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Published
January 25, 2020

Letter to the editor: Senator’s judicial votes don’t line up with her purported views

Re: Susan Collins’ voting record on nominees for federal judgeships (Jan. 12): Collins has voted repeatedly for the judges each president nominated (96 percent) throughout her tenure as senator. To quote Press Herald Staff Writer Rachel Ohm’s paraphrasing of Collins: “She (Collins) says she has consistently evaluated all judicial nominees in the same way, regardless […]
Published
January 24, 2020

Letter to the editor: Support small Maine businesses by overriding sports betting veto

Re: “Our View: Gov. Mills’ sports betting veto was the right call” (Jan. 14): I’m proud to be a free-market conservative. I’ve supported common-sense practices, stood up for our community and been a friend to local and small businesses. Gov. Mills’ veto of sports betting was a step in the wrong direction for Maine, the […]
Published
January 24, 2020

Letter to the editor: Republicans should support airing of facts on Trump, Ukraine

I am a liberal Democrat, intensely anti-President Trump and admittedly partisan. I am someone who cannot fathom how my Republican friends are able to overlook the lying, disrespect, bullying and plethora of behaviors that diminish the stature of the presidency and compromise our relationships with allies around the world. But, no, I don’t see those […]
Published
January 24, 2020

Letter to the editor: Collins failing to seize leadership opportunity

The “uniquely difficult” position Sen. Susan Collins supposedly finds herself in regarding the impeachment process (per the political scientist quoted in the headline on Sunday’s front-page story) doesn’t garner any sympathy from me. She has a unique opportunity to speak out for truth, democracy and the rule of law. This president has corrupted our democracy […]
Published
January 24, 2020

Letter to the editor: To address Maine’s doctor shortage, expand role of physician assistants

In “Maine Voices: Looming doctor shortage demands action” (Jan. 3), Rebecca Sacchetti suggested the direct primary care model as one way to address physician shortages in our state. Physician assistants are also able to address physician shortages, but administrative constraints are holding us back. Let’s modernize physician assistant practice so that physician assistants, physicians and […]

Published
January 24, 2020

Letter to the editor: Coverage omits context of far-right commentator’s Maine speech

Michelle Malkin's Sabattus appearance 'was an obvious provocation by college students steeped in a violent and dangerous worldview.'
Published
January 23, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Urgency needed for climate response

The sobering reality of the most recent report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is that unless we cap the average global surface temperature at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, catastrophic climate impacts will be unavoidable. We are currently at one degree Celsius above that level, and […]
Published
January 23, 2020

Letter to the Editor: To beat Trump, vote for Democrat, any Democrat

Do you want Trump to be defeated? Then vote for the Democratic nominee. If that nominee isn’t your first choice, vote for him/her anyway and donate money. There are plenty of examples when people have not done this. In 1968, anti-war folks wouldn’t vote for Humphrey. Result: we got Nixon. In 1980, Ted Kennedy attempted […]
Published
January 23, 2020

Letter to the Editor: State should expand child care options

As your Jan. 9 editorial, “Child care access is a Maine workforce issue,” points out: Today, too many working parents with young children must make a choice between spending a significant portion of their income on child care, finding cheaper but potentially lower quality child care, or leaving the workforce altogether to care for their […]
Published
January 23, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Polluters are bankrolling anti-hydropower campaign

Calpine, whose power plant in Westbrook emits more than a half-million tons of carbon dioxide yearly, opposes CMP's power line project because it will drive down electricity prices.

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