I share Sam Saltonstall’s optimism for national climate policy progress (“Letter to the editor: Signs of hope for climate solutions,” June 25, Page A12). Here’s more good news: With the praiseworthy support of Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins, the Senate has passed the Growing Climate Solutions Act (S.1251), which encourages natural carbon sequestration through […]
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Letter to the editor: What Clean Energy Corridor critics don’t want you to know
In a July 3 letter to the editor, Elizabeth Caruso wrote about how Mainers deserve scientific facts about the Clean Energy Corridor project. Indeed, they do. They also deserve honesty, which is missing from Ms. Caruso’s letter. The claims she made about the project have been disproven throughout the Clean Energy Corridor’s 30-plus-month regulatory review […]
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Letter to the editor: ‘Compelling need’ exists for election system that supports voters
2020 was an extraordinary year for elections. Even as we were being crushed by the pandemic, we voted in unprecedented numbers. We needed to find safe ways of voting, so we took advantage of opportunities not widely used before, like having secure ballot boxes available to cast a ballot at any time. All of the […]
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Letter to the editor: Headline mischaracterizes Maine families’ lawsuit
The state doesn’t bar parents from sending their children to religious schools – but it won’t use taxpayer money to pay for it.
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Letter to the editor: Unvaccinated caregivers put the vulnerable at risk
They don’t belong in a nursing home any more than a firefighter with matches belongs in a dry forest.
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Letter to the editor: One person, one vote would usher in equal representation
I’d like to submit a really subversive, radical idea to the people of Maine today: What if each citizen had one equivalent vote for each election? What if our president were elected by one vote per person? What if our federal legislative body were selected by one vote from each citizen? Instead, citizens from Maine, […]
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Letter to the editor: Don’t believe the hype – CMP’s proposed corridor is bad for Maine
Being a pessimist is challenging, as I often become discouraged by what I see on television. Whenever I see the New England Clean Energy Connect advertisements, I stifle my outrage. Such lies indicating this project is creating jobs for Mainers. Its presence will harm regional tourism, the biomass industry and related forest products industries. Maine-based […]
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Letter to the editor: Popular vote will ensure democracy
We need to get rid of the pernicious vestige of slavery in America: the Electoral College. The popular vote is pure democracy. One citizen, one vote. We also need the Voting Rights Act to be fully reauthorized. Peggy York Portland
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Letter to the editor: Cape can’t keep kicking the can on affordable housing
If residents want young people to move back to the area after high school and college, the town must join other communities in building places to live.
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Letter to the editor: Prioritize homes for workers, immigrants, homeless in Portland area
This letter is a note of appreciation for an editorial that was published July 1 (“Our View: Every Maine community has to pitch in on affordable housing”). I couldn’t agree more that the city of Portland and its surrounding towns are responsible for creating affordable housing for poor and middle-class people. I was deeply saddened […]