Letters

Have you been downtown lately? I drove up and down the streets marveling at the new buildings, new storefronts, new parking, construction equipment, the many workers and the pretty trees, shrubs and big flowerpots everywhere!

Are our children safe in our neighborhoods?

On behalf of the Heartbeat of Lima and Putnam County Board of Trustees, Staff, and Volunteers, we would like to thank the Tom Ahl Family of Dealerships and the community for their support of our annual charity car show. Proceeds from the car show on Aug. 4 benefit clients and families served by Heartbeat. Due to the generosity of sponsors, entrants, and attendees, the car show netted more than $21,000.

I am a graduate of public schools, so my math skills are not sharp enough to figure out the calculations on Issue 1. If you were afraid the abortion amendment would get more than 50 percent of the vote what made you think you would get more than 50 percent on what amounted to a mirror image issue.

The two groups that led the movement against Issue 1 were a physicians’ consortium and a coalition of women’s rights groups. The other 57% were citizens aghast that corrupt politicians would take away the One Person One Vote rule here in Ohio.

Decoding Mr Figley’s racist tripe: I find it intolerable that the descendants of slaves have accumulated and are enjoying enormous wealth.

So the election is over, and the pro-abortion people are sounding their victory over Issue 1. The liberal press is jumping all over this, that it’s a “victory for women’s rights.” Do these same women who chant this ever think they could have not existed because they could have been aborted by their mothers?

On July 20, a group of 8 people were eating lunch at the Grind on Cable Rd. This group was a few from the High School Class of 1950. So we are all in our early 80s.

In mid-May The Lima News began newspaper delivery to homes twice a week, which took away many people’s daily enjoyment of local, state and national news, as well as various puzzles and classified ads.

Our legislators in Columbus are spending our tax dollars to hold a special election on August 8, 2023 to vote on Issue 1 — to change the Constitution of Ohio.