Letters to the Editor
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To the editor:
We should be thankful that Mr. Fitzmorris of the PCC spoke out at a recent Town Council meeting regarding trash pickup and the closing of the compactor station. We should also thank …
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11/14/22
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To the editor:
Less than a week before the Nov. 8 election, I received a mailer from Portsmouth Republicans. If it was designed to persuade me, an unaffiliated voter, to vote for a Republican, it had the opposite effect.
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11/9/22
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To the editor:
The Town Council recently had a meeting during which they discussed the future of the transfer station. On Oct. 20, 2020, the Portsmouth Times published a letter to the editor by …
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11/8/22
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To the editor: The letter from Jill Kassis and Christine Keyser in the Bristol Phoenix was misleading. I am a Republican candidate for Senate District 11 and I did participate in a forum sponsored by …
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11/3/22
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To clarify, the East Bay forums that included District 11 State Senate forum held on Oct. 13 was not sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Newport County.
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11/2/22
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To the editor:
I would like to comment about the League of Woman Voters’ (LWV) letter to the editor from Jill Kassis and Christine Keyser and the associated article by Jim McGaw in the …
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11/1/22
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To the editor:
The letter to the editor from Ms. Kassis and Ms. Keyser in The Portsmouth Times (“League: GOP candidates declined invitation to forum”) was misleading.
I …
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10/31/22
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To the editor:
The League of Women Voters (LOWV) letter criticizing the Republicans for not participating in their forums was incorrect and disingenuous.
The Republicans did participate …
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10/31/22
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To the editor:
(Here’s the) cost of waste disposal options in Portsmouth:
• Transfer station: $210 plus $80 for PAYT bags (my cost) for 12 months = $290
• Mega …
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10/26/22
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To the editor,
The level of state debt in Rhode Island has reached a crises level. The Portsmouth Concerned Citizens has been recommending a “no” vote on all state bond proposals for …
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10/25/22
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To the editor:
As we go forward with the Mayflower Wind project, I urge the Mayflower people to be as open with the public as possible.
Portsmouth residents have historically been …
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10/24/22
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To the editor:
For over 100 years, the League of Women Voters has been considered a fair, nonpartisan arbiter of political matters, and an impartial sponsor of candidate forums and …
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10/24/22
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Although the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) invites public comment on offshore wind energy projects and I duly submitted one, I know Revolution Wind is a done deal. There’s just too …
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10/19/22
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To the editor:
The monopoly of Rhode Island Energy is hiking our prices up as much as 47%. We all received an email about it from our energy overlords over the summer, and my question is, why …
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10/19/22
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To the editor,
The Oct. 11 meeting of the Portsmouth Council addressed the future of the transfer station. Despite numerous opening denials that the intent was to close the facility, it was a …
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10/18/22
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To the editor: Federal Judge Smith of Rhode Island made a decision that truck tolls, not applicable to automobiles, is unconstitutional by the Commerce Clause of the federal constitution.
That …
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10/13/22
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To the editor:
I imagined I just got elected governor of Rhode Island. I have had no prior connection to Rhode Island politics, so I am beholden to no special interests. I am honest, smart, …
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10/11/22
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To the editor:
The Oct. 6 issue of the Portsmouth Times (“State replacing East Bay Bike Path bridges”) speaks volumes of our Rhode Island government in general and specifically the …
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10/10/22
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To the editor:
On behalf of Mayflower Wind, I write in response to Julie McGeoch’s Sept. 23 letter requesting more information on aspects of the Mayflower Wind SouthCoast project. …
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10/5/22
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To the editor: One has to feel for the citizens of the sunshine state, et.al., who have had their lives ripped apart by hurricane Ian this week.
At the same time you can only feel distain for …
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10/5/22
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To the editor:I would like to commend the East Providence Post for the high degree of editorial bravery displayed in your call to divert a higher amount of tax dollars from the general fund towards …
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9/29/22
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Ralph Mace of Portsmouth asks the question of me and Phil Bartlett, “How much would you consider wind power a viable choice if the cabling were to pass through Westport not Portsmouth?” I …
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9/28/22
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Please, may we have from the companies involved in laying the prospective Mayflower project power cable from the windmills to the storage power station, diagrams of the process: the barge that holds …
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9/22/22
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The following letter was sent to Mayflower Wind late last month by Tiverton resident Greg Vespe, executive director of the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association:
The Rhode Island Saltwater …
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9/16/22
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Your story in the Sept. 8, 2022 Shorelines about how “Little Compton fights to intervene in Mayflower proceedings” raises a number of issues that deserve comment. In essence the protests …
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9/16/22
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