Letters
Letters to the editor
Highlands Today
Published: January 10, 2013
What about safetyPublished: January 10, 2013
I read with interest the letter from Mr. Esler of Sebring. I am wondering what a letter from Mr. Esler would look like if there was an electrical fire and the teacher and children burned to death because the teacher could not unlock that door that keeps guns out. Just maybe, if we regulated guns, the teacher wouldn't need the locked door.
Noah Stump
Lake Placid
Help needed
Just a week ago, I had written a letter extolling the blessings of good things happening in Highlands County and the promising blessings continuing into the New Year.
It was sad to read in the morning paper that some of the good cheer for the New Year diminished with the potential loss of the Avon Park Children's Academy Theatre. The severe economic recession has hit our nation pretty hard, including Highlands County. That includes our loyal citizens who have kept this and other programs alive for our children.
The Sebring Optimist Club will continue to work with the children's theater, the Boys & Girls Club, Big Brothers & Sisters, Take Stock in Children, the school board and other programs that serve our youth to achieve their goals. We ask our citizens, especially baby boomers and seniors, to offer their bountiful experience, skills and wisdom to help our youth develop their potential to become productive citizens in this great land of ours, from kindergarten to college level.
Please address your calls to Krista Flores in Avon Park at 212-0800.
Gabriel Read
Sebring Optimist Club secretary
Reduce pay
Why doesn't the president call for a reduction in congressional pay? Let them know a little about how other people feel. What do they get paid monthly?
Most of them are just waiting to retire. They are the ones who don't give a hoot about what the country is doing; they're just waiting out their time. Most of the big wigs are probably getting big paybacks from the corporations and millionaires.
John Lelasher
Sebring