Letters to the Editor

Letter: Toyota problems being blown out of proportion

Matt Landers, Lima

The current troubles experienced by Toyota are indeed massive and overblown in the news media. Toyota earned a reputation based on quality and reliability at a time when the domestic Big Three struggled and still do to an extent to make world-class... Full story

Letter: Don’t quit now on reforming health care

Lana Mourning, Elida

Studies are showing that health care costs increased last year at the fastest rate in more than a half-century. This is hurting the middle class and senior citizens. Most of us are on fixed income. If we don’t act now, this cost increase will... Full story

Letter: Pay for health reform now, or pay more later

Jessica Okuly, Continental

I know that a lot of the media are portraying health care reform as “more taxes” and “bigger deficit.” But the truth is that if we don’t do something now, our debt will be deeper because to rising health care costs. We... Full story

Letter: Government health care bad for country

As the manager of a Housing and Urban Development-subsidized apartment building, I am in a position to see the effects of government mandates on my tenants. Key to our subsidy is health care expenses. Contrary to the Paperwork Reduction Act of... Full story

Letter: Obama the one who should opt for change

This nation is in a terrible mess at this moment. It wanted a change. George W. Bush wasn’t doing it. Obama has had a year at it, and he most decisively has failed us. We couldn’t get him to change himself. It took gubernatorial... Full story

Letter: Writer misinformed about teachers

Regarding the letter written by Leslie J. Kubinski ("Some other thoughts about teacher pay," Jan. 27), I didn’t realize some teachers at the junior and senior high levels are paid more than elementary teachers are. Where did Kubinski get this... Full story

Letter: Putnam dog warden turned around shelter

Putnam County once had a building for dogs that was filthy and uninhabitable. Now, thanks to the county dog warden, Mike Schroth, it is a clean, comfortable place where dogs go to transition into their new lives. The difference between the pound of... Full story

Letter: City should give notice of hunters at reservoir

Back in late November early December last year, while walking at Ferguson Reservoir, I noticed three men in orange with weapons and a truck around the reservoir’s southeast corner. I called the park rangers, they came out and told me it was... Full story

Letter: Many people’s beliefs destine them for hell

Love compels me to write this because I don’t want to see anyone end up in the eternal fires of hell. Verses in the Book of Matthew in The New Testament speak perfectly to all those who don’t believe that Jesus is the only way to Heaven,... Full story

Letter: Writer seems unfamiliar with those who adopt

This letter is in response to Larry Young’s letter, “America filled with scoundrels, sissy rich” (Tuesday). Though this headline may be catchy, the main idea is unclear while one paragraph in particular was offensive and another... Full story

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