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October 10, 2019

Letter to the editor: Scholarship athletes all derive many benefits

I read, with surprise, the last paragraph in the Oct. 5 Washington Post editorial on California’s Fair Pay to Play law. It stated that scholarship athletes in lesser sports would not derive the opportunity to receive payments for ads and photo shoots, thus leaving them unprepared for life after college. Please. A scholarship athlete receives […]
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October 10, 2019

Letter to the editor: Poverty editorial overlooks personal responsibility

In your recent editorial “Our View: GDP growth alone won’t fix child poverty” (Oct. 7), the argument is made that poverty is largely due to a shortage of such programs as the Child Tax Credit and food assistance. As you conclude, “Fully funding programs that help poor families gain regular nutrition and health care … […]
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October 10, 2019

Letter to the editor: Story skims over environmental impacts of Portland Harbor dredging

Given the onset of climate change, it would be better to prepare the ports for the coming high tide.
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October 10, 2019

Letter to the editor: Drug prices show trade pact’s downside

I am writing in response to Andre Cushing’s commentary, “Mainers need Congress to pass U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement,” published Sept. 28. Cushing argues that the USMCA will expand the free-market provisions that the North American Free Trade Agreement established, but the USMCA seems much more interested in sustaining the unfair monopolies American corporations have at the expense […]
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October 9, 2019

Letter to the editor: As District 3 councilor, Kargar will look out for Portlanders in need

I first met Layla Kargar, City Council candidate in District 3, when she hired me for a mural last winter. When I realized I wanted to stay in Portland, she immediately took me on to start painting the next cover for her magazine, Incomer, and a lot of other work since. Knowing that I didn’t […]

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October 9, 2019

Letter to the editor: Icelandic explorers’ travels worth studying

I see no need to eliminate Columbus Day as a holiday. I do not believe that Christopher Columbus was responsible for genocide. Diseases brought to indigenous people are an inadvertent result of migration. Columbus was not responsible for future abuses perpetrated by other European settlers. Beyond this, we should give more respect to Leif Erikson […]
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October 9, 2019

Letter to the editor: Group of ‘concerned citizens’ is a Portland attack PAC in disguise

I was appalled to read Monday in the Press Herald that the supposedly grassroots organization Unite Portland is an attack group funded by some of the city’s wealthiest real estate developers. In the article, Unite Portland spokesperson Dory Waxman claimed, “Unite Portland is a diverse group of concerned citizens.” That’s hogwash. As their own fundraising […]
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October 9, 2019

Letter to the editor: Revaluation delays will hurt Portland homeowners

Promises that the process will be transparent, fair and equitable have yet to be fulfilled.
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October 9, 2019

Letter to the editor: Elect community builder Chong in Portland’s District 3

I am proud to support Tae Chong for Portland City Council in District 3. In 2014, I founded Gateway Community Services in Portland, which provides behavioral health services and other community support services for children and adults, with a focus on immigrants and refugees. We have served over 1,000 individuals and employ more than 100 […]
Published
October 8, 2019

Letter to the editor: Re-elect hardworking Alicia Giftos to Scarborough school board

Please join me in supporting Alicia Giftos for Scarborough school board this November. She worked tirelessly in 2018 to ensure town government is transparent and accountable. She stepped in last fall to run for the one-year position and the work she has done in such a short time on the Board of Education is a […]

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