Multiple parking tickets are too much
I have parked and worked in downtown Huntington since 1994. A 10-hour parking meter costs $2.50 a day. I often feed the meter four quarters in the morning, assuming a return for noontime chores or to reload the meter. On occasion, when I forget to return to feed the meter for whatever reason, I expect a ticket and feel lucky if I've not been ticketed.
However, I do not understand nor do I appreciate when I return at 4:30 p.m. to find two tickets on my car. If the meter man or maid arrived at 1 p.m. and found the meter expired, there's only the afternoon left for the city to make money. With my dollar from the morning and the $5 from the one afternoon ticket, the city made $3.50 more than if I had loaded the meter with $2.50 at 8 a.m. With two tickets, the city is making a total of $11 from my parking venture that day. As of today I am back at a private parking area, and I plan to stay there. I know of a fellow who was ticketed five times in one day.
I do not know the regulations that govern the ticketing of cars due to expired meters. If a city official or the persons who ticket my car know, I'd like a response to this letter. Maybe you can attract me back to city-run parking.
Sandra Pence
Barboursville
Police ignore call about minors, beer
We have a terrible problem with the homeless drinking in public in downtown Huntington, every day, all day. But today, they were openly handing beer bottles to minors. The five kids could not have been more than ages 14 to 17.
This went on from 3 to 5 p.m. in the parking lot across from my store. I called the police three times, and I suppose they were too busy to come out. I could not believe my eyes as they stood right across the street and provided alcohol to minors in plain view for more than two hours.
I was surprised that in two hours (they have always responded to my calls quicker) the police could not find a way to come out and arrest the adults who provided the beer to the kids.
Ken Epperly
Huntington
Today is day to prepare for eternity
Are you ready for eternity?
A recent glance at the obituaries shows that death has no respect of age, and it seems that more are leaving this life in the prime of their lives. We all want to make sure that our families will be taken care of after our death by purchasing life insurance, but it's equally important to have death assurance. We're all going to live eternally somewhere -- heaven or hell -- and what an assurance to your family to know that you have made heaven your home.
I'm concerned for my loved ones and friends who haven't made their preparation for eternity. Death is hard enough without the thought of a loved one being eternally in hell. The Bible says today is the day of salvation. Don't wait until tomorrow. We have no guarantee of our next breath. Jesus paid the price. All you have to do is accept the gift and believe in Him. If you love your family, provide them with the assurance of your heavenly home. After all, the mortality rate of the human race is 100 percent, as my pastor often says.
Cheryl Papas
Prichard
Not all flowers vendors are thieves
Not everyone who sells Memorial Day flowers at roadside stands or flea markets are bogus. My family has been making Memorial Day flowers for years and selling them in my front yard in Kenova, roadsides, etc. Because our flowers look professionally made but sold at a fraction of the cost, we are asked every year to see an invoice, a vendor's license or wholesaler's card.
So before you condemn us all, ask for a bill of sale, invoice, etc., and if they don't have them or you feel uncomfortable buying from them, go elsewhere to buy your flowers.
Carol Ramey
Kenova
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