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PublishedOctober 4, 2011
Renovate historic sites under rules in effect then
The reason historic buildings are not cost-efficient to restore is because of the enormous overhead involved with dealing and complying with governmental agencies. In fact, none of the buildings Anthony Ronzio mentioned in his column on Sept. 22 could have been built in the first place if those rules, mandates, taxes, inspectors and obstacles had […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2011
HIV-infected MaineCare patients must join plan
As the physicians who oversaw Maine’s HIV Program, we would like to answer a recent letter that claims this program drew gays to move to Maine. The overwhelming source for the higher-than-predicted enrollment in the program was the federal requirement that people already with MaineCare insurance infected with HIV be enrolled in the new program. […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2011
GOP politicians act to deprive citizens of vote
I don’t want barriers to our citizens voting in the state of Maine. Republican politicians keep repeating the same line about fraud and “vulnerabilities” in Maine’s voting system, but those claims are misleading. Even the leading proponents of the change to curtail Maine voters, Secretary of State Charles Summers and Maine Republican Party chairman Charles […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2011
GOP politicians act to deprive citizens of vote
I don’t want barriers to our citizens voting in the state of Maine. Republican politicians keep repeating the same line about fraud and “vulnerabilities” in Maine’s voting system, but those claims are misleading. Even the leading proponents of the change to curtail Maine voters, Secretary of State Charles Summers and Maine Republican Party chairman Charles […]
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PublishedOctober 3, 2011
Quimby’s land simply not national park-worthy
For more than 50 years, landowners large and small have willingly allowed access to old trails and roads for a few weeks in the winter for use by snowmobilers. Exceptions were areas with active logging operations; and these moved about every winter, creating no hardship to anyone, and they were easily detoured around. Now along […]
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PublishedOctober 2, 2011
Employers can help prevent workers’ depression
Thank you for covering the conference “Depression in the Workplace.” I especially appreciated Dr. Neil Korsen’s quote, “People are more likely to be stressed if they feel they don’t have control.” In my work counseling people with depression, I have repeatedly seen people depressed by their sense of powerlessness, or lack of meaning and connection […]
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PublishedOctober 2, 2011
We’re more democratic than we were in 1800s
Permitting people to register to vote on Election Day in today’s mobile, aging and poorer society is one of the best ways we have to assure that we retain a participative democracy. I have heard our secretary of state says he believes our voting laws are like the 1800s. Hmm, basically only white men who […]
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PublishedOctober 2, 2011
National elections do not bring about change
The U.S. has now spent $1 trillion on wars and operates military bases in more than 130 countries. Big banks have been bailed out at taxpayer expense, but the economy is still bad for most Maine citizens. They can’t find full-time jobs that pay enough to live on, they can’t get health insurance unless they […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2011
Cut Social Security, but help Pakistan build dam
Here we go again. No cost of living raise for two years, and now the people in Washington are talking about cutting our Social Security and Medicare. In Tuesday’s newspaper, however, I read an article about the U.S. helping Pakistan with a dam construction project. Is this anyway to balance the budget? Sending money overseas […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2011
A plan to foil the plot against voter registration
In his column of Aug. 16, David Offer raises yet again the accusation that by ending same-day voter registration in the state of Maine Republicans are attempting to “disenfranchise” voters. Be this a plot, and a foul one it must be, there is a way to foil it (curses!!). There are 10 weeks between now […]
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