I am most concerned about how the expected Medicaid cuts, recently enacted by Congress, will affect Maine’s most vulnerable adults. For many years, I served as an attorney for the Adult Protective Services Division of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services in Cumberland and York counties. I helped the department prosecute cases for […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Read between the lines on Bobby Charles’ run for governor | Letter
Reading gubernatorial hopeful Robert B. Charles’ Aug. 10 op-ed (“Cancellation by defamation will not work in Maine“), attempting to rebut an earlier column (“Maine gubernatorial candidate spreads hate on campaign trail,” July 31), I found myself looking for some insight into Mr. Charles’ true beliefs. His true motivation. One part of the op-ed looked like […]
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Gov. Mills must preserve Maine law enforcement’s independence | Letter
A recently passed bill clarifying the relationship of state and local law enforcement agencies with federal immigration authorities awaits her signature.
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Vote “Yes” on 1 to demand clean and fair elections in Maine | Letter
In 2022, a midterm election year, my brother received three ballots in the mail that he did not request. I remember him saying to me that if he had been dishonest, he would have filled out and returned all three ballots. Voter ID is a great path forward to ensure that each person gets only […]
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EPA should not politicize global warming | Letter
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was started in 1970 by President Richard Nixon when he recognized the negative effect human activities were having on the environment. In 2009, an “Endangerment Finding” was issued by the EPA in response to a Supreme Court decision determining that greenhouse gases were a form of pollution covered by the […]
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Stronger word needed on Collins’ efforts to stop Trump | Letter
In his Aug. 6 letter, Josh Yardley feels let down by Sen. Susan Collins’ weak efforts to block President Trump’s dismantling of our democratic process, rule of law and constitutional separation of powers. I feel like it’s more like betrayal. Jim Nelson Winslow
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Voter ID referendum would disenfranchise senior, disabled voters | Letter
Anyone with common sense should be strongly against this effort.
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What’s happening in Gaza is the very definition of genocide | Letter
This letter is in response to a harmful and misconstrued take that what is happening in Gaza right now is not a genocide (“We cannot call it genocide in Gaza,” letter, Aug. 14). First, I want to take a moment to define the term “genocide.” According to the U.N. definition, genocide means killing, causing serious […]
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Rep. Mason’s solutions keep Maine moving forward | Letter
I write to express my sincere thanks to Rep. Rick Mason of Lisbon for his leadership on the Transportation Committee during the first session of the 132nd Maine Legislature. His dedication and efforts to pass thoughtful policies should be applauded. This session, he helped to protect vital transportation funding, ensuring the Maine Department of Transportation […]
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Watch your words when covering President Trump | Letter
“Administration,” according to the Merriam Webster dictionary, means “performance of executive duties: management”; also “a body of persons who administer.” As for “coup”, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Cline Center Coup d’Etat Project has categorized the storming of the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, as both an attempted auto-coup and as an attempted […]