Cutting Medicaid as proposed would pose catastrophic consequences for Maine’s most vulnerable, leaving hundreds of thousands of Mainers without health insurance and wreaking havoc on our local health infrastructure and state economy.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Wrong to end Kennector tranportation service | Letter
Nearly four years ago, the Town of Kennebunk’s Karen Winton secured a grant to provide transportation for residents in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Arundel who were unable to drive due to medical conditions or vision loss. Thanks to her and the many volunteer drivers, the Kennector, as it was called, provided what older Mainers and those […]
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Cuts to scientific and medical research have a high price | Letter
I am a cancer survivor. If it weren’t for continuing medical research, I would not be alive today. Both the research and development of microsurgery and chemotherapy were instrumental in me being cancer-free now. My father wasn’t so fortunate. Scientific research builds on the work of past breakthroughs. The USA has been the center for […]
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Rep. Golden should change his affiliation | Letter
Rep. Jared Golden recently claimed that Indivisible, one of many pro-democracy grassroots organizations, is funded by dark money. This “dark money” claim is typical MAGA disinformation. The reason so many Democrats claim that a politician who supports MAGA should not pretend to be a Democrat is because the Democratic party, at least in Maine, stands […]
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The government is not a business | Letter
In a May 21 letter to the editor, the writer said that “Our country needs to be run like a business.” Our government is not a business. A business exists to make money for owners and shareholders. Corporations are quick to say they exist to satisfy shareholders when they are called to account for damage […]
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Run to Portland Stage Company for Albee play | Letter
The production of Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” in its last week at Portland Stage Company, is as dynamic and spellbinding as its subjects. In my four decades of attending PSC plays, I’ve added this to my list of top performances that include such standouts as “‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys,” “I […]
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Do not rain on Maine’s summer parades | Letter
As parade season has arrived, and as a musician and director of the Hallowell Community Band, as well as the Westbrook City Band, I feel urged to bring the following request to people’s attention. Our bands, along with many other community bands in our towns, participate in many local parades in our great state throughout […]
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Let’s hope Laurel Libby’s 15 minutes of fame is ending | Letter
I held off writing about Rep. Laurel Libby until I read the letter, published on May 26, “Libby a true supporter of womens rights.” Libby’s actions were not meant to support or protect women’s rights, it was an action against transgender women. She saw the opportunity to jump on the Republican bandwagon to out and […]
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ICE can meet local, state police halfway | Letter
I propose a middle ground for local and state police who wish to co-operate with ICE. ICE agents should: – Provide an arrest warrant stating the persons name and the reason for the arrest. – Follow due process. – Take off those masks and wear visible, accurate name tags and badge numbers. We are very […]
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Trump campaign against foreign students makes little sense | Letter
In 1974, “the Rumble in the Jungle,” Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman, was the fight of the decade. It seems like the fight of this decade will be “the Cambridge Confrontation,” Trump vs. Harvard University. It’s strange. Trump has been trying to bludgeon Apple into assembling its iPhones in the U.S., while doing his best […]