Letters

I am not a political person by nature. When I feel strongly about a subject, I will try to learn and support that issue. I feel very strongly about the animal-control ordinance. I feel it is good for the future of our county. We have so many unwanted and mistreated animals in Perry County and it is time to admit there is a problem and address this issue.

We don’t all agree with the ordinance, but it is at least a starting point.

This is in response to the letters from Kelly Jones Sharp from the ACLU and Michael Elder concerning Right to Work. It is seldom that I get to swat two flies at once, but I’ll do my best.

In Act 3, scene 2 of “Hamlet” we see the line “the lady doth protest too much, methinks.” The phrase has come to mean that one can “insist so passionately about something not being true that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.”

Recently an ACLU of Indiana member from your region brought to our attention a guest column in your paper that ran Nov. 14 headlined, “What’s behind the ACLU name?”

The column, by Jim Adkins, fundamentally misrepresented the work and mission of the ACLU. As a member of the ACLU since 2002, the newest staff member at the Indiana affiliate, and as its communication-education director, I’d like to respond.

Editor’s Note: This letter was written before the adoption Feb. 1 of Indiana’s right-to-work legislation.

The last few weeks in the paper people have complained about working for a unionized company. They don’t like paying the dues. Well, all I have to say is there are a lot of nonunion companies to work for. If this right-to-work goes through, do you think these companies will pay as well as they do now? I don’t think so. Why do you think they are pushing so hard to get this passed so they can have bigger profits and pay us workers less money.