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Letters to the Editor

Hope and faith needed as guidance

March 14, 2010

To the editor: We all view the world from different viewpoints, and those viewpoints provide the foundation for our ethical actions. It needs to be realized that we need to start making decisions differently —proactively — by deliberately considering their consequences in the present, the near term and the distant future. Unwavering adherence to a certain rule/policy is, at least to me, the sign of an inflexible and non-pragmatic individual who may be slow to react to reality, and prefer to play it safe. Our greatest frustrations come from problems we have no control over — not only the economic and historical trends, but the actions of the layers of government far removed from our streets. The goal of village-elected officials should be simple and altruistic — to ensure services to our village.

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Let livestock care board do job

March 14, 2010

To the editor:

This past November, nearly two-thirds of Ohio voters approved state Issue 2, effectively creating the Livestock Care Standards Board.

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Taxpayers deserve best possible service

March 14, 2010

To the editor:

I just received a letter from the federal government informing me that they are proposing a 35 percent raise on passports.

Passports now cost $100. They would go up to $135.

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Alumni game support appreciated

March 14, 2010

To the editor:

The Oak Glen Basketball Booster Club and girls and boys basketball teams would like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of the first OGHS Alumni Basketball Game held Jan. 1.

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Community needs A.L.I.V.E. shelter

March 14, 2010

To the editor:

Recently the director of A.L.I.V.E. Inc.

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Democrats now party of the lawyers

March 7, 2010

To the editor:

The Democrat Party has become the lawyers’ party. Barack Obama is a lawyer. Hillary Clinton is a lawyer. Bill Clinton is a lawyer. Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate).

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