Published: October 15, 2006 02:16 pm            

10/15/06 Letters to the editor

Taylor needs to check his facts



Dear Editor:



I have just received a piece of campaign literature from the Van Taylor campaign that boggles the mind. “Your eyes don’t lie” printed in large letters, then “Chet Edwards let seniors down and he doesn’t deserve re-election.” What a piece of poppycock!

The Alliance for Retired Americans gives Chet a 90-percent positive rating for 2005 and an 89-percent positive rating overall. Not quite in line with what Van Taylor is spouting, is it?

Another claim made is that he supported “raiding $1.4 trillion from the Social Security Trust fund, endangering future benefits.” He voted against that bill, the Social Security Account Protection Bill, because the Republican majority in the House voted against an amendment that required 100 percent of the Social Security Trust Fund surplus be transferred to a Federal Reserve Bank and held in trust for the Social Security System. The original bill called for revising the Social Security Act by adding federal budget surpluses (not exactly something we can count on) to an interim Social Security account.

Chet Edwards also supported “lockbox” legislation that would safeguard Social Security and Medicare surpluses by prohibiting the use of trust funds for other programs and projects. The bill was defeated by the Republican majority in the House.

It would behoove this Republican challenger to get his facts straight. Senior citizens know how to check facts, and there are more trustworthy sources than his Web site to get the straight story.

Sincerely,



Edith Teague

Alvarado







We need to be able to trust those in uniform



Dear Editor:



I’m writing in regard to the behavior of the Cleburne police officers with the minor, Stevie Johnson. When I read in the paper of how the officers talked to her I was in total disgust.

Of all the people who I thought I could trust it would be the ones in uniform. Adults are supposed to be role models for children. Being that Stevie was a minor and a teenager, her vocabulary to the officers was nothing out of the abnormal in my opinion. In actuality, not everyone is brought up by two parents in a “Leave it to Beaver” world.

This child had cried out for help way before the tragedy occurred. And not only the ones in uniform let her down.

The ones we trust like doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists and we adults in society let her down.

In closing, next time we hear a child, teenager or an adult crying out for help, we as a society should hear, listen and help.

If we can’t trust the ones in uniform, we can we trust?



Belinda J. Scott





Thanks from JC Food Show Committee



Dear Editor:



The Johnson County 4-H Food Show Committee would like to thank the local businesses for supporting our county show Sept. 28.

The winners will compete at the district level Oct. 28 in Gatesville, Texas. Thanks again to Cotton Patch, West End Grill, Susannah’s Homestyle Cookin, CiCi’s, Dairy Max, Dairy Queen, the Department of Agriculture, Southwest Dairy Farmers and Whataburger. The prizes donated by these businesses help reward and encourage our 4-H participants to continue to make the best better.

Sincerely,



Johnson County

Food Show Committee







Thanks from Antique Alley organizers



Dear Editor:



The September 2006 Antique Alley event was a great success and enjoyed by many. Our communities of Cleburne, Grandview and Maypearl really set the pace, illustrating how positive results can be achieved when people reach out and work together for a common goal. The success of this event is due to the efforts of so many groups and individuals working together in promoting this economic opportunity that benefits so many. We never could have enjoyed this kind of success without everyone pulling together!

This event brought approximately 30,000 people to our neighborhoods. Positive economic effects were felt throughout the community. Vendors, RV Parks, bed and breafasts, and hotels, restaurants, convenience stores, gas stations and participating land owners all benefit greatly from this event.

Isn’t it great to see what can be accomplished when we all work together! A big thank you to all the folks who helped in the September event is due. If anyone is overlooked, we regret the exclusion.

Many thanks go to those that contributed their services, time and efforts in coordinating Antique Alley, to those donating the use of private land in the downtown areas, lots and electricity and to those that assisted with group advertising:

F The mayors, city staff and council members and chambers of commerce of Cleburne, Maypearl and Grandview

F Our local police

F Johnson and Ellis county sheriff’s offices and our county governments

F Downtown Cleburne Association and Maxine Ammons

F Paw Print Press and staff in Itasca, Grandview Tribune and Cleburne Times-Review for all of the press releases

F All of the Maypearl volunteers — Cheryl Wilbur, Wende Upchurch, Christy Juarez, Ronna Jansen and Micky Terry

F Barbara Petrash, Itasca

F Our corporate contributors — Sagentic Web Design, Hilco Electric Co-op, David’s Food Markets, Tom Crabb, Ken Davis Farms, Gene Harris Petroleum and Windstream

F All of the volunteers in Grandview — Dr. Mike and Julie Grier, Bart Clark, Darla Dudley, Joy Davis and the Quisenberry Family, Carolyn Roberts, A.B. Manis, Joe Confessore, First Baptist Church of Grandview, Grandview Honor Society students, Laura Morgan, Buddy Fry, Russell Allen, Lisa Hill and to the numerous business owners who allowed vendors to set up on their sidewalks and parking spaces.

F Thanks to the private landowners that organize excellent shows on their property and make this a truly unique community event

Mark your calendar for the next show — April 20-22.

Sincerely,



Grandview Antique Alley

Coordinator and member of The Greater Grandview

Chamber of Commerce

board of directors

Nita S. Redmon

        

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