Letters to the Editor – 3.11.10
The Toll Of AIDS
It is estimated that over 3,000 children die each day from AIDS complications in Subsaharan Africa [“The Shortest Month”, Shrink Rap]. Take a moment to let that sink in. Please think about them, their families, their siblings, and their schoolmates.
J. Martin
Officer Teach Obviousness
Obvious is relative, obviously [“A Week in the Obvious”, On The Beat]. I hope you are prepared for more outraged advocates for maligned groups. PETO? People for Ethical Treatment of Outlaws? CHUM? Cetacea’s Humans Used for Meals? Nothing can compare, of course, with your Neologism of the Year, Electronaut. Keep them coming, Officer Teach. And even though I recently lost a friend to ALS, I laughed a lot at the line on Lou Gehrig’s eponymous disease.
Felix Miller
Need New Police Chief
It’s pretty bad that the Chattanooga Police Department has relieved Officer Carlos Woodruff from duty when he hasn’t been found guilty of the charge [“CPD Officer Relieved Of Duty After Domestic Assault”]. I think this officer needs to sue the Chief of Police and the city for this. He has been with the city for 15 years more »














