ELECTION LETTERS
The deadline is noon Thursday, October 29, for having election related letters printed in the Your View feature of The Lima News for the November 3 election.
Letters can be no longer than 275 words and must include the name of the writer, the town in which they live, and the writer’s telephone number. The phone number is for verification purposes only and will not be published.
Political letters will be limited to one letter each month.
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EDITORIALS
The Lima News editorial policy is independent of political party affiliation. Opinions expressed in the Our View column reflect the view of The Lima News editorial board. Opinions elsewhere on this page are solely those of the writers.
The editorial board includes Kirk Dougal, Publisher (kdougal@aimmediamidwest.com, 567-242-0371); Jim Krumel, Editor (jkrumel@aimmediamidwest.com, 567-242-0391); and David Trinko, Managing Editor (dtrinko@aimmediamidwest.com, 567-242-0467).
Editorial: Dr. Seuss was part Horton the elephant, part Grinch
Read Across America Day was celebrated Tuesday, as it is every year, on the birthday of the late Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Yet neither the National Education Association, which launched Read Across America Day, nor President Joe Biden mentioned...
read moreHere’s a news flash for Cuomo
Editorial: When will powerful men like Andrew Cuomo finally get the #MeToo memo? Facing growing pressure to resign over sexual misconduct allegations, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday instead offered an apology. Of sorts. “I now understand that I acted in...
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Editorial: The blurred line that separates work and free time
Businesses that are struggling in today’s COVID-19 pandemic world have a friend in Senate Bill 47, which updates Ohio law to address the 21st century workforce. Those updates come with concern from labor groups. At issue is the growing number of people who are...
read moreEditorial: Reclaiming America’s role as ‘leader of the free world’
President Joe Biden’s address to G-7 leaders at the virtual Munich Security Conference last month made it clear there has been a fundamental change in American policy, and that now the U.S. “will work closely with our European Union partners and the...
read moreEditorial: Don’t bring America’s longest war to an end just yet
President Joe Biden, a longtime critic of U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan, can’t be eager to preside over the 20th anniversary of what is already America’s longest war. But if he’s to secure U.S. interests and give Afghans a chance at achieving...
read moreEditorial: It’s time for an overhaul of American diets
On the cusp of 2021, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services released the 2020-2025 iteration of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Though largely overlooked by the general public, the guidelines are the policy touchstone for nutrition...
read moreEditorial: First part of GM settlement to bear fruit
The first fruits of a settlement agreement between Ohio and General Motors are starting to come to bloom — as part of job training efforts in the Mahoning Valley. In an agreement struck after the automaker pulled out of Lordstown in 2019, breaking job creation...
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Editorial: Lima’s trash service shouldn’t vary on where one lives
Residents throughout Lima should receive the same level of service from the city’s contracted trash hauler regardless if they live in a wealthier area of the city or a less affluent area. That hasn’t been happening since Rumpke bought out Wright Refuse...
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Editorial: Ending drilling on federal land isn’t going to stop oil consumption
Most Americans, in fact nearly all Americans, get around using vehicles that use gasoline. And nearly all of our goods are delivered in trucks that use diesel. If there’s no fuel, those vehicles don’t magically start running on water or banana peels or old...
read moreTrump trial: Courage or cowardice?
When two white men went on trial in Mississippi in 1955 for murdering Emmett Till, a Black teenager, the jury swiftly acquitted them despite indisputable evidence of their guilt. Among 4,743 known lynchings in the U.S., that was the rare case that even got to court....
read moreEditorial: Ohio GOP needs to keep hands off pandemic response
For almost 24 years, Ohio’s General Assembly has failed to fix school funding. For more than ten, it’s failed to ensure the solvency of Ohio’s unemployment compensation system. And despite the indictment of former House Speaker Larry Householder on...
read moreEditorial: Parties must deal with new political playbook
It’s clear that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t care too much what her congressional colleagues think of her: The day after she was stripped of her committee assignments in response to her long trail of vile QAnon-related rhetoric, she was boasting in...
read moreOpinion: Bungling vaccine distribution a tragedy haunting America
It is stunning that local, state and federal authorities have had a poor start getting vaccines approved two months ago into the arms of Americans. Last week, Dr.Anothony Fauci said 70% to 85% of the U.S. population should be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before...
read moreEDITORIAL: FBI agents died trying to keep children safe
South Florida just earned a shameful distinction — it is the single region in the country where the most FBI agents have been killed since G-men were created in 1908. The latest bloody chapter played out Tuesday morning. FBI Special Agents Daniel Alfin, 36, and...
