The Chelsea Standard
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Letters to the Editor
PUBLISHED: February 14, 2008
To the Editor: Why is it that people are so rude and uncaring when it comes to visiting public places?
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I'm a manager at a local gas station (I won't say which one, but my regular customers who read this will know I'm sure).
I have customers that come in that have no respect for the property or people that are waiting on them. They will throw their trash on the ground, empty their ashtrays on the ground and I have to say, I have the cleanest lot in town. These people think we get paid to just clean up after them.
We work our butts off to clean all the snow and sludge off our lot so our customers don't have to wade through all that stuff. And then some inconsiderate, uncaring person comes right in and cleans five inches of snow off their car right in front of our front door. They knew all that snow was on their car when they left home, why didn't they clean off their car in their own driveway before they left home?
So people, please think about the things you do when you go into a public place and try to be a little more considerate of the people who work there. We aren't just there to clean up your mess.
Deanna Weed
Jackson
To the Editor: For the past several months, the Chelsea Standard has grown and become a better reflection of the thoughts and activities of the community it serves. The coverage of local artists, the theatre, the library and individual voices is welcome.
A fine example of the latter is the Guest Column which in the Feb. 7 issue featured the ideas of Rich Robinson, who pointed to the dangerous direction our nation has taken under the current administration. Once-friendly nations have turned against us and in some instances, it has created bitter hatred.
But he also suggests that we can change that direction, and I believe it is imperative that we do so for the sake of our nation, the world and our future generations.
Elsie Swanberg
Chelsea
To the Editor: From Rich Robinson's guest column in the Chelsea Standard (Feb. 7), I assume we are to believe that all our problems will instantly disappear if we elect Democrats to office?
Perhaps it is time to take a look back at the last time a democrat occupied the White House. Anyone else remember Whitewater, Monica Lewinsky, Hillary's lucky futures trading, impeachment proceedings, the president being disbarred from practicing law and that war in Bosnia?
By the way, what threat did Bosnia pose to the U.S. and where were all the anti-war protestors in front of the Chelsea post office when that was occurring?
Oh, I almost forgot about the first bombing of the World Trade Center, the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole and two of our embassies.
Our president's brave response was to bomb a factory in Sudan and send some cruise missiles into Afghanistan after calling Bin Laden's allies to warn them they were coming. For the time being I'll ignore the part about Bill Clinton giving the Chinese government top secret missile technology in exchange for campaign donations, but something to keep in mind if his wife gets back in the White House.
If Mr. Robinson believes that President Bush is the most incompetent person to ever sit in the Oval Office, does that mean the democratically controlled congress is the most incompetent Congress ever, since their approval rating is even lower than the president's?
By the way, what has the democratically controlled Congress accomplished since taking charge? I can't think of anything other than calling highly decorated military personnel liars. I guess being shot at in Vietnam doesn't build as much character as "not inhaling" while living in England?
I'll concede that we as individuals don't have much influence in Washington, so let's look at how democrats are doing on a state and local basis. Has anyone else been blown away yet by Governor Granholm's performance after six years in office? The only people I've seen blown away are those that have had to leave the state to find a job. Or is that what she meant when she said that? In that case, maybe she is doing a good job.
Has anyone been impressed with the accomplishments of our democratically controlled state house other than having a government shut down? And what if anything has our local representatives done after four years in office that has improved our lives other than working on naming a state amphibian? Is that what we pay her $80,000 a year to do?
Moving on to our other local democratically controlled institutions, does anyone think our county road commission is doing a good job maintaining our roads? What about when the county commission decided to take away road patrols? If it wasn't for the lone voice of a Republican on the commission, we would have been at the mercy of the criminal element. And when the people of Chelsea got tired of how the city council was being run, they turned to a conservative Republican as the top vote getter.
So maybe Mr. Robinson is right about one thing. 2008 is a year of great opportunity. An opportunity to boot the incompetent democrats out of office and restore fiscal responsibility at all levels of government.
Douglas Wright
Dexter Township
To the Editor: I believe that Rich Robinson's recent guest column (Feb. 7) says what all of us, deep down, really and truly have concluded about our current administration in Washington, DC. Robinson points out the elephant in the room that nobody seems to notice these days.
He nails it when he says that "there are many more who have become horrified, disillusioned and finally turned off by the constant cascade of scandal and incompetence." But he also urges us to get involved this year to make a difference, even if it's on a local level.
I for one am inspired by Mr. Robinson's call to action and I plan to support Democratic Party candidates who promise to effect change with cooperation, and who will fight for the common good.
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