Letters

Recheck the math
Let’s travel back in time to the summer of the year 2000. Gas prices were at a low of 99.9 cents per gallon and averaged $1.27 at the end of December. The national debt was being paid down. We weren’t at war, the economy was stable, Medicare and Social Security weren’t being threatened with cuts, there was no bank crisis, America had a year end surplus in the national budget and the unemployment level was acceptable.

Great service
The people of Elizabethtown have a great service in the Public Works Department. I think we take for granted the service of picking up all the debris that we leave out in the streets.
Not only do they provide this service, but the competence of those who operate that machine is extraordinary. We are very fortunate to have them. I say thanks from everyone who avails themselves of this service.
Judy Bishop
Elizabethtown

A Chicago feeling
Gov. Steve Beshear applied to the federal government for a waiver of the “No Child Left Behind” acts so Kentucky schools could still receive federal assistance without being held accountable. A few days later, the teachers union endorsed the governor for his re-election.
This seemed kind of early, so I suppose the next thing we hear of will be the union taking up a “special collection” for a donation to Beshear’s campaign.

Golden cranes
Sandhill cranes are the “golden goose” for local communities
State officials will cause state and local communities to lose valuable financial assets by allowing the hunting and killing of sandhill cranes.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation shows that “wildlife-associated activities” in Kentucky far exceed participation in hunting and fishing.