The absentee ballot I cast last week was my first-ever vote, and I was thrilled to rank Ben Grant No. 1 for Charter Commission at large. Grant is a candidate with unapologetically progressive ideas – things like allowing permanent residents to vote, publicly financing elections and strengthening the position of mayor to give Portlanders more […]

The editorial of May 18, “Our View: Abortion rights under attack in Maine and nation,” reprinted here in The Sun (Westerly, Rhode Island) on May 25, displays the ignorance and error of the Editorial Board. Cremation or burial are required by law for all other people. Presently, most remains after abortions are hauled away by […]

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s latest attempt to sabotage the Postal Service cannot be ignored. His new 10-year proposal would eliminate first-class mail from being shipped by air, thus slowing down the mail. He wants to raise rates and lower the hours post offices are open. Additionally, this man – who has owned millions of dollars […]

“To be at peace with robbery is to be an accomplice to it,” wrote Edmund Burke of the French Revolution. The Republicans – not including Sen. Susan Collins – who voted to block the bipartisan Jan. 6 riot investigation into the gravest assault on our democracy since the War of 1812 have become accomplices of […]

I recently read an Associated Press article about people hesitating, or refusing, to get vaccinated for COVID-19 (“Big gaps in vaccine rates across the U.S. worry health experts,” May 20). One of those interviewed for the article was quoted as saying he was concerned about how safe the vaccine might be. His statement came while […]

I want to thank the bipartisan majority of the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee for voting in support of L.D. 1541 to implement an extended producer responsibility for packaging program to help save recycling in Maine. Mainers want to do the right thing by recycling, but if big corporations and brands are creating packaging, […]

I find it more than reasonable – in fact, a medical and moral necessity – to make an all-out effort to reach herd immunity with respect to the COVID virus. But I – and, I’m sure, many others like me who got vaccinated as soon as the vaccine was available – find it a bit […]

Next Tuesday, District 1 voters will do well to make Karen Snyder our representative on the Charter Commission. Karen has long been active in Munjoy Hill civic affairs. She is committed to transparency in city government and the elimination of the influence of campaign contributions and political fundraising on municipal elections. On the proposals being […]