Letters

Practically the entire country is enjoying the recent falling gasoline prices. We’ve become so used to protracted prices in the $3 to $4 per gallon range that $2 per gallon gasoline, and the prospect of further price declines if the price of crude oil continues to fall, seems like a reason to celebrate. At a time when so many people’s wages have been stagnant for years, a substantial reduction in the price of gasoline is a welcome relief to strained budgets.

You know, I remember a couple of years ago some readers wrote letters to this very paper saying it was all President Obama’s fault that gasoline might hit $4 a gallon back then and how Obama had hurt this country’s oil production.

I wonder what they are saying now with gas under $2 a gallon? I guess since he was to blame back then, he gets the credit now for prices falling?

Nearly everyone agrees the U.S. immigration system, with its inefficiency, inconsistent enforcement and incoherent results, is broken. While no one supports the current system, the failure of Congress to reach an agreement on immigration reform has left us in law enforcement facing a growing multitude of problems. Frustration with this situation led to various states, including Indiana, passing their own immigration laws.

St. Paul Cub Scouts and Boy Scout Troop 192 would like to thank the community again for their support during the after-Halloween candy drive.

A total of 17 boxes, 200-plus pounds of candy, were sent out to three different locations for some local service members.

The boys spent $270.30 for postage to send them.