Twenty-two years ago, the courts fixed a grave error in Maine law which denied people with a mental illness that were under guardianship the basic, fundamental right to vote. This November, we can make things right by fixing the language in the Maine Constitution. Unfixed, we have set a specific group of individuals apart from […]

A recent Maine Voices column (“Calls for aggressive housing development miss bigger picture,” Oct. 15), was unfair toward both HR&A Advisors (the authors of the housing report) and to the newspaper’s coverage. It’s traditional to define the problem prior to developing a solution. If the author had read the report and commentary from the report’s […]

I watched the AARP Webinar about Maine’s Question 3 on the November ballot. It is clear to me that there are huge unanswered questions that make it too risky to vote “yes” on this proposal to create Pine Tree Power. Instead of putting this question on the ballot, the Legislature should have created a commission […]

My wife and I attended the home of a friend, whose relative is running for mayor; an opportunity for the candidate to present his position and us to become better acquainted. Listening to him sincerely express his position on current matters it dawned on me that, yes, Portland is in a crisis mode: encampments, homeless, […]

This newspaper’s Oct. 8 editorial highlighted the recent report on the lack of housing for Mainers: “The housing shortage is hurting nearly everyone in Maine, holding back an economy and a state that is otherwise ready to grow and prosper. Community leaders can’t sit back and let this happen. If they don’t act in a […]

The oversized headline on page A3 of the Oct. 15 Sunday Telegram read: “Investigation into Hunter Biden leading to ethical concerns about president, poll shows.” The very size of the headline, along with the placement of the article in Sunday’s paper, provided unjustifiable credibility to “concerns” about President Biden. The entire history of the Hunter […]

The Maine Public Utilities Commission is set up to oversee and regulate utilities. If our utilities are out of control, who is to blame? One obvious answer is elected officials, the same folks we’re being asked to hand total control of the power grid. It’s ridiculous to think that government can effectively oversee and regulate […]

When it comes to our electricity, this newspaper’s editorial board recently advised readers to follow Gov. Mills’ opinion and stick with the evil we know: CMP and Avangrid. The board asked “Why?” Here are two powerful reasons to support a public utility. 1) The governor writes that: “Electing people only injects a level of politics […]

A recent letter to the editor was off the mark in denigrating “Bidenomics,” Roosevelt’s New Deal and Johnson’s “Great Society” efforts (“Letter to the editor: ‘Bidenomics’ has learned nothing from past failures,” Oct. 11). All three initiatives involved investing in the American people or in the underpinnings of a robust economy. The Great Depression saw […]