Letters to the Editor 03-08-2001
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Tax Issues - CCS Says Thanks - Educational Discrimination
Tax Issues
Editor, Times-Union:In response to Rep. William J. Ruppels concerns about tax restructuring issues.
This is actually a hidden ploy going down right in front of our noses. Should the Bush tax cuts be passed, the greedy Democrats, the governor of Indiana and his ilk will see to it that the extra money will be taxed up into a so-called state surplus, somewhere never to be seen again. It will not be in your paycheck! In four years, when Hillary Clinton runs for office, her first mode of attack will be to ask the little guy where his tax money is. Sadly, since most people don't keep up on political affairs, they won't know what I'm telling you now and won't know where their money is. They will listen to what Hillary will tell them and assess blame to the wrong people. Hillary will tell them, "The rich man took it," and they will believe all this and more, proving that they are part of the mindless mass way of thinking - always complaining but too lazy to care about going out and voting for a change in idealism. Very pathetic indeed!
Because of the economic slowdown, Democrats understand that the more demons they can pile on the little guy, the better the chance of delegitimizing the Bush presidency. Secretly, they pride themselves in this type of sick behavior and more.
In light of the so-called politically correct, I'm sure people will write to the paper concerning this letter with a barrage of rhetoric. That's OK, don't be fooled by people whose party symbol is a donkey; they don't mind acting like a jackass! Help me, I need a morning a.m. radio call-in show. And I can prove it ...
Dean Chaplin
Burket
CCS Says Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:Combined Community Services is humbled by the response of food donations from this community. We wish to thank each of you for doing your part in assisting those in need by your donations of food and funding. We especially wish to thanks the staff of WRSW for their support in getting the word out that Combined Community Services needs your help. Collectively "we" as a community can make a difference in the lives of those around us.
We would like to thank the contributing businesses, organizations and the numerous (too many to name) churches and individuals that heard the call and responded.
Combined Community Services assists low-income households with basic needs of living year-round. We also offer other programs that can assist them with their need on a long-term basis. CCS is actively seeking new partners to come-along side and join in the mission to help our fellow man.
During the first two months of 2001, with your help, CCS assisted the members of 715 households with emergency food assistance in Kosciusko County. This is an increase of 188.3 percent over last year during this same period last year. This task would have been impossible without your support, may God bless you as you continue to reach out to those in need around you.
"And the King will tell them, 'I assure you, when you did it to the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!" (Matthew 25:40 NLT)
Daniel L. Clay
Director of client assistance
Combined Community Services
via e-mail
Educational Discrimination
Editor, Times-Union:Being treated differently because of skin color, age or sex, is referred to as discrimination on a regular basis in today's society. In my area of endeavor, it is often suggested that great care must be taken not to discriminate against any particular minority element that might be part of the group. The form of discrimination that is most obvious to me personally is the concept that those who live in South Bend and work for IVY Tech are of value, and treated with respect, while the Ivy Tech employees who work at campuses other than South Bend can wait for everything.
I have worked on several occasions for the Fort Wayne IVY Tech campus and been treated as a human being, provided with the teaching materials as promised and paid twice a month during the classes. After three years working in Warsaw, for the South Bend campus of IVY Tech, there still is an ongoing fight to get training materials and to be paid in a reasonable manner. Several accountants have told me that when an employee provides services in an ongoing manner, fulfilling the requirements of his or her job each week, that the employer must pay that person at least once a month. IVY Tech South Bend is above these state laws and has chosen to interrupt my pay for six weeks or more on four occasions, and between 10/31/97 and 3/1/98 failed to pay me while I worked each week of that period teaching.
This situation has very little effect on the average person and will not stop training from occurring in Warsaw, but the lack of interest in the future of Warsaw, and the surrounding communities, displayed by those in control at South Bend IVY Tech needs to be addressed. Our community will never have the educational opportunities it needs if the financial control is centered in South Bend.
