Amazon and other technology giants appear to have settled on New York City for operations without big tax breaks. Their operations are a lot easier to move than General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works. The Maine Legislature should develop a spine, as New Yorkers did, and collect the state taxes due rather than giving tax breaks […]
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Letter to the editor: Boaters lack short-term access to Portland
A mix of slips and moorings off Portland Landing could generate considerable foot traffic to Old Port businesses.
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Letter to the editor: ‘Weasel wording’ signals Collins’ lack of courage
On New Year’s Day, on our Portland Press Herald front page, we saw that Sen. Susan Collins is “open” to calling witnesses at President Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate. With all due respect to weasels, Sen. Collins is a master of “weasel wording,” defined by Webster as words “used to evade or retreat from […]
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Letter to the editor: All eyes are on the Senate impeachment trial
Calling witnesses and presenting evidence is the only path to the truth.
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Letter to the editor: Collins’ aversion to taking a stand is disheartening
All Americans should be astonished and saddened by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s position on constructing rules for the president’s impeachment trial. He wants a quick trial, with no witnesses called by either side, apparently believing that through such a trial he will be able to enforce the partisanship favoring Senate Republicans. More despicable is […]
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Letter to the editor: Only Democrats think Trump has done something wrong
Former national security adviser John Bolton gets a subpoena from the House to testify. He gets an order from the White House not to testify based on executive privilege. Bolton doesn’t want to get into trouble from either side, so he goes to court to get a ruling. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi can’t wait for […]
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Letter to the editor: We’re sitting back as Trump fast-tracks humanity’s demise
In the Jan. 13 edition of The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert writes: “In the past 10 years, more CO2 was emitted than in all of human history up to the election of JFK.” At the beginning of the Obama administration, I had hope. That hope has been utterly obliterated. What is the largest contributor to […]
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Letter to the editor: Unjustified assassination has taken serious toll
Nobody from the U.S. has died, but the heightened tensions led to a deadly plane crash – and our standing as a trusted power may well suffer.
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Letter to the editor: Collins’ efforts won’t make a difference during trial
Sen. Susan Collins feigns thoughtful bipartisanship. She appears to be extremely distressed and worried about political issues that could go either way – Democratic or Republican – and then she votes with the Republicans. Her public utterances of support for reproductive rights and her vote for Brett Kavanaugh provide such an example. Now, she is […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine can’t afford to give BIW any tax break
The Jan. 8 article headlined ‘Top Democratic lawmakers threaten to roll back BIW’s $45 million tax break” raises some serious questions for me. Why would our already cash-strapped state give Bath Iron Works/General Dynamics Corp. a $45 million tax break in the first place? We all know that BIW has a contract for new ships. […]