Taking the prize for willfully misleading statements has got to be Alan Levi in his June 8 guest column, in support of Question A on Tuesday’s ballot. In speaking of Portland’s rent control, he wrote: “… It treats a landlord with one unit the exact same as a corporate landlord with 500 units.” Wrong! Supporters […]

When I moved to Portland 10 years ago, I fell in love with this community. Portlanders, whether lifelong residents or newer arrivals like me, care about this city and each other, and I found myself at home. I had an adorable and relatively affordable rental on Munjoy Hill and a close group of friends within […]

In October 2018, Rebecca Diamond, at the highly respected Brookings Institution, reported, “What does economic evidence tell us about the effects of rent control?” She stated that San Francisco, California, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, found out it didn’t work. Apartment owners watched their rent-controlled apartments deplete their incomes; poorly maintained units or condo conversions resulted. Any […]

I read with great interest the editorial on rent control caps and voting “no” on Question A on Tuesday (Our View, June 6). As Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck said, “Next to bombing, rent control seems in many cases to be the most efficient technique so far known for destroying cities.” Rent control has never and […]

I am writing regarding a bill presently being considered in the Maine Legislature, L.D. 1619, An Act to Improve Maine’s Reproductive Privacy Laws. Any person has the right to determine what happens to their own body, as long as the individual making that decision is the only one affected by it. Abortion became legal until […]

I am a Spanish teacher in the Falmouth Public Schools and a member of the local teachers’ union, the Falmouth Education Association, which successfully concluded contract negotiations with the school board late last month. Those negotiations were difficult and time consuming, and bled teacher morale to a level that I have not seen in my […]

For many Americans, the first thing that comes to mind when we think of defending our country is military power. However, there’s a more affordable and sustainable route to protecting our country that we should prioritize. The U.S. spends nearly $1 trillion annually on the military. In light of our current debt crisis, it’s crucial […]