Letters
Letter: Legislature should adopt reforms
Legislators should not accept any gift worth more than $50
I agree with the newspaper editorial series “Access to Power” that the General Assembly should adopt the following reforms:
♦ Legislators may not accept any gift worth more than $50 in value from registered lobbyists.
♦ Lobbyists must disclose the value of all goods and services offered to individual legislators or groups of lawmakers, including meals, tickets to sporting and entertainment events, or other gifts.
♦ Legislators may not accept gifts, including payment of travel-related expenses, from businesses, organizations or individuals that do business with the state.
♦ Legislators may not accept meals, tickets to athletic games or other events, or any other gift valued at more than $50 from state universities or colleges.
♦ Former legislators may not work as registered lobbyists until one year after they leave office.
♦ When a lawmaker votes for a law to be passed, they must publish via newspapers and other media of how much total money, including the cost of material gifts each lawmaker received from the lobbyist involved with the law they are voting yes on.
Gary W. Brower Sr.
Anderson
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Letter: Canine training camp was success, too
The veterinarians and staff of Devonshire Veterinary Clinic would like to thank the members of the Anderson Training and Obedience Club, Madison County 4-H Club and the Madison County 4-H Dog Obedience Club for making our first canine training camp a success.
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Letter: In-school suspension not the solution
If teachers would spend as much time teaching as they would sending kids to in-school suspension for a small logo on a shirt, our kids might rank higher on tests, etc.
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Letter: More vacant buildings need razed
In the Sunday, Aug. 29, The Herald-Bulletin, the editorial staff opined that the former Emge buildings and stockyards should be razed.
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Letter: School board should support new district
Anderson Community Schools board member Jean Chaille says she’s disappointed that the previous school board didn’t address funding shortfalls sooner.
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Letter: Many involved in Colts camp success
I would personally like to extend a huge thank-you to everyone in our Anderson “family,” without whom training camp would not have been such an amazing success.
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Letter: Embrace the best of all three schools
The suggestion to get rid of the mascot and name of Anderson High School and start over, using not the Pirates, Scots or Indians is plain wrong.
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Letter: Israel deserves peace, recognition as nation
It is time for Palestinians and their leaders to truly recognize Israel and raise their children to have jobs — and not Jihad.
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Letter: Outcome in Iraq still in question
Well, I’m certainly relieved that we finally won the war in Iraq
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Viewpoint: Liberal thinking encourages failure, mediocrity
George Bernard Shaw once said, “When you run a government where you rob Peter to pay Paul, you will always get the support of Paul.”
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Letter: Tea partiers get their news from Fox
Quite a few of the letters posted recently have a tea party slant. Apparently these people get their information from Fox News.
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Letter: Canine training camp was success, too
