Hillary offers U.S. best health plan
Editor:
I was sitting in the drug store, waiting for a pill refill to be ready. I started chatting with the man waiting in the chair next to me. He said his wife was dying of lung cancer. Then the druggist called the man's name and handed him a bottle of pills. "How much?" the man asked. "$126.00," said the druggist.
"I don't have that much money," the man replied, and walked empty-handed from the drug store.
That's why I voted for Hillary Clinton in our recent primary election. She is the only candidate for mandatory health insurance.
Maureen Crockett
St. Albans
City cameras idea is a boondoggle
Editor:
By all indications, Mayor Jones wants to go forward with spending Charleston's controversial user fee on security cameras.
According to a May 6 article by The Associated Press, London has the most surveillance of any city in the world, but London Chief Inspector Mick Neville is quoted as calling the system "a fiasco." According to the story, only 3 percent of crimes are solved using it despite billions of pounds having been spent on cameras.
According to Neville, criminals have shown no fear of being caught on tape and the footage is often too poor to be of use.
Jones' camera idea is an expensive, intrusive boondoggle, and will not compensate for a lack of police patrols, or a population unwilling to be witnesses.
Given the ill will that the user fee has generated, it should at least be spent on something of proven value.
Darren Olofson
Charleston
Press ignores Mountain Party
Hillary offers U.S. best health plan
Editor:
I was sitting in the drug store, waiting for a pill refill to be ready. I started chatting with the man waiting in the chair next to me. He said his wife was dying of lung cancer. Then the druggist called the man's name and handed him a bottle of pills. "How much?" the man asked. "$126.00," said the druggist.
"I don't have that much money," the man replied, and walked empty-handed from the drug store.
That's why I voted for Hillary Clinton in our recent primary election. She is the only candidate for mandatory health insurance.
Maureen Crockett
St. Albans
City cameras idea is a boondoggle
Editor:
By all indications, Mayor Jones wants to go forward with spending Charleston's controversial user fee on security cameras.
According to a May 6 article by The Associated Press, London has the most surveillance of any city in the world, but London Chief Inspector Mick Neville is quoted as calling the system "a fiasco." According to the story, only 3 percent of crimes are solved using it despite billions of pounds having been spent on cameras.
According to Neville, criminals have shown no fear of being caught on tape and the footage is often too poor to be of use.
Jones' camera idea is an expensive, intrusive boondoggle, and will not compensate for a lack of police patrols, or a population unwilling to be witnesses.
Given the ill will that the user fee has generated, it should at least be spent on something of proven value.
Darren Olofson
Charleston
Press ignores Mountain Party
Editor:
We have just made history again in West Virginia.
It is very interesting that there is only one actual political party in the state that is growing in size and that is the Mountain Party. Four years ago, their candidate had the motto and campaign slogan of "Make History" before Hillary. Jesse Johnson has been doing just that on a continuous basis ever since. In 2008 alone, he made history as the first West Virginian to run for U.S. president on a party with ballot access. He made state history again as the only West Virginia native to run for both U.S. president and governor at the same time. He also topped that accomplishment by winning his second gubernatorial nomination in a row, yet another historic achievement. Jesse's message is one of environmental responsibility and demilitarizing the economy as well as restoring respect for the Constitution.
These achievements don't seem to be of interest to the press in this state, for nowhere have I seen anything about this man's progress with his message and his political rise, but I am sure that it will be of great interest to every West Virginia student of history.
Mark Blumenstein
Alderson
Dem prepared to vote for GOP
Editor:
I have been part of the Democratic Party all of my life. I know I am just one vote and it was for Hillary Clinton! She has run one of the most outstanding bids for president. I live in West Virginia and we spoke loud and clear! If the Democratic National Committee backs Obama over Hillary I will vote Republican. I guess you can call me a "Reagan Democrat." I do not stand alone on this, as you know!
Stan Gunnoe
Costa
Obama did not blow off state
Editor:
The frenzied yet uninformed TV journalists once again provided the American public with misinformation. Barack Obama did not blow off West Virginia! There have been campaign teams working hard in this state for months; one group, Greenbrier Valley West Virginians for Obama, started laying the groundwork for his campaign in this state as soon as he announced his candidacy.
The night of the primary, Obama personally conference-called his West Virginia volunteers and thanked them from the bottom of his heart. He knew we had worked against great odds. He knows we will continue working until he is elected president. Obama promised to return and take every opportunity to spend time with West Virginians. My hope is that my brothers and sisters in West Virginia will open their hearts and get to know him as we have. Once you have met and spoken with Obama, he leaves an indelible mark on your heart and mind.
Karen L. Bowers
Buckeye
