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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Susan Collins betrayed her constituents | Letter
Once again, Sen. Susan Collins managed to betray her constituents, despite her ultimate “No” vote on President Trump’s big, mean-spirited, nasty bill, which will severely hurt millions of Americans, and thousands of Mainers. Collins could have voted against sending the bill to the Senate floor. This would have incurred the ire of the White House. […]
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What are the EPA’s priorities? | Letter
Since when is protecting Mainers’ health “no longer consistent with EPA funding priorities”? The May 23 photo of farmer Adam Nordell walking over fields contaminated with “forever chemicals” told a disheartening story (“After hailing them as important, EPA cancels PFAS research grants”). Despite reassurances that “delays due to the reorganization of the EPA” will not […]
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Donating clothing? Please keep it clean. | Letter
Donating clothing to a thrift shop, food kitchen, distribution center or church group is a generous, thoughtful gesture. The benefits are twofold: the needy people have clothing to keep them decent, warm, presentable; the donor has aided other people in their daily struggle with poverty. Warm emotional feelings all around. Volunteers at these charitable organizations […]
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‘Rolling coal’ is disrespectful, unacceptable | Letter
I am writing to express my disgust for those people who think “rolling coal” — the practice of deliberately emitting large amounts of black or grey exhaust containing soot and incompletely combusted diesel — is funny or acceptable behavior. Several friends and I, most of whom are retired and in our 60s, 70s and 80s, […]
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Actually, ‘keyboard warriors’ are doing their duty | Letter
We are the quiet fighters. We may be older, but we are not silent.
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Maine Military Museum is worth your time | Letter
I recently had the pleasure of touring the Maine Military Museum in South Portland, led by director/curator Lee Humiston. It may be the most impressive military museum I’ve ever visited, and that includes the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, the Smithsonian and the D-Day Museum at Normandy. There are authentic displays from every war […]
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Cooper Flagg fact brief promoted racism | Letter
In response to the July 2 fact brief, “Is Cooper Flagg the first white American picked No. 1 in the NBA draft since 1977?” … you do realize that this question promotes continued racism? Nobody cares if he’s white, Black, brown, yellow or red. Stop promoting hate. Mindy Gilbert Skowhegan
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Celebrate the subtle actions that keep us from doomsday | Letter
Americans love a close call. It’s in our national DNA. Take Apollo 13’s nearly missed re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere in 1970. We cheer loudest when the odds have been longest; the more sweat wiped from brows, the more invested we become. We love a happy ending, but especially the kind that almost wasn’t. This uniquely […]