In ordinary times, Mary Ann Lynch (“Maine Voices: Why this Democrat supports Susan Collins,” July 18) might have had a point about Susan Collins. Except, since November 2016, our country has been manhandled by an incompetent president and a conservative Republican Congress whose master plan is to seed the courts with pro-life judges. “Moderate” Susan […]
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Letter to the editor: Peaks photo encourages risky behavior
Re: one of the photos accompanying Thursday’s M section article featuring daytripping to local islands: The picture on Page M6 on July 23 of a skateboarder catching a tow from a golf cart on the backshore of Peaks Island shows a lack of judgment on the part of those involved in the activity. It also […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine legislators must seek end to onerous COVID rules
By now we see that 0.0078 percent of the Maine population has died from COVID, the majority of whom are elderly with underlying illness. That’s very nearly zero. It does not pass the straight-face test that we require an ongoing state of emergency, along with draconian mandates that continue to traumatize the people of Maine […]
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Letter to the editor: Let love of Jesus conquer all differences
As our world, our country, even our communities struggle with how to react to those who are different from us – a different race or gender identity, those who worship differently or not at all – we may stand confused, angry and perplexed. Lately, we have witnessed all too many instances of hate and hateful […]
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Letter to the editor: Headlines obscure truth about Maine Democrats
The Mills administration and the majority party in the Maine Legislature have resisted efforts to rein in spending at a time when the state is strapped.
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Letter to the editor: Deployment of more ‘secret’ forces bodes ill for free speech
The pictures of federal agents in camouflage, without badges, on the streets of Portland, Oregon, attacking protesters, unprovoked, most peacefully protesting the killing of George Floyd, is the scariest thing out of many scary things President Trump has done while in office. What happened to the First Amendment to the Constitution? As a constitutional law […]
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Letter to the editor: Collins to blame for her own declining popularity
I found it interesting to hear Sen. Susan Collins blaming her low polling data on dark money from out of state. I disagree. Her drop in popularity is directly related to her own actions and inactions. Let’s begin with her support of the Trump tax cuts, which have cut government revenue, causing yearly trillion-dollar deficits […]
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Letter to the Editor: A vote for Susan Collins is a vote for Mitch McConnell
Mary Ann Lynch, in her Maine Voices column (Portland Press Herald, July 18) accurately credits Sen. Susan Collins with a legacy of bipartisanship for which Mainers can be proud. But the article leaves out a crucial fact: A vote for Susan Collins is also a vote for Mitch McConnell, whose leadership has been about “power […]
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Letter to the Editor: Defense of Collins left out her support of Trump
In the July 18 Maine Voices column by Mary Ann Lynch (“Why this Democrat supports Sen. Susan Collins”) lauding Collins’ independence and bipartisanship, there is a conspicuous omission: any mention of the current president of the United States, Donald Trump. As the “leader” of our country and her own party, he has been the antithesis […]
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Letter to the Editor: City should listen to activists on race matters
During the July 13 City Council meeting, City Manager Jon Jennings implied that there is a core group of perpetually disaffected naysayers who will never approve of or trust what the City Council does. He said, “There will be a group of people who will not trust anything that we do.” This claim is factually […]