Pipeline tax break will add to developers’ profit

Letters to the Editor

Published
January 8, 2012

Pipeline tax break will add to developers’ profit

If I get this right, the developers who want to put in a natural gas pipeline from Richmond to Madison want a tax break from all the towns along the way. Then they’ll sell the pipeline to the gas company and walk away with a profit. How much profit? 10 percent? 20 percent? Then, of […]
Published
January 8, 2012

Constitution’s best chance rests with Ron Paul

Does anybody know why the Republican party is so anti-Ron Paul? Especially since many people think he is the best one to help our country get back on its feet and protect our Constitution. He is unlike the war supporters and big government spenders and if our kids are dying with bad equipment is that […]
Published
January 8, 2012

Government leaders must reduce benefits, payroll

After listening to many news reports, I am miffed that we cannot make this country a place to live that is good for all. I called information on my phone and received a phone number for a local business. I asked the woman where she was geographically located; she said the Philippines. No wonder we […]
Published
January 7, 2012

Wages were deferred; they’re not ‘entitlements’

The nation’s labor force, more than 100 million workers, has endured a decline in wages and income since the mid-1970s. On top of that, they may be robbed of their past wages as well. American workers agreed to forgo a portion of their wages by paying into Social Security and Medicare, with the assurance they […]
Published
January 7, 2012

Our for-profit health care system is broken

Last year, people woke up to the fact that corporate greed and injustice are hurting Americans. We have a broken for-profit health care system. More than 50 million Americans are uninsured. Medicare and hospitals, along with other public programs like Medicaid, are under constant threat of new cuts by lawmakers. Meanwhile, last year, the nation’s […]

Published
January 7, 2012

Privacy in American has all-but disappeared

If I go to the shopping center or go downtown to have a coffee, I know my picture has been taken many times. Is privacy in America gone? Let’s take a look. I can go online to see what my house looks like from above and on street level. It doesn’t make me feel good […]
Published
January 6, 2012

Appalling treatment of teens with new baby

I found it disgraceful that the Sentinel would publish a picture of two teens and their baby on the front page of the paper, and that they’re being showered with gifts for the area’s first-born child in 2012. It is Sentinel policy not to publish names of teen(s) who commit illegal acts, but it gave […]
Published
January 6, 2012

Media should tell whole story, not just one side

I was going to stop sending letters to the editor, but I got angry after I listened to Brian Williams on NBC reporting on Congress and the Republican candidates and failing to report both sides. He told people how unfair it is that Congress can’t pass the tax breaks and the damage it’s going to […]
Published
January 6, 2012

Idea for new state law has taxpayers in mind

How about this for a new state law: No state elected official or political appointment, past or present, shall receive taxpayer-paid health or retirement benefits, or compensation for such, greater than the same benefits provided to the residents they represent. Now that would be a law I could support. Tom Fullam Vassalboro
Published
January 6, 2012

25 workers not reason for RSU 59 budget shortfall

I read about the budget shortfall in school district 59, and the school board considering whether to hire contractors to fulfill the district’s custodial and transportation services. The district has 25 such employees under contract, many employed for more than 20 years. These employees earn their wages, giving years of service to jobs still necessary. […]

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