To the editor:

Pursuant to Pete Crooker’s comments [letter, March 03] about “That Maine Attitude,” I think it might help if vacationers from out of state left the attitude of authoritative familiarity behind. I have never encountered anyone who has been less than friendly, helpful and polite when I have visited the islands in the Casco Bay. I don’t consider my personality to be so sparkling that people feel the need to be near me, so I wonder why it is that when I visit, people invite me back. Could it be that I’m polite, mind my own business, and enjoy all that Maine has to offer without criticizing the way things are done?

Barbara Carey

Belmont, Massachusetts