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Letters to the Editor – 2.11.10
Written by Pulse StaffFebruary 10, 2010 – 1:04 pm
Beck And Tasers
Perhaps if Commissioner Beck is so bent on law enforcement being tough enough to break up fights without using a taser, he would be willing to demonstrate the technique for doing so [“Greg Beck: Are You OK, Sir?”, On The Beat]. Perhaps the demonstration could be done on the job, in an actual fight. Mr. Commissioner, it is better to use the stun gun than to break a skull, arm or leg.
Chaplain/Deputy Jim Cox
Wythe County, Virginia
Beck And Policing
Mr. Beck should know by now that Chattanooga is a tiny little town where news travels fast. If you are going to suggest that you have been in the trenches of urban policing, you better have some cred to back that up, otherwise your proverbial “punk card” will be pulled. I have a huge distaste for people like Mr. Beck and others that assume they know what is proper or the functioning of law enforcement. It’s not a business, so it cannot be ran like a fly by night outfit.
Larry Stein
Proud Of The Opera
Just the fact that Chattanooga has a symphony and opera should be a source of pride for our city [“Opera-tunity in Chattanooga”]. We all need to look at the value of keeping it going. Opera does have an emotional impact on the psyche unlike any other art form.
Stephen Smith
Fairmount Avenue Housing
I think that the role of a housing authority and other government agencies is to compete for funds that the president has made available to create jobs. Looking at this, I think that the housing authority has done just that; bringing four million plus dollars to Chattanooga is not easy when other agencies are competing for those same funds. Maybe the city should support this project and find ways to make this work. Improving the existing Fairmount site would be a plus for the residents.
Thomas Gooden
Rescheduled GOP Debate
The Chattanooga Tea Party and Campaign for Liberty have confirmed a new date for the LiberTea Debate of the six announced Republican candidates for Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives for Saturday, February 27, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Woodland Park Baptist Church. The debate will be free and open to the public. The six candidates scheduled to attend the debate are Tommy Crangle, Chuck Fleischmann, Tim Gobble, Van Irion, Arthur Rhodes and Robin Smith. At the conclusion of the debate, citizens will be able to meet each candidate in a spearate room to discuss issues of interest to them.
Mark West
Chattanooga Tea Party
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1 Comment »
Yeah, put Greg Beck to work as an SRO.
No, Stuart James, the “stimulus” did not create any new jobs. It only moved jobs from place to place. If it spent tax dollars, the dollars were taken from somewhere, destroying jobs there. If it spent borrowed money, the money was loaned to Uncle Sam instead of to someone else. If it spent newly printed money, printing the new money reduced the value of existing money. Besides, our President said his stimulus would keep unemployment under 8%, and unemployment is now around 10%.
Instead, deregulate, so we can work (create wealth) instead of paperworking. Move things done by government into the private sector, so they have to earn their income by good performance instead of getting paid by taxes regardless of value. (All the land-grant railroads, infrastructure subsidized by government in the 1800s, went broke. The private Great Northern Railroad outlasted them.)