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Editorial: Our Gerald Ford moment
On Aug. 9, 1974 a new president, Gerald Ford, addressed the nation for the first time as president and said, “Our long national nightmare is over.” He also spoke of bringing “brotherly love” back to Washington and of “restoring the golden...
read moreEditorial: America engaged in chilling assault on speech
Silicon Valley is waging war on free speech. In the wake of the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, Twitter has permanently banned the former commander in chief. Facebook blocked Trump from posting at least until after President...
read moreEditorial: Biden should boost economy by funding innovation
From the cotton gin to the mobile phone, the U.S. has produced some of the most useful inventions of the past three centuries. Yet by several measures, its traditional leadership in science and technology is now under threat. As President Joe Biden’s...
read moreEDITORIAL: How does someone live at the airport undetected for nearly 3 months?
Questions abound in the bizarre tale surrounding Aditya Singh, the man found living at O’Hare International Airport for nearly three months. The biggest is the most obvious: How could security personnel at O’Hare, one of the world’s busiest airports,...
read moreEditorial: White supremacist extremists are the nation’s deadliest terror threat
The United States is under serious threat of a terror attack from within. That statement is not panic or hyperbole but is based in the very real attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 and messages monitored by federal law enforcement and security officials about follow-up...
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‘Hammerin’ Hank’ Aaron fought as strongly for civil rights as he did for an extra base
Jackie Robinson was a legend I read about in history books. Hank Aaron was a man I actually saw play. So when news of his death flashed across my smartphone screen Friday, I had an emotional reaction I hadn’t really expected. He wasn’t my favorite baseball...
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Michael Reagan: Texas send loud and bold signal to the whole country
He wasn’t the first governor in the country to lift the mask mandate for his state. North Dakota, Montana and Iowa have ended state-wide mask orders in recent weeks and progressive states like Florida and South Dakota never issued them in the first place. But...
David Trinko: Women in construction catching up quickly
It’s time to stop thinking about women in construction as a novelty. Perhaps it’s time to think of it as the most forward-thinking of professions. This week marks Women in Construction Week, and women have made real progress in the field. The City of Lima...
Legal-Ease: Creating, naming and maintaining roads
Ohio has specific processes for creating, naming and maintaining most roads other than state highways and interstates. Typically, a roadway is created by a private property owner initially stating in a written drawing (plat) prepared by a licensed engineer that a...
Ron Lora: Coping with accelerating change
Imagine a video that records eons of time on our planet. For the longest stretch of time, nothing seems to happen. Then burial grounds and cave paintings appear. Over the course of two millennia primates of the genus Homo act creatively to elude predators, control...
Dr. Jessica Johnson: Valuable lessons in ‘Discarded Things’
When we invest in each other, we determine our future. This is a deeply reflective line near the conclusion of the PureFlix film “Discarded Things,” which was released last year. I have had on-and-off subscriptions to PureFlix, but the trailer for this...
Lori Borgman: Redefining ‘Sweatin’ to the Oldies’
Years ago, Richard Simmons had a workout video series titled “Sweatin’ to the Oldies,” which featured aerobic workouts set to tunes from yesteryear. We quit going to the gym when the pandemic began mushrooming and have been working out at home. It is...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: For a nation that supposedly believes in democracy, America spends a lot of time trying to kill it.
In the postbellum era, white Democrats — the conservatives of that day — murdered hundreds of African Americans and forcibly seized state governments in order to disenfranchise Black voters. They constructed all sorts of barriers — poll taxes,...
