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Voice of the people
Proctorville is a speed trap again
I am writing this letter to warn people that the police in Proctorville, Ohio, once again have gone nuts. If you need to go to the store or anywhere in Proctorville, beware. They are out there to get you.
I know of a simple case that went to the mayor's court, and he wouldn't even accept the "not guilty" plea. He was real hateful with the people and would not listen. You would be better off to go around Proctorville. I know I will.
They have a different mayor now, and he sure isn't as fair as the other one was. I just want to warn you, Proctorville is on the loose again as it was some years back. Remember the speed trap? Well, it's back. Just be careful and make sure every light on your car is working, and be sure your car doesn't accidentally blow any fuses, or you will pay the price.
Just hope you get stopped by a state trooper so you will have a fair chance.
Carol Myers
Huntington
Parking deters downtown business
You want to know why businesses do not want to locate themselves in downtown Huntington? As someone who works on 4th Avenue, I can give you some very good reasons.
First of all, the city of Huntington charges you $2 per week just for working here. On top of that, you must pay for parking while you are at work. This costs me around $2 a day to park on the street and twice that if I park in the garage.
In addition, if I am too busy working to go out and pay my meter after the two hours it allots is up, I get hit with a $5 parking ticket. With the way funds must be stretched today and the fact that I am trying to work my way through college, sometimes I don't even have the $5 to spare. Then if I have to wait more than five days, I have to give the city $30.
Maybe these issues should be addressed before anyone complains about the lack of substantial, viable businesses being attracted to the downtown Huntington area.
Elizabeth Stewart
Huntington
Jesus would cry for mining destruction
Honoring God's good creation is a core Christian value; on what Biblical ground did Mr. Perry Stone at Christ Temple stand to blast "enviros" as tree worshipers, while lauding the coal industry?
Environmentalists do not deserve demonization; many are strong people of faith who have seen their communities and landscape torn to shreds by mountaintop removal coal mining.
Life is being aborted in the mountains. Is it consistent with the Gospel when an 80-year-old cancer patient gets put out of his home by a coal industry eager to "harvest" the coal nearby? Jesus often prayed in the mountains. If Jesus were to walk our country roads, I hope Mr. Stone would go along to see the tears in His eyes near Marsh Fork Elementary School, in the literal shadow of a large coal processing plant -- dwarfed by a huge sludge impoundment. If that breaks, those children's lives will be aborted.
Regarding God's good creation, it is time to ask: What would Jesus do? We can follow Jesus' message of Good News for all of creation and find our moral compass. Lauding the coal industry while demonizing environmentalists is bad news and bad theology.
Robin Blakeman
Barboursville
