I am a licensed health care provider, who lives in Indianapolis and works in Anderson. It has been astounding to me that so many of your restaurants and entertainment facilities such as bowling alleys continue to be smoke-filled. As more and more evidence mounts regarding the acute and chronic illnesses caused by direct and secondhand smoke, I cannot believe that the parents and adults in this community would not be more determined to keep their children and youth smoke free.
If it is your decision to smoke, at least respect the health of your children and other people and take it outside. The time is now to ban smoking, particularly when children and non-smokers are present. Why? ... because it is the right thing to do.
The Indianapolis City Council is currently considering legislation that would make an existing smoking ban even more inclusive to protect all workers from secondhand smoke. It is past time for Anderson and Madison County to move into the 21st century and consider the health of all its citizens.
Ginny Maher, CNM, MSN
Community Hospital Anderson
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Letter: County should consider people’s health
More and more evidence mounts regarding the acute and chronic illnesses caused by secondhand smoke
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Letter: Public should have say on library space
As taxpayers, does the public have no say-so what happens with their tax dollars? With some proper schedule management, those existing meeting rooms can fulfill everyone’s needs.
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Letter: Election fraud tales turn voters away
Columnist Maureen Hayden asked, “Why did 3 million Hoosiers choose not to vote?” She gave a few reasons but I can think of another one.
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Letter: Elected officials should buy insurance
I may be wrong but I thought the city and county were hurting for money, and that’s why services keep getting cut or eliminated. One thing is evident. There is no shortage of money for lawsuits.
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Letter: Source of inequality is not economic
The truth of the collapse of a living-wage economy for working-class America is a social catastrophe and, increasingly, a severe embarrassment to free-market ideology.
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Letter: America following road to tyranny
Global elitists behind our government have methodically been guiding our government toward the New World Order.
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Letter: Let’s work through the problems
On May 14 I attended the county council meeting in hopes that I could understand what is happening in the legislative branch of our Madison County government. What I saw was politics at its worst and I cannot applaud either party.
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Letter: Columnist Brown ignores truth
It’s hard to understand why The Herald Bulletin carries columns by Susan Stamper Brown, who has such a blatant disregard for truth in her conservative propaganda.
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Letter: Taxpayers should thank the ‘few’
Are those who worry about the loss of the wheel tax concerned about the roads or about their jobs? Most of them could care less about people’s needs.
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Letter: Government officials should answer to us
We, the people, have allowed government officials to lead us into the crazy one world order. But, is it working? Well, look at the results.
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Viewpoint: Schools, volunteers reach out to pre-kindergartners, parents
On behalf of Born Learning Connection as service of the United Way of Madison County, I would like to thank all Madison County elementary schools for their generous support in making Blast Off to Kindergarten a countywide success.
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Letter: Public should have say on library space