Christine Flowers: Speech standards must be same to all
I was once fired by an employer because they did not like the way that I tweeted. They had no problem with the way that other people at this same enterprise tweeted, they just didn’t like my own flavor of rhetorical panache. They never actually came out and said...
Cal Thomas: Contrast between Trump’s high energy and Biden’s near-empty tank is stark
Former president Donald Trump emerged from 38 days of self-enforced silence for a lengthy speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, that was frequently interrupted with boisterous applause and chants from an adoring, mostly...
John Grindrod: Pandemic times and travel, long time between visits
When it comes to travel, it’s rather difficult to convince my favorite co-pilot, Lady Jane, to return to a place we’ve already checked off the list of trips always in the developmental stages somewhere just above her pretty blue eyes. Now, she will...
LETTERS
We welcome letters of 275 words or fewer. Letters are subject to editing for length, clarity and grammar. They should be concise, to the point and original — no form letters, please. Letters dealing with private disputes or containing criticism of private individuals or businesses are not published. Letters must have a signature (unless emailed) and a full name, address and daytime telephone number (for verification purposes only). Writers are limited to one letter a month. Letters may be published on our website. MAIL LETTERS TO: The Lima News Letters Column 3515 Elida Road Lima, OH 45807 E-MAIL LETTERS TO: letters@limanews.com ONLINE FORM: Click here to send a letter to the editor online.
Letter: Operation big needle
The people at the Knights of Columbus building on Cable Road who are giving the COVID-19 vaccination shots are simply fantastic. I don’t know who is in charge, but their organizational skills are simply great. Everything went so smoothly it was amazing. The...
Trust science and the fact
I am a health-care professional and care deeply for the health and safety of our community. The Birch Solar farm is an opportunity for our community to produce emission free, clean energy—and do our part to protect public health. There are people saying that...
The life and times of Denny Helmig
Lima lost a local sports legend last week, and many of us lost a good friend, with the passing of Denny Helmig. He was a visionary sports enthusiast who helped change the landscape of slow pitch softball and its marketing, not only locally but nationwide as well....
Letter: Just follow the science
In your back yard not mine. Interesting that individuals who would not live next to these wind and solar aberrations are in favor of these destructive entities. Windmills not only slaughter migrating fowl but birds which habitat locally. The toxic containment in solar...
Deadline for election letters
The deadline for having election related letters printed in the Your View feature of The Lima News for the May 4 Primary Election is 4 p.m Thursday, April 29. Letters can be no longer than 275 words and must include the name of the writer, the town in which they live,...
Letter: Paper boy loves his job
I am the independent distributor (paper boy) of The Lima News in Ottawa, Glandorf, the north side of Kalida, Cloverdale and Dupont. I am overwhelmed and humbled by the appreciation of my customers not only during the holiday season, but throughout the year. I received...
Letter: Spectrum wants more, gives less
I am wondering why Spectrum cable does not carry ME tv? I requested they add the channel and get no response. They have the channel in Dayton and Fort Wayne and yet Lima gets left out. The channel offerings of Spectrum leave a lot to be desired. My Spectrum bill is my...
Letter: Neighborhood snow heroes
There were snow angels all around us and we are thankful. Our snow angel is Jane Stevens. She cleared our driveway and sidewalks. What a great neighbor. Alvin and Theresa Davis, Lima __ I want a great big thank you to Joel Herd, my snow hero. He says to call if I need...
Letter: Bushong munching on sour grapes
In his recent letter, Ned Bushong opines that one of the candidates for Lima mayor is a guarantee of a continuation of the Berger administration and the other three are know-nothings. The road to mayor Berger’s office is littered with losing candidates, Mr....
Letter: Wages for police not adequate
It doesn’t surprise me that the city of Lima is struggling to find applicants for the open positions on the police department considering what they pay officers. It’s hard to believe they start new officers out at only $22.20 per hour and the average...
