There are two wars being fought with American interests at heart. The war in Gaza has killed over 80,000 people using American weapons and with American presidential approval. It should be noted that the Palestinians have never been a threat to the U.S. On the other hand, our security and that of Europe depend on […]
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Wage increase could limit Portland’s access to child care | Letter
As a child care provider in Portland, I am deeply concerned about the city’s proposed minimum wage increase to $20 an hour. While well intentioned, this policy will unintentionally harm the very families and children it aims to support. This year showed us how fragile the child care sector is. Gov. Mills initially proposed cutting […]
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Will Susan Collins choose fascism or democracy? | Letter
Sen. Susan Collins’ failure to condemn the militarization of the Washington, D.C., police force conflicts with even the most fundamental tenets of her legal training. Simply put, soldiers are not cops and cops are not soldiers. Fascism or democracy? She should choose a side or perhaps the voting public of Maine should choose a senator […]
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Voter ID increases transparency | Letter
I support the voter ID referendum for Maine, and recommend that all others do, too. Here are two reasons to consider. Being from a military family and having voted in many different states, voting in Maine was a surprising outlier to me. I remember being almost shocked that they didn’t ask for my ID. Maine […]
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Beware censorship on Craigslist | Letter
I shall take an extended moment to alert your readers to the profoundly censorious nature of those “peace-loving progressives” at Craigslist. I attempted to post words critical of the company’s increasingly tyrannical posture on free speech and the post was removed in a New York minute. (Said posting did not, by my reading, violate any […]
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Voter ID requirements will further restrict voter access | Letter
I’m writing in response to Don Kelly’s letter in the Aug. 1 edition of this paper (“Voter ID will keep Maine elections secure“). Mr. Kelly seems to believe that unless voters provide voter identification at the time of voting, many unregistered voters will cast ballots. This is simply not true. Only registered voters are allowed […]
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Sen. Susan Collins walks a fine line | Letter
Should Sen. Susan Collins consider her career in jeopardy having voted against the big beautiful (disaster) bill? She is only partly in the camp of senators who have abdicated their roles and displayed obscene fealty while ignoring their constituents. They simply are not doing their jobs. The slashed funds had already been approved by a […]
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Concerned for Maine’s most vulnerable adults | Letter
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 […]
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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.