Letters to the Editor

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Speaker antics
May 9, 2008
To the editor: House Speaker Melvin Neufeld behaves like a 4-year-old child. When he doesn’t get what he wants, he asks again and again and again. Hey Melvin, be a good boy, will you? Eat your vegetables.
Torture denial
May 9, 2008
To the editor: On Friday, April 11, President Bush admitted to ABC News that he personally had approved the meetings at which top officials authorized interrogation techniques of suspected terrorists, specifically including intermittent drowning (the administration’s preferred euphemism is “waterboarding”) and other techniques.
Siren policy
May 9, 2008
To the editor: Why is Douglas County so reluctant to warn its residents about tornadoes? When the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning last Thursday night, sirens did not go off.
Veto applauded
May 8, 2008
To the editor: Thanks to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for her courageous veto of the two 700-megawatt coal-burning plants in southwest Kansas. She was concerned that tons of carbon dioxide emissions would have drifted across the state at known risks to community health.
KU blind spot
May 8, 2008
To the editor: I am surprised as anyone by my mixing sports and a biblical reference in this letter. However, the request from the Kansas University athletic department for reimbursement for their losses from a canceled basketball banquet sparked the comparison.
Uplifting report
May 8, 2008
To the editor: Thank you, thank you, thank you for the comments on page 7B of Sunday’s paper, regarding Gitmo. It was absolutely uplifting for me.
Cultural message
May 8, 2008
To the editor: On Monday, many Americans celebrated Cinco de Mayo, even though the majority of us have no idea what we are even celebrating. Most of us are concerned with the margaritas, the costumes and the nachos. It is ironic that we celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but our country is building a wall to keep Mexicans out.
Shameful wage
May 8, 2008
To the editor: Food and fuel prices are soaring, eating into everyone’s income and hurting the poor above all — and business professor Mark Hirschey considers this an opportune moment to “take a stand” against raising the minimum wage?
Wrong focus
May 7, 2008
To the editor: Please, for the sake of our nation and the rest of the world, focus on what is important.
Siren policy
May 7, 2008
To the editor: Am I to understand that Douglas County officials will not activate our tornado warning sirens unless a trained spotter or law enforcement official confirms radar indication of a tornado? Wouldn’t we want to warn the people of Douglas County to take shelter BEFORE a tornado actually hits, not after?
Successful event
May 7, 2008
To the editor: The board of directors and employees of Douglas County Visiting Nurses, Rehabilitation and Hospice Care would like to thank the volunteers and community for our second and very successful 3d fundraiser. This year’s event was to raise money for a four-bedroom, 24-hour staffed VNA Hospice Care Cottage.
Radio alert
May 7, 2008
To the editor: We have a problem. NOAA weather radios are supposed to alert us to severe weather dangers. We in Lawrence are between the Topeka and Kansas City stations, and don’t get strong reception from either. In the bedroom area of my house, I can only get Kansas City.
New strategies
May 7, 2008
To the editor: The more determinedly our elected legislators try to pass the same old coal plant bill, the more they convince me that they highly value the cash contributions that Sunflower has made for their re-election.
Wage statistics
May 7, 2008
To the editor: On April 27, Graham Kreicker wrote that minimum wage laws don’t cause job loss. To dispel such conventional foolishness, look at employment facts in the Statistical Abstract of the United States (www.bls.gov/cps/), and use a little common sense.
Session praised
May 6, 2008
To the editor: Lawrence is rich in history and, as evidenced in the recent past, the people of Lawrence love to celebrate historical events.

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