We live in very tumultuous times. Rogue cops, riots, killing, looting, burning, murdering and, to top it off, a pandemic. Our local newspaper covered it all and one of the columnists made it all into a political issue. At the same time the Press Herald made barely any mention of some of America’s highlights. Sunday […]
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Letter to the editor: COVID puts pressure on Maine to open up voting in November
To make the process less cumbersome, officials should allow online voter registration and mail ballots and stamped return envelopes to all voters.
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Letter to the editor: Policies on use of force should hold officers accountable
Use of lethal force shall only be used when an individual’s (a citizen’s or a police officer’s) life is in mortal danger. Use of lethal force is not intended to kill anyone. The use of lethal force is intended to stop a person from continuing an action that is placing an individual’s (a citizen’s or […]
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Letter to the editor: Time to face, fight elevated LGBT cancer risk
June 2020 will be decidedly different without the colorful parades that usually mark Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, but Pride is about more than that. We remember the struggles of people who fought for equal rights of all Americans. I am proud to stand with the American Cancer Society and its nonprofit, […]
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Letter to the editor: Sweet best candidate to defeat Collins
Maine’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary will arrive soon, July 14! It was a crazy spring, but now critical decisions are before us. Who is in office and doesn’t really listen to our concerns at town halls or debates: Susan Collins? Yes. Sara Gideon? Yes again. It seems clear that many Mainers are ready for a […]
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Letter to the editor: Support better options to Collins and Gideon
I find it insulting that Sara Gideon refuses to debate her opponents in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary. Gideon seems to think that democratic process and fair debate don’t apply to her. Since when is a fair debate something that Democrats are against? I fear that a Gideon nomination would be a mild, frustrating repetition […]
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Letter to the editor: Golden Rule still holds true in COVID era
I have always been proud of my adopted state and have found Mainers to be somewhat reserved but overall friendly and helpful. Now we are hearing stories that are downright disturbing: being spit upon for wearing a mask that referenced the New York governor, people yelling at drivers of cars with out-of-state plates and worse. […]
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Letter to the editor: Black Lives Matter Portland right to urge manager’s ouster
Jon Jennings has consistently supported pro-development policies that deprive low-income people of housing and health care.
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Letter to the editor: Maine governor should greet U.S. president with respect
When I was a teenager in Rumford, I and a classmate went off to New Brunswick for high school. It was an interesting time in my life. One of the challenges was what to do when we went to the movies and before the movie started, they played “God Save the King” and everybody stood […]
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Letter to the editor: Black parents’ fears should be on Maine leaders’ minds
Have Gov. Mills, U.S. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins, House Speaker Sara Gideon and Senate President Troy Jackson had “The Talk” that Black parents everywhere have with their children? How to act around police officers, in white neighborhoods, in retail stores because they’re Black. Will their children survive the night? Will they be brutalized […]