Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com. The taxpayers of Maine have every right and reason to be outraged at the latest boondoggle within the University of Maine System (UMS). It’s shameful enough that the chancellor withheld crucial information from a presidential search committee, and even more shameful that a deal was cut with the selected candidate to withdraw before spending one day in the office.