Letters

I am writing because of Ms. Linda Blackmon requesting $6,750 in back pay.
The only way you can get back pay is that you worked. Well, excuse me, but she didn’t work during that time. So no work, no pay.
There is a problem somewhere when our so-called elected officials are able to vote to give themselves this back pay.

Thanks to Richard Band’s letter to the editor, we now know some of the hazards that patrons of our library will face if it is moved.
Can you imagine a mother with small children walking from the parking area up to the library? What about teenagers and adults walking alone or senior citizens with limited walking ability?
Have any of the council or library board members walked the distance?
Probably not, or this decision would not be under consideration. Why can’t the library be improved where it is?

I have come to the conclusion that there are too many “geniuses” in our society today. The word is used practically for everyone.
Hollywood is filled with them. Just ask anyone who acts about their co-stars or directors and you get, “He’s a genius.” I’ve heard it for sports stars, politicians, artists, Wall Street workers, singers, etc. You name the category, and the title has been used.

“I don’t agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

Professor Eric P. Robinson’s thoughtful and well-written guest column last Friday brought those historic words to mind. Unfortunately, they appear to have been forgotten or disregarded in the current social-political debate.

Some people, notably on our college campuses, seem to believe it is not only their right but their duty to shout down and/or intimidate those whose views they find offensive.