Letters on Hunter’s Biden’s laptop, climate change, Marion newspaper raid | Opinion

Hunter’s laptop

Talk about bait and switch!

Tuesday’s column from the Eagle’s left-leaning Dion Lefler (What you don’t know about Hunter Biden’s laptop may shock you, Aug. 22) hits the bulls eye.

I was really hoping he had seen the light, but it was just smoke and mirrors.

Change climate change

So, you are concerned about the climate crisis and are not sure what to do about it — know that you are not alone.

Also know that the climate movement needs you, it needs everyone, to do everything we can to address this crisis.

Here are some ideas:

▪ Learn more about how our world is warming; the causes, consequences and actions that need to be taken to stop it. Start by visiting NASA’s website on climate. https://climate.nasa.gov

▪ Talk about it, a lot, with friends, family, neighbors, everybody and anybody.- Get involved; join a climate group or two. Ask how you can help. You undoubtedly have the skills they need. If you have money to donate, they could benefit from that too.

▪ Get political; take to the streets, contact elected officials, repeatedly, at all levels of government, and demand that they take action to address this crisis. They were elected to serve the people, and there is no higher service than protecting the world we live in.

▪ Walk the talk; take steps to reduce your emissions. It is very gratifying.

▪ Pace yourself; we’re in this for the long haul. Have Hope.

Cowtown accidental shooting

Volunteers have not been subjected to mandatory training or mandatory supervision, costing the city more than half of Old Cowtown Museum’s annual funding. If Cowtown is important to the city’s image, things need to change.

Experienced gun owners know the difference between a blank and a loaded bullet by sight. Experienced people have volunteered, but their application was “lost.” My calls have been ignored.

Failure to provide supervision for rules on the books should cause the city to fire any current supervisor and demand the person(s) pay the fees for the audit.

Marion newspaper raid

Somewhere the ghost of John Peter Zenger is outraged. The Eagle can tell you who that was.

Prevent crashes

Seeing reports of the fatal rear-end collision on US 54 last week was particularly difficult for me.

A family has been broken and two of those involved were children. This wreck hits too close to home for me for two reasons: I have two little boys who I would love to watch grow up and my family and I operate a traffic control company.

These types of tragic stories are becoming far too common in our State.

As a traffic controller, I believe that we owe our drivers the most effective systems we can create. Queue Warning Systems are commonplace in many other states and provide advanced warning to drivers about stopped traffic conditions ahead, using speed sensors and message boards.

The argument of “this guy is just looking for more business” is not lost on me.

I get it, requiring QWS would very likely provide my family’s company with more work, but mandating them on projects that meet a certain criteria would inherently increase competition and drive the system’s price down.

We have nothing to lose and only saving lives to gain.

This story was originally published August 23, 2023 at 6:00 AM.