News Stories for January 2011
Stories for Monday, January 31
Leave Kasich alone
I wish all you troublemakers would leave John Kasich alone and let him do the job he was called to do. He was not called to make sure that his Cabinet was racially mixed. I am hoping that he picked each person because that person was the right person for ...
<b>‘Allowed county to redirect funds’</b>
On Jan. 14, it was announced in the (newspaper) that county commissioners have decided to reduce annual funding for the county parks. It was also reported that this may force the county parks to renege on their “contract” with voters who passed the parks’ levy last November.This feels uncomfortable to ...
<b>‘More punishment’</b>
Regarding Stacie Mullins, who was sentenced in the alpaca incident: I am so disappointed in the judicial system that they only gave her five years of probation. She was already given an order not to go around those boys and then she got caught with one of them. She broke ...
Stories for Friday, January 28
<b>County ‘central purchasing is nothing new’</b>
Several (weeks) ago, an (editorial) appeared, stating “New purchasing post long overdue.” This is a real laugh. New? I don’t think so.In 1986, Ed Shelton, a county commissioner at the time, proposed this very thing. In the spring of 1987, I was hired as county purchasing director for the salary ...
<b>‘Guilt is in his nature’</b>
I always laugh whenever a liberal speaks of morality. Key tenets of liberal philosophy are “moral relativism” and “situational ethics.” Sure, it may be wrong to steal drugs from a pharmacy to sell on the street, but not to give to a sick friend who can’t afford them.Paul Krugman ...
Our next coach
The “Qualities of an Effective Coach” forum is only a smokescreen for the school board’s blunder of losing maybe the best football coach we ever had at Middletown High. Jason Krause came into a school system that is almost 50 percent economically disadvantaged and turned the program around overnight. They ...
Get off A.J.'s back
I think A.J. Smith is being singled out for a lot of misery because he’s black. We’ve had council people mess up before. ... I don’t remember all this outcry. He is a young man. A $2.50 drink — big deal. I am glad that he is on Middletown City ...
You can't have that money
I agree 100 percent on the well-written letter to the editor by John Webster on the estate tax (“Simple theft,” Jan. 27). Whether you are left $10, $10 million or $10 billion, no one but the beneficiaries should be able to get their hands on any more money. That is ...
<b>‘You cannot have it both ways’</b>
An open letter to President Obama: Your remarks Jan. 12, at the memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., were truly moving beyond words. I joined many Americans, I am sure, when I occasionally dried my eyes to get a clearer picture on my TV. I was proud to be numbered among ...
Stories for Thursday, January 27
Snowed in
We on Wrenn Court have tried unsuccessfully to get someone in charge of road maintenance to plow our street. We realize the main streets need to be done first — but ... it gets pretty sad to see your street look like a frozen tundra. Some of us have had ...
<b>‘A great night’</b>
I just wanted to say “thank you” to the many people who put forth the effort to bring back the Middies Hall of Fame inductions from a nearly three-year slumber. It was a great night of celebration at Wildwood Golf Club — from the seven men/ladies we honored to the ...
Stories for Wednesday, January 26
<b>‘Simple theft’</b>
I read your recent editorial regarding the estate tax. While I will never be in position to have it affect me, it struck me that the politicians — and now, apparently, the newspapers — look upon this tax as an entitlement to the government. You don’t sell anything; you don’t ...
Get off his back
For all of these people who are calling in about the Middie football coach “leaving for greener pastures”: I wonder how many of these people — if they were in the coach’s shoes — would have stayed at Middletown or in their own job if they were offered a better, ...
Stories for Tuesday, January 25
Who has Boehner's ear?
John Boehner says he is listening to the people about repealing the health-care law. I think he is listening to his corporate masters. He seems to be consistently against anything for working families or anybody who struggles in this economy.I can’t see why the businesses out on Interstate 75 in ...
<b>‘What harm?’</b>
In response to the guest column of Jan. 9 (“Noah’s Ark park will mislead our schoolchildren”): I find it interesting that the authors are so threatened by a Biblically themed park.They state that building the life-sized replica of the ark “strikes a severe blow to the teaching of evolution.” Really? ...
<b>‘Weary, angry’</b>
I am weary and angry at the same time for reading about so much negativity about the Section 8 program here in Middletown.First, I would like to pose a question. Why is Middletown city government one of only two city governments in Ohio that insists on administering the program, which ...
Stories for Monday, January 24
A fair test
Regarding a recent story on TV where Kentucky is trying to pass a law for people to be drug-tested before they receive assistance: I think that is a great idea. I think Ohio and its legislators should pick up on that. Everyone I know, including me, has to take a ...
<b>‘Did nothing to reform cost of health care’</b>
Regarding Justin Coussoule: How is it that this guy could lose an election in a landslide and have the audacity to make fun of his opponents? Maybe quitting his job at Procter & Gamble to run against a 20-year popular incumbent wasn’t the smartest decision in the world. It would ...
Stories for Friday, January 21
<b>‘Sacrifices made’</b>
Public service isn’t just a job; it’s a calling. I love my job in the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction where I’ve worked for 22 years.State employees care about the work they do. Just ask those who’ve served for 15, 20, 30 and more years. And, like so many I ...
<b>‘Keep our faith’</b>
Do you know God? Getting to know God must be done by reading that which he has chosen to reveal about himself. We cannot know God unless we know his word.Without prayer and his word, we form a concept of God that is distorted. We see God as we want ...
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