PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 30, 2026
The people of Maine need to realize that we can still have the quality of life we enjoy so much and also embrace progress and development. If we prevent progress and development by passing moratoriums on data centers, not building highways, protesting Amazon and complaining about the rising costs electricity, our taxes will continue to rise, our progress as a species will be set back and our taxes will force people to move out of state. As Henry David Thoreau put it, “Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.” Thoreau understood that we are part of the plan for this planet, not just interlopers. ~ Noah Miner, Gorham