Shared sacrifice needed in meeting budget crisis

Letters to the Editor

Published
July 2, 2011

Shared sacrifice needed in meeting budget crisis

I believe that a Christian nation is judged by the way it treats those of its members who are least able to care for their own health and welfare. On this basis, I ask President Barack Obama to stick to his guns in having those who are doing very well financially in our country share […]
Published
July 2, 2011

New state budget both immoral and illegal

The budget that was recently signed by Gov. Paul LePage is both immoral and illegal. What Republicans call “pension reform” was simply stealing from the retirement system to fund their pet programs. Theft, larceny, embezzlement and robbery are words that truly apply in this case. What is characterized as “saving $1.4 billion” also could be […]
Published
July 2, 2011

Judicial system failed by not forcing Lake’s trial

Jim Loomis (letter, June 25) asked how Steven Lake got to pull the trigger. It comes down to irresponsibility and selfishness on his part. He can’t put the blame on others. He did it. Lake was mentally ill and did not get the help he needed. Even though he sought counseling, if he wasn’t totally […]
Published
April 19, 2011

Japanese officials chose to ‘save face’ instead of lives

The leaders of the government in Japan and the executives of Tokyo Power should be prosecuted for depraved indifference, since they put their own needs to “save face” ahead of the safety of the citizens of Japan. To maintain an appearance of being in control of the situation, they withheld critical information, told half-truths, dissembled, […]
Published
April 19, 2011

Coyotes take advantage as people encroach on them

As a lover of the outdoors and Maine landscapes, George Smith, a highly vocal and influential spokesman, presents readers with an extremely limited viewpoint of coyotes (April 13). In comparison to deaths by car accidents, homicidal gun wielders and drug overdoses, to list just a few of life’s dangers, deaths by coyote do not qualify […]

Published
April 19, 2011

What hard work makes LePage need vacation?

Let me see if I have this right: Gov. Paul LePage has a problem with state workers, teachers and labor in general. This same hard-working man has been in office just three months and is so tired from his work that he had to escape to Jamaica for vacation? Was it his “hard work” insulting […]
Published
April 19, 2011

Acts by Republicans turn ‘people against the party’

The Republicans complain about the debt that the president has run up. But the U.S. debt was increased by hundreds of billions of dollars by the Bush-Cheney invasion of Iraq, which was a total waste as there was no need to invade. The small Arab countries nearby were afraid of being invaded by Iraq so […]
Published
April 19, 2011

‘Maine has needed someone like LePage’

It’s time Gov. Paul LePage was applauded. He understands Maine’s problems and has the backbone to do something positive. He’s not the smooth-talking, double-dealing, self-serving politician Maine’s grown accustomed to. He wasn’t bought and paid for by special interest groups. He doesn’t worry about personal popularity or the opinions of the vocal few. His concern […]
Published
April 18, 2011

Teacher must live to 95 to accrue $1M in pension

In his letter of April 6, Neal Patterson might have pointed out that under the Maine Public Employee Retirement System, the average benefit for all retired teachers is $19,300. Only 13 percent of teachers make it through 25 years or more to receive an average pension of $26,000. Since teachers are not covered by Social […]
Published
April 18, 2011

Support of dangerous products over safety

I was happy to read in the newspaper of Friday, April 8 that the Maine House of Representatives had voted to ban bisphenol-A from children’s products sold in Maine. The dangers of this product have been well-established and widely published, our governor’s cavalier comments notwithstanding. Then I read a statement from one of the three […]

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