitched in to help. Here’s hoping that the […]
Published
July 7, 2019

Letter to the editor: Carbon dividend legislation could help protect baby lobsters

The Associated Press article published in the June 30 Maine Sunday Telegram on the below-average numbers of baby lobsters off the coast mentions in passing that “some scientists have said the shellfish appear to be moving north as waters warm.” At least as important as the changes intended to protect whales and the availability of […]
Published
July 7, 2019

Letter to the editor: Coverage puts asylum seekers’ odyssey in context

'I will no longer take my freedom for granted or hold it too lightly,' a reader says.

Published
July 7, 2019

Letter to the editor: Response to migrants shows prevalence of generosity, kindness

It was heartbreaking to read in the June 30 Maine Sunday Telegram of the misery and prospect of death sustained by so many of the Congolese refugees seeking a new life in the United States and, specifically, Portland. It was heart-affirming to read in the same edition of the enormous outpouring of help and goodwill […]
Published
July 7, 2019

Letter to the editor: Portland’s open-door migrant policy lacks common sense

The transport of hundreds of Congolese to Portland, Maine, is astonishing and troubling. It demonstrates how chaotic our legal immigration system is and how little our elected officials care to repair that system or protect the interests of Maine citizens. In a cohesive community committed to the preservation of what ancestors created for their posterity, […]
Published
July 6, 2019

Letter to the editor: Undocumented immigrants can fund medical care without subsidies

My wife and I will not be voting in 2020. The decision of 10 Democratic presidential candidates to support extending subsidized medical care to undocumented immigrants did it for us. When the polls start showing that we aren’t the only ones, their scrambling will be futile. Biweekly, I sigh as $400 gets taken from my […]
Published
July 6, 2019

Letter to the editor: Revived Kennebec River a place to treasure

Born six months before the Edwards Dam was removed, a neighbor of the river appreciates its cleanliness and health.
Published
July 6, 2019

Letter to the editor: Strong woman candidate would be best equipped to beat Trump in 2020

According to the pundits on television and in newspapers, many people seem to be worried about whether a woman can be elected president in 2020. Personally, I think that a strong woman is probably the only candidate who can beat Donald Trump. Large numbers of women and men are outraged by Trump’s ignorant, cruel policies […]

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