Chattanooga Pulse

Hope For Haiti
While the national news media has all but forgotten about Haiti, it is so refreshing to see a local newspaper like The Pulse keep the attention on one of the worst natural disasters in modern history.  Rebecca Cruz should be commended for volunteering her time and energy to do what so few other are willing to do, and write so beautifully about it afterwards.  I am sure that her life has been changed forever by what she has experienced, and that is no small thing.  Even in the darkest of hours, the spark of hope always shines brightest.  So let us all lift up out voices and sing along with the children of Haiti as they keep hope against all odds.
Melissa Kellar

Where Were The Police?
After a tractor trailer turned over this past Sunday on I-24, many motorists were delayed for two hours or more due not to the accident itself but to the ineptitude of the local police. There was no coordination among law enforcement to help the people that were made to exit the Interstate. What were they thinking? How about some police to direct traffic for a few hours to get people through downtown Chattanooga until the Interstate was reopened? Our taxes at work!
J Nesbitt

Sugar Instead Of Milk
Please explain to me why the Hamilton County School cafeterias provide “Snow Cream” as a milk alternative in our elementary schools? Snow Cream (with the happy snowman on the bright white carton) is High Fructose Corn Syrup disguised as milk. The sad answer is because it is more profitable than milk.
Tom Carrin