Craig V. Latham
IVYTech Business and Industrial Instructor
North Manchester
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- Tax Issues - CCS Says Thanks - Educational Discrimination
Tax Issues
Editor, Times-Union:In response to Rep. William J. Ruppels concerns about tax restructuring issues.
This is actually a hidden ploy going down right in front of our noses. Should the Bush tax cuts be passed, the greedy Democrats, the governor of Indiana and his ilk will see to it that the extra money will be taxed up into a so-called state surplus, somewhere never to be seen again. It will not be in your paycheck! In four years, when Hillary Clinton runs for office, her first mode of attack will be to ask the little guy where his tax money is. Sadly, since most people don't keep up on political affairs, they won't know what I'm telling you now and won't know where their money is. They will listen to what Hillary will tell them and assess blame to the wrong people. Hillary will tell them, "The rich man took it," and they will believe all this and more, proving that they are part of the mindless mass way of thinking - always complaining but too lazy to care about going out and voting for a change in idealism. Very pathetic indeed!
Because of the economic slowdown, Democrats understand that the more demons they can pile on the little guy, the better the chance of delegitimizing the Bush presidency. Secretly, they pride themselves in this type of sick behavior and more.
In light of the so-called politically correct, I'm sure people will write to the paper concerning this letter with a barrage of rhetoric. That's OK, don't be fooled by people whose party symbol is a donkey; they don't mind acting like a jackass! Help me, I need a morning a.m. radio call-in show. And I can prove it ...
Dean Chaplin
Burket
CCS Says Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:Combined Community Services is humbled by the response of food donations from this community. We wish to thank each of you for doing your part in assisting those in need by your donations of food and funding. We especially wish to thanks the staff of WRSW for their support in getting the word out that Combined Community Services needs your help. Collectively "we" as a community can make a difference in the lives of those around us.
We would like to thank the contributing businesses, organizations and the numerous (too many to name) churches and individuals that heard the call and responded.
Combined Community Services assists low-income households with basic needs of living year-round. We also offer other programs that can assist them with their need on a long-term basis. CCS is actively seeking new partners to come-along side and join in the mission to help our fellow man.
During the first two months of 2001, with your help, CCS assisted the members of 715 households with emergency food assistance in Kosciusko County. This is an increase of 188.3 percent over last year during this same period last year. This task would have been impossible without your support, may God bless you as you continue to reach out to those in need around you.
"And the King will tell them, 'I assure you, when you did it to the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!" (Matthew 25:40 NLT)
Daniel L. Clay
Director of client assistance
Combined Community Services
via e-mail
Educational Discrimination
Editor, Times-Union:Being treated differently because of skin color, age or sex, is referred to as discrimination on a regular basis in today's society. In my area of endeavor, it is often suggested that great care must be taken not to discriminate against any particular minority element that might be part of the group. The form of discrimination that is most obvious to me personally is the concept that those who live in South Bend and work for IVY Tech are of value, and treated with respect, while the Ivy Tech employees who work at campuses other than South Bend can wait for everything.
I have worked on several occasions for the Fort Wayne IVY Tech campus and been treated as a human being, provided with the teaching materials as promised and paid twice a month during the classes. After three years working in Warsaw, for the South Bend campus of IVY Tech, there still is an ongoing fight to get training materials and to be paid in a reasonable manner. Several accountants have told me that when an employee provides services in an ongoing manner, fulfilling the requirements of his or her job each week, that the employer must pay that person at least once a month. IVY Tech South Bend is above these state laws and has chosen to interrupt my pay for six weeks or more on four occasions, and between 10/31/97 and 3/1/98 failed to pay me while I worked each week of that period teaching.
This situation has very little effect on the average person and will not stop training from occurring in Warsaw, but the lack of interest in the future of Warsaw, and the surrounding communities, displayed by those in control at South Bend IVY Tech needs to be addressed. Our community will never have the educational opportunities it needs if the financial control is centered in South Bend.
Craig V. Latham
IVYTech Business and Industrial Instructor
North Manchester
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