Editorials

Published
November 24, 2010

Our View: Couple’s gift to food pantry shows the way to help out

Not everyone can come up with 50 turkeys, but all of us could do a little this season.
Published
November 24, 2010

Our View: Portland’ssecret election process won’t be missed

While no one is saying exactly how it happened, Portland got a new mayor Monday, who is actually the old mayor, Nicholas Mavodones, agreeing to come back for one more turn. It's a good move for the city. Portland is in the last year of a nearly 90-year-old form of government, in which the City Council elects one of its members to serve as the council's ceremonial leader, chairing meetings and representing the city to the public. Mavodones is well-liked and experienced and should provide a steady hand during a difficult budget season. And he will be a familiar face to representatives of the state and federal government and the business community, with whom the city must interact.
Published
November 19, 2010

Our View: Don’t move artwork – unless it’s to the dump

Public art that just makes people mad won't fit better in one location than another.
Published
November 19, 2010

Our Views: Judge right to limit scope of Dechaine hearing

The purpose is to determine whether there should be a new trial, not to retry the case.
Published
November 18, 2010

Our View: Imagine rewarding doctors for having healthy patients?

Changing the paradigm from treating illness to keeping people well is the goal of a new program.

Published
November 18, 2010

Our View: LePage’s budget panel faces daunting task

If you're contemplating a fiscal knot that no single person seems able to unravel, would adding a variety of views to the mix produce results? That was the idea behind President Obama's 18-member bipartisan debt commission, which is due to hand down its recommendations Dec. 1. And it's apparently what's driving Gov.-elect Paul LePage's effort to produce a balanced budget for the state of Maine in the coming fiscal biennium.
Published
November 17, 2010

Our View: Earmark moratoriumsends right message

Senators should file this one under the heading of "you've got to start somewhere," and pass a moratorium on earmarks, the budgetary device that lets members of Congress steer money to pet projects. It's not that banning earmarks would save a lot of money – it wouldn't. They make up less than 1 percent of federal spending and, even if you eliminated all of them permanently, you would barely make a dent in the national debt.
Published
November 17, 2010

Our View: Portland’s gun resolution empty answer to non-issue

Open-carry of firearms is not a public safety problem that deserves so much attention.
Published
November 16, 2010

Our View: New governorshould clear the air on wind

It's said that investors can tolerate anything but uncertainty, and that's what opponents of wind power development appear to be counting on. After eight years of solid support from Maine's governor and growing backing of green energy projects in the stimulus bill by the federal government, wind power looked like a good investment to the private sector and a number of projects got under way.
Published
November 16, 2010

Our View: St. Lawrence Arts group fiesty enough to pull this off

An organization that has built something out of nothing has big plans for the future.