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To the editor: Over the years American automakers have been given loans or money from the government to keep their companies running. As a result of this indebtedness, the federal government and the Biden’s administration, whose No. 1 priority is climate change, has pressured the auto industry in the United States to transition to electric vehicles from gasoline-powered vehicles — even though the average American does not want or demand them, there is no infrastructure, they are not proven to work in different areas of the country and the cost is double or triple that of a ...

Issues 1, 2 will have ramifications

To the editor: I was pleased to read Ed Bednar’s deeply thoughtful letter in the Sept. 10 edition. I certainly agree that some lies are outrageous (“Some lies are outrageous.”) I find the lie Bednar refers to, that Ohio women would not be able to receive miscarriage care unless abortion is legal, both laughable and incredibly insulting. Do the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity really imagine that Ohio women are that ignorant? What concerns me even more is the overly broad and flexible wording of Issue 1, the proposed amendment to Ohio’s ...

Ball dropped on bridge talk

To the editor: A while back, a reader wrote a letter to the editor concerning the Washington Street bypass project in 1969. At that time, the writer reiterated, a new bridge had been proposed to be built at the foot of Washington Street. Mike Paprocki, executive director of the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission, is reintroducing a proposal for a new bridge at that site. In 1969, all of the cards were in line for a new bridge. Sen. Jennings Randolph of West Virginia was chairman of the Public Works Commission, which made him a very powerful man. Sen. Robert ...

Alleged fake e-mails disturbing

To the editor: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is looking into allegations of fake e-mails being sent to the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission. The names on the e-mails were those of citizens of Ohio and were sent without their knowledge or consent. One of the names used was that of a citizen of our state who is 9 years old. The message in these e-mails was a statement of support for fracking in and around Ohio state parks. No matter how you feel about fracking or fossil fuels, such behavior, if true, is disturbing and threatens the functioning of a democratic society. ...

Star’s fight continues

To the editor: Some years back, my son, Thomas “T.J.” Anderson received a Community Star for his work with local dialysis patients through his Let’s Fight Together organization, a nonprofit that helps patients make progress to transplant. This fall, this organization will celebrate 10 years. During this time, strides have been made in kidney treatment and dialysis. Many are living longer, more productive lives. Sadly, this is not true for all. Many of the patients T.J. was in dialysis with have succumbed to the disease, some from non-compliance. It’s very sad when ...

Stand up for mental health

To the editor: Road warrior: This caption might make people chuckle, understandably, but this is one of many people in the United States being failed by our mental health system. Washington is a mess and can’t even work together. The basic needs of its citizens are being neglected while they are arguing among each other. Simply a sad state of affairs. We can write, call and protest until our fingers are cramped, our voice is strained and our legs are exhausted, and nothing changes. Voting is our only way we can pray to get change, and I’m not sure that matters anymore ...