Letters

Dear Editor:

When a leader takes money from the poor (TANF) and uses nearly one million dollars to pay for fraudulent math to create a $400 million shortfall in Medicaid expansion (and does so after having deleted 70,000 working poor from MaineCare access) do we applaud them or scratch our heads and wonder what they’re thinking?

Dear Editor:

April 18 ought to be Paul Revere Day. 

You can call April 21 anything you want. I call it Monday this year. Next year it will have a different name.

Dear Editor:

The Boothbay selectmen have prudently declined to bring before the voters most of the warrants rejected at our last election. They have scaled back the proposed changes regarding digital, illuminated signs to what seems reasonable. They are asking approval of a TIF in order to keep more of the taxes generated by the Boothbay Harbor Country Club’s improvements.

Dear Editor:

I am one of the half million customers who will be affected by Central Maine Power’s proposed unfair rate increase if the Public Utility Commission approves their proposal. I decided to make my voice heard about this by testifying before the commission at a public hearing on April 3. I’m glad I did.

Dear Editor:

I wish government will get out of the business of subsidizing business. The latest bill (LD 1853) from Rep. Louis J. Luchini of Ellsworth would have us pay $150,000 to perform a market study for feasibility the expanding gambling in Maine.

Dear Editor:

As a member of the planning board, I have many occasions to attend Boothbay Selectmen's meetings.

Among my observations, I see both Mr. Burnham and Mr. Ham interacting with other board members and residents with care and concern. They both strive to do what’s right for our town. They both act with the town's agenda in mind without any personal feelings.

Dear Editor:

Rotarians ventured up Route 27 to the American Legion for the 18th annual Soup Bowl Supper. They were joined by about 180 friends, relatives and neighbors. Daren Graves, our MC, got festivities rolling at 6 p.m. sharp, raffling off the opportunity to eat first.

Dear Editor:

The scammers have a new ploy. They are sending out what looks like a Wells Fargo check for over $4,000 to "HELP" pay for the processing fee for $350,000 you have won. The fee is a whopping $3,850 to be sent by certified check to an address they will give you by phone. Then a courier will bring you at check for the $350,000, your “winnings.”

Dear Editor:

It’s hard to believe, but LincolnHealth has done it again. They weren’t happy enough with taking away our hospital (“for the better”), taking away our emergency room, and taking away jobs from the region. Now, they will not give the towns money to help pay for the increased ambulance services, though they did last year.

Oh yes, they are going to pay for some education for the ambulance crews ... thank you so much, LincolnHealth.

Dear Editor:

Something is wrong with the Y management that they went ahead and harvested all that timber without having gone to the planning board first. It represents either arrogance or incompetence, perhaps both.

As a member of the Y and one who lives on Lake Knickerbocker, I agree with Water District Manager Jon Ziegra and I hope the reclamation efforts are closely monitored. We need to protect our water quality.

Dear Editor:

Aviation experts the world over are utterly baffled as to why Malaysian flight 370 would set course for the empty reaches of the Indian Ocean, with no place to land or refuel.

Well, here's one more theory: Al-Qaeda was behind it all.

Dear Editor:

The family of Bob Cunningham would like to thank everyone for all of the kindness shown to us during Bob’s time in the hospital and his passing.

Dear Editor:

It seems like every morning when I turn on the news, you hear of yet another house fire somewhere in the state.

I can’t help but wonder if it wasn’t for the greed of the oil corporations and people didn’t have to resort to alternative means of keeping their homes warm, how many of these fire could be averted?

David C. Hutchins
Boothbay Harbor

Dear Editor:

What an exciting year of basketball it was for me this past winter. I was lucky enough to coach two different teams, the fourth-sixth grade girls YMCA league and the eighth grade girls travel team. I love coaching. The delight in watching a green player get nothing but all net as she sails the ball through the air, the accomplished feeling of observing a seasoned player master a new skill and the thrill of bringing home a win.

Dear Editor:

I’d like to thank all the musicians and all my lady singers who did such a great job this year at the Hometown Hootenanny. It was such a pleasure to work with you all.

It was a great night and we raised some good money for our Opera House. Cathy (Sherrill) and her crew do such a great job each year. The sound guy, Joe, was superb. The Sweating Bullets band did another great, bang-up job. If you missed the show this year, mark your calendars for March next year.

Dear Editor:

Opportunity is foundational to prosperity. But in order to seize an opportunity one must first recognize it and have the resources to bring it to fruition. By analogy, it is like the recipe for bear stew that begins with “First go and catch a bear.”