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Hail to the ILWP

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Kudos to the Indian Lake Watershed Project and to the area farmers, business people, residents and government officials who support healthy environmental goals. Because of the ILWP, founded 20 years ago, Indian Lake can now boast of healthy, clean water. All of us who enjoy the benefits of this lovely Ohio jewel (including the many forms of wildlife who depend upon it for their well-being) send you a big thank you.

How sad that Grand Lake St. Marys, suffering from horrific toxins in its water, did not choose to follow the lead of those at Indian Lake who took all those palliative measures two decades ago.

Sue Graham

Twinsburg

 

Shame on Bellefontaine

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In answer to Sharon Ashcraft’s question ... No! Most people don’t care. As time goes on no one will care. Bellefontaine should be so ashamed; the biggest “city” in Logan County and nothing is done for any holiday. Every town around us no matter how small always goes all out for the 4th of July. How long has it been since Bellefontaine had a big parade or fireworks? What you and a “few” others saw or didn’t see this past 4th is almost what Bellefontaine is striving for. This year was an afterthought, next year there will be no thought at all.

Shame on you Bellefontaine, “city” of ?

Peggy Hatcher

Bellefontaine

 

Tea Party of today does not know what it is all about

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What are we to make of the Tea Party Movement locally and across America? I believe that determination can be arrived at in the following manner.

The United States Supreme Court declared George W. Bush president in 2000 and this is what came of it.

Seemingly endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with 35,000 plus casualties (deaths and injuries) in Iraq alone and no military draft to support such actions. Bush and a Republican controlled Congress rammed through 1.8 trillion dollars of tax cuts to the rich. Millions of middle class and poor Americans were losing work in tandem. Then came what will be a trillion dollar corporate welfare check to the pharmaceutical monopoly called Medicare Part D doughnut hole mean anything? We, the taxpayers even had to bail out those Wall Street crooks.

Haven’t heard a peep from the tea parties on these critical issues.

They instead went off on a tirade over the basic human right of all to have health care.

Only in today’s America could the haves of society be clamoring for more and blaming the have nots to boot.

A number of media outlets have reported that the gap between rich and poor is wider in this nation today than for any other developed country of the world. The wealthiest one percent owns more than the bottom 95 percent.

Make no mistake that a vast majority of those opposing health care reform measures, including the watered-down legislation (no public option) recently passed by Congress, thinks of themselves as Christians.

I’m therefore curious as to how they reconcile their attitudes with, let us say, Matthew 25 of the Scripture.

Jesus is telling His disciples they’ll be rewarded in the next life for feeding the hungry and taking care of the sick.

“Whatever you did for the least of those,” Jesus says, “you did for Me.”

I wouldn’t call myself a particularly religious person, but even I know the lessons taught by Jesus Christ are unequivocal and don’t carry price tags.

I also wonder how many of the politicians, supported by the teabaggers, are among those voting against the extension of unemployment compensation in this crummy economic climate.

It would be interesting to know as well the level of agreement with the rancid offerings of people such as Rush Limbaugh, a mean-spirited radio talker and Republican Party favorite.

Limbaugh recently said on air, for example, that children without enough to eat should be schooled by parents in how to “Dumpster dive.” It’s acceptable to him that others would have to forage for discarded food in trash bins.

This is the crowd always hollaring “socialism, communism and losing our freedoms.”

They’re uptight that others could share in America’s bounty.

It’s the same discredited invective that was trotted out at the onset of organized labor (unions) and Social Security in the 1930s, Civil Rights activists and laws of the 1950s and 60s and Medicare and Medicaid passage in the 60s.

America was such a much fairer place by all.

Our original tea party would have been aghast at these imposters.

They were rebelling in 1773 against the tyranny of England’s King George III. Taxation without elected representation, for instance. That’s how the king’s product wound up in Boston Harbor and the American Revolution followed.

The tea party of 2010, however, more resembles the generational ilk of King George.

In 1773, Americans knew the difference.

Do we today?

Jerry Turner

Quincy

 

Time for unemployment overhaul

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To whom it may concern:

This subject is about the Unemployment Benefits of Ohio. I was turned down like most people in Ohio. I was laid off at no fault of my own. I had the required weeks in but I needed to make $213 a week to qualify before taxes. A person would have to make $10.65 an hour and work at least 20 hours a week.

This is bull. Unemployment benefits should not be based on what you make a week. Unemployment needs overhauled big time and I mean now.

Where is all this money going? For sure not to the people who have been paying into it. Businesses pay a lot into the unemployment.

There should be no dollar amount a week.

Steve M. Lipinski

Bellefontaine

 

Little food for much thought

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GET OUT AND GIVE BACK

I love to eat.  In fact, I’ll eat just because I’m happy, sad, nervous, relaxed, angry, stressed or excited. Sometimes I’ll even eat when I’m not even hungry if there’s food in front of me.

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