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12:06 PM Thursday, November 12, 2009

I want to thank the Smith & Ogle Funeral Home of Oxford for showing a lot compassion for me and to the family of one of my neighbors, who died recently of cancer. I am somewhat handicapped and was unable to go to the visitation. However, Smith & Ogle drove past my house. When they came by my house, they stopped for a moment so I could see my friend going by. That meant more to me than you could ever imagine. ...

Regarding the calls about food stamps and what people are buying on food stamps: If the family is really in need of food stamps, they should get food stamps to provide nutritious meals for their family. But, on the other hand, I have seen people buy food with food stamps and turn around and sell the food to someone in the parking lot for cash. I think the system has a flaw and there are two sides to this coin. It needs to be checked and investigated because people who really do need them can’t seem to get them.

Abortion is legal. I don’t understand why no federal money can be used to subsidize this legal procedure, just because 40 percent of the public believe it is murder. I believe bombing innocent men, women and children — as we continue to do in Iraq and Afghanistan — is murder, but I cannot exempt my taxes for that. Why is one murder and another is not?

I hope that, when the new blood takes the Hamilton City Council seats in January, they will address the brick catastrophe on Main Street and rattle the cage of the railroad company to repair the crossings on the west side and other parts of the city. There’s absolutely no excuse to be so negligent. Come on, new blood. Show us what you can do. ...

I read the Nov. 10 Hamilton JournalNews and you noted the top five Web stories. We pay you to print the news, not about the Web and blogs. One of the most important items was P&G moving 400 jobs into the area. This is news and should be reported in the paper. Just remember — everyone doesn’t have a computer.

Regarding the call about truckers delivering stuff up and down Main Street in Hamilton: You don’t need every truck coming down Main Street, tearing the roads up. It’s not for local deliveries. These aren’t local deliveries because I follow them all the time — all the way through town. I drove a truck for 37 years and I know better than that. They just come through town (and) don’t have any business being here. They ought to start stopping them.

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