I was disappointed with the Wiscasset Select Board’s decision to deny a business license to social service organization Amistad for a wellness center in the town. Their inability to cast a decisive vote, and kicking the can down the road for a “cooling-off period” with a subtle request to “find another location,” was biased at […]
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Letter to the editor: Mainers deserve power over power grid
As we know, there’s a lot of debate happening about who we trust with our electrical grid. Proponents of Pine Tree Power tout the benefits of keeping profits within our state and not placating investors who don’t use our system. Proponents of keeping our largest utilities private tout the benefits of not having “politicians run […]
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Letter to the editor: Yes, Mainers are ready to drive electric – and for good reason
A recent op-ed argued that Mainers aren’t ready to drive electric cars and trucks (“Commentary: Maine is not ready for an electric vehicle mandate,” Aug. 22). This is simply untrue. The climate crisis is here, with the Gulf of Maine warming faster than the rest of the ocean. Rising temperatures and sea levels wreak havoc […]
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Letter to the editor: Past time to popularize the popular vote
Imagine if our presidential elections did not involve the Electoral College. Imagine if everyone’s vote were counted equally no matter where they lived. Al Gore, a candidate who believed in climate change, would have been elected president. We might never have been involved in Iraq, a war that deposed a dictator but caused harm to […]
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Letter to the editor: Stockholm Syndrome suffered by Trump followers
The most recent indictment against former President Trump has him once again playing the victim and pushing the narrative that he is the one being persecuted because he is running for office. His followers take this all in and sympathize with him, “the persecuted one.” If one observes the various reasons why this is happening, […]
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Letter to the editor: Do we really want government involved in power?
The newspaper on Aug. 6 included a Victoria Hugo-Vidal opinion regarding electric power (“The Maine Millennial: Pine Tree Power will be a change for the better”). She favors the proposed public Pine Tree Power over the current privately owned and operated Central Maine Power Co. Presumably, public ownership will be better and less expensive than […]
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Letter to the editor: Public power advocates aren’t thinking about tax revenue
Having served as chair of my town’s board of selectmen, I can tell you the state is known for not fulfilling its financial commitments to municipalities when times get lean. That’s why I’m very concerned about the impact of the Pine Tree Power ballot initiative (Question 3) should it pass in November, because it proposes […]
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Letter to the editor: Need for more ambition in support of medical education
I’m writing to bring attention to a bill introduced in the Maine Legislature, L.D. 1797, An Act to Expand Maine’s Health Care Workforce by Expanding Educational Opportunities and Providing Tax Credits. The bill proposes ongoing funding to the Doctors for Maine’s Future Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships to medical students at the University of New […]
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Letter to the editor: Republican presidential debate plumbed new lows
It was a churlish shouting match where nothing of substance was debated, and no one on stage appeared anything close to presidential.
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Letter to the editor: Consumers can go green without Pine Tree Power
I’ve been confused by recent letters and Victoria Hugo-Vidal’s Aug. 6 column on Pine Tree Power (“The Maine Millennial: Pine Tree Power will be a change for the better”). They have suggested that the reason to vote for this change is to move us, as a state, to green power. I thought that this vote […]