Letters

Published
July 6, 2019

Letter to the editor: Swaying those who brook no ambiguity will be a true challenge

Maine Voices author Robert Klose argues that, in the words of the subheadline writer, “devotion to (President) Trump is a religion, and his followers can’t be swayed” (July 1). How does one reach out to another for whom all definitions and answers are in? How does one reach out to those who believe that their […]
Published
July 5, 2019

Letter to the editor: Latest fees have Spectrum/Time Warner customer ready to cut the cable

What is going on? I just opened my newest bill from Spectrum/Time Warner to see an increase of $8.08. The explanation for this is a list of four new fees added to the original list of seven. The new fees: the cable FCC fee; the regulatory recovery fee – federal; the franchise fee ($7.59!), and […]
Published
July 5, 2019

Letter to the editor: Border atrocities offer opportunity to raise awareness, teach compassion – but how?

Waiting in line at a Sunday buffet, I overheard parents good-naturedly tease their children. “Behave or I’ll put you in a cage!” I failed. I did not say what was in my heart: that this is not a joking matter, but an atrocity that needs our outrage. Somehow, those few overheard words indicated permission for […]
Published
July 5, 2019

Letter to the editor: New Fisherman’s Wharf parking system will discourage visitors

I have been parking at Fisherman’s Wharf for years. This has always been a manned parking lot: You receive an entry ticket and pay as you leave. Now it is unmanned and you pay a machine – you have to guess how long you are going to park for. Obviously there is still someone walking […]
Published
July 5, 2019

Letter to the editor: Bias should disqualify Bangor Christian School from getting taxpayer funding

A public institution would never be allowed to discriminate against LGBTQ and nonbinary students and staff the way Bangor Christian does.

Published
July 4, 2019

Letter to the editor: Trump’s denials don’t negate evidence of abuse of powers

After Fourth of July fireworks light up Portland’s summer skies, there could be no better celebration of our Declaration of Independence than to exercise the principles embedded in our Constitution and launch an investigation to impeach the president of the United States. Thomas Jefferson states it clearly in our Declaration: “A Prince (president), whose character […]
Published
July 4, 2019

Letter to the editor: Democrats should focus on meddling that occurred on Obama’s watch

Once again, in back-to-back news coverage and opinion writing in the Press Herald, biased headlines attack President Trump. I refer to your July 3 Washington Post story, “House Democrats sue to gain access to Trump’s tax returns” (Page A3), and, on the very next page, a New York Daily News editorial, “Another View: How low […]
Published
July 4, 2019

Letter to the editor: Collins, King, Pingree must work to close detention camps

I would like to know what Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. Angus King and Rep. Chellie Pingree are doing today to close the migrant detention camps along the border. These camps are a human rights violation and a violation of who we are as people. I will not stand for my government treating fellow humans like […]
Published
July 4, 2019

Letter to the editor: Good news evidence of good values in Portland

Support for housing for homeless women and working-waterfront protections is a reminder that concern for others still exists.
Published
July 3, 2019

Letter to the editor: Historic district will help save what makes the Hill special

When I first walked into the house on Munjoy Hill that I would buy and begin to restore 23½ years ago, one of the first charms I noticed was the view from its front windows of one of our city’s icons, the Portland Observatory. Yesterday, I witnessed the total erasure of these views by the […]

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