Key-rect

April 28, 2017

Editor: How did all this political correctness nonsense get started anyhow? The PETA kooks are plucking lobsters from the tanks in restaurants and setting them free in the ocean. Michael Bloomberg has spent $150 million trying to shut down coal-fired power plants. Supervisors of the school lunch programs in Utah are complaining that government mandated menus are replacing mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, beans and wieners with carrot sticks, broccoli and apples, which usually end up dumped into the trash cans. The Cleveland Indians as well as the Atlanta Braves and Washington ...

Center’s need for a fire levy

April 20, 2017

Editor: On Feb. 13, 2016, Center Township suffered the loss of its building and all of its equipment, except for the backhoe and police cruiser, to a fire. The Board of Center Township went to work with the help of our community and completely rebuilt our township. Now we have a wonderful new building. But we have a new problem now — the funding of Center Township’s share of cost for the Lisbon Fire Department, which we share with Elkrun Township and Village of Lisbon. Our township has two old fire levies which are outdated funding that was created back in the 1980s and ...

The grad mill

April 13, 2017

Editor: Is there a crime called snookery? If so, our universities should be indicted for it. The taxpayers are burdened with over a trillion dollars in student loans because of these snake oil peddlers. High school graduates who can’t pass English or math proficiency tests or get a loan to buy a big screen TV are granted tens of thousands of dollars in loans by our government to pay for college. For those who choose not to stay on campus, their apartments and cars are paid for. In many cases the extra money goes for booze, drugs and video games. The recruiters for the ...

No More, ever

April 7, 2017

Editor: April of each year brings together two related awareness campaigns: Victims of Crime and Sexual Assault. The theme for the 2017 Victims of Crime campaign is “Strength, Resilience, Justice.” For Sexual Assault month it is “Engaging New Voices.” Though these two campaigns are separate, their themes intertwine into a unified message: Victims cannot receive justice without the strength of the community. Victims cannot recover without our voices joining them in calling for justice. In other words, it takes all of us, working together, to bring about justice, healing and ...

A clear picture

April 6, 2017

Editor: “Ryan a convenient scapegoat for Trump’s failure.” Ridiculous. Many conservative journalists consider the failure of passing the American Health Care Act in the House of Representatives a failure of President Trump’s leadership. (See Jonah Goldberg’s column in your March 31 issue). However, President Trump placed the blame exactly where it belonged: the House Republican leadership and the “Freedom Caucus.” The defeat displayed what we have known for quite a while. The Republican Party, stronger than ever at the federal and state level, is simply not listening ...

Feet to the fire

March 23, 2017

Editor: So, we’re making America great again? Under the Republican health care proposal, 24 million Americans would lose their coverage by 2024, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Seniors and the poor would face much higher insurance premiums, limiting their ability to afford them. Under the proposal, the richest 2 percent in our country would receive $275 billion in tax cuts. The proposed defunding of Planned Parenthood would hurt low-and middle-income women who access that agency’s health care services. Worse, many Medicaid recipients would likely lose their ...