Re: “Portland restaurant workers rally to oppose proposal eliminating tip credit” (Sept. 13): Readers should not be misled by the “about a dozen” restaurant workers who gathered to oppose Question D (a minimum-wage increase) into believing they represent a majority of the workers concerned. I am neither a member of the Democratic Socialists of America […]

Gov. Mills married a widower and instantly became the stepmother of five young girls. She is now a grandmother. As a mother and grandmother myself, I believe Gov. Mills relates to what I care most about: aggressive climate action. A Democrat, Gov. Mills has taken a leadership role in Maine, and the nation, to reduce […]

Re: The thousands of solar panels to be installed along Interstate 95 in Augusta, saving an estimated $7.2 million on the cost of electricity for state government over 20 years (Sept. 8): Twenty years for $7.2 million seems like a relative paucity, considering an overall nuts-and-bolts state operating budget. Just how many solar panels and […]

I have known Democrat Janet Mills for over 25 years. She posses great intellect and integrity and works tirelessly to make government more responsive to the needs of Maine people and businesses. Thanks to her strong leadership as governor during the COVID pandemic, Maine has one of the nation’s lowest infection and death rates. She […]

I enthusiastically endorse Democrat Teresa Pierce to be the next Maine state senator for Senate District 25, which includes Falmouth, Cumberland, Gray, Long Island, Chebeague Island and most of Yarmouth. I know Teresa well, having served with her in the Maine House for six years. She held important positions of leadership, including House chair of […]

I was rewatching the Pixar movie “Incredibles 2” and a minor character said the following: “Politicians don’t understand people … who do good simply because it’s right. It makes ’em nervous.” More than ever, in my recollection, this is true based on what one thinks is “good” or “right.” And this, to me, is what […]

We, along with Westbrook City Council members Jennifer Munro, Claude Rwaganje and Michael Shaughnessy, write to jointly endorse candidate Jess Moninski for Ward 2 Westbrook city councilor. As health care rights and reproductive rights for all people are issues that are under attack nationally, both at the federal and local levels, it is vital that […]

Most of us are so tired of depressing news on climate that we blow it off, not owning up that we have a personal responsibility to act. Yet the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act is predicted to get us emissions reductions of 40 percent by 2030. Hopeful news! But how to get the reduction of […]