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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Team at Lima Memorial reason for local pride
I could not help but feel great when I arrived Friday morning at Lima Memorial Health System to start my morning surgery. Everybody was talking about the article in The Lima News and the evening TV news about a patient’s generous donation to... Full story
Letter: Gun-free zones make for easy targets
Gun control advocates will point to the shooting at Ohio State University as an example of why guns have no place in schools or the workplace. The problem with this is that, not only is it a violation of workplace policy, but it is also banned by... Full story
Letter: County officials waste taxpayer money
Kudos to Ned Bushong with the real problems with property taxes in Allen County (letter, “Setting record straight on property valuations,” Friday). Auditor Rhonda Eddy- Stienecker is one of the biggest problems for our unfair high... Full story
Letter: Earth warming, but it’s not in its death throes
I have some observations about Thomas J. Lucente Jr.’s column of Feb. 21 regarding global warming (“Global warming suffering meltdown”). Things usually are not as simple as he likes to present them. In 1983, I was living in the... Full story
Letter: Consumers have wrong idea about HSUS
Seventy-one percent of Americans questioned in a new opinion poll wrongfully believe the Humane Society of the United States is an “umbrella group” for America’s local humane societies. Sixty-three percent incorrectly think their... Full story
Letter: Outpatient therapy needs protection
The article “Therapy payments may end soon” published Monday in The Lima News provides an incomplete explanation of the caps. Patients who receive outpatient physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology services... Full story
Letter: Let FAA know that local airport safety matters
I have been a flight instructor at the Allen County Airport for 30 years. As someone who depends on my local airport, I am concerned the Federal Aviation Administration in the near future intends to close dozens of local Terminal Radar Approach... Full story
Letter: Consider safety instead of texting while driving
Again and again, I see it happen or hear about talking or texting on cell phone while driving. My oldest son nearly got hit here in Ottoville over the weekend. He had the right of way at a three-way intersection. A driver who was there went first... Full story
Letter: Responsible pet owners spay, neuter animals
This is in response to David Redman’s letter of March 6 (“Dog warden punishing responsible pet owners”). First, Redman talked about licensing house pets. Don’t his house pets ever go outside? Isn’t there a chance that... Full story
Letter: Setting record straight on property valuations
I would like to correct a couple of statements made by Allen County Auditor Rhonda Eddy-Stienecker in The Lima News article “What’s it worth.” Predictably, she supports high real estate valuations. That’s because she is a... Full story
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