Letters to the Editor 04-20-1998
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Dog Ordinance - Debate Challenge - Responds To Wallace - Prosecutor's Race - Kolbe Responds
Dog Ordinance
Editor, Times-Union:There comes a time when you just have to speak up. Mr. Ott, you wrote a lot of untruths and you twisted the facts about my husband's desire for peace and quiet and the same for all county residents that can't speak up for reasons of their own.
Reasons being:
1. They are business people and don't want their name in public
2. They are professional people who can't for obvious reasons
3. Residents who are afraid of retaliation like my husband is receiving now
He asked the commissioners if they wanted him to solve the problem vigilante-style. He said, "Of course not, that's against the law other than self defense." He would never shoot another man's dog.
My husband did not say they are a huge problem, he said they are becoming a problem. There's quite a difference! Sir, the animