Letters

I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for running Ashley Scoby’s opinion piece in last week’s newspaper entitled “Spencer County is great, but deserves better.” It was a well written piece that echoed much truth through the eyes of someone who is a talented writer and has taken a bird’s eye glimpse into our community. And yes, she is right, we deserve better.

Twenty-six states have stand-your-ground laws on the books (including Kentucky). Eric Holder recently has been critical of these laws because he feels they contribute to situations like the one involving Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman.
This was a tragedy.

We all have our mistakes and our shortcomings. Sure, the businessman has to be professional in his position and carry himself appropriately.
I have seen a lot of people come in and out of the station [Smith’s Service and Tire], bums, blue collar folk, white collar folk, drug addicts, normal Joes and famous folk.
The sad thing is that all of a sudden, this place is so quiet and cold. All because of somebody that didn’t feel treated fairly.

Spencer County EMS has received two anonymous gifts in the last six months. The first gift came when we were laying new carpet in the conference room of the station. The plan was to lay new carpet in the conference room and shampoo the offices; carpet was also brought and installed in the offices. When I asked the installer, “Who paid for this?” He replied, “I’m not supposed to say.”