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Published
February 24, 2020

Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins has much in common with baseball’s Manfred

The similarities between Susan Collins and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred are compelling. They apparently attended the same leadership school. They’re like two peas in a pod. Collins saw no behavior by Trump serious enough to warrant conviction and removal from office. Manfred saw no behavior by the Houston Astros serious enough to punish […]
Published
February 24, 2020

Letter to the editor: Seat belts on school bus may not be safer

They're a bad idea for several other, purely logistical reasons, too.
Published
February 23, 2020

Letter to the editor: Vision lacking for Maine aquaculture industry’s future

The state should not be assigning leases as they come in without first having studied the potential recreational, commercial and wildlife impact.
Published
February 23, 2020

Letter to the editor: Costly TV ads won’t solve CMP’s self-inflicted problems
Published
February 23, 2020

Letter to the editor: Start of statehood series underscores need to respect Native American history

Published
February 23, 2020

Letter to the editor: There’s a story to every lost ring
Published
February 23, 2020

Letter to the editor: Reject fracked natural gas and embrace NECEC’s clean hydropower

Fracked gas. That was the topic of the first green group meeting I attended in North Carolina since I relocated from Maine. Gas companies are looking to build new pipelines to burn even more fracked gas here in North Carolina and nearby states. Fracked gas from Pennsylvania is the enemy here among green groups because […]
Published
February 22, 2020

Letter to the editor: Klobuchar has clear path to presidential victory

Although Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders supporters will disagree with me, the most significant numbers to come out of Iowa and the New Hampshire primary are not the names of the “winners” but the combined scores of the progressives (Sanders and Elizabeth Warren) and the moderates (Buttigieg, Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar). Viewed under that […]
Published
February 22, 2020

Letter to the editor: Ask state, not Portland taxpayers, to fund extra $21 million for school fixes

So now we learn that the upgrades to four Portland elementary schools not only require significant scaling back but also, even then, require an additional $21 million to complete. Supposedly construction cost increases were factored into the $64 million bond issue brought to and approved by voters in 2017. Looks like that dart missed the […]
Published
February 22, 2020

Letter to the editor: Warren will claw back some of what average Americans have lost

The good news is that Maine is a Super Tuesday primary state and Democratic votes will really matter this year. The bad news for Democrats is that we are all chasing our tails on the “electability” issue. Let’s stop trying to game how others will vote. On primary day, we’re meant to vote for the […]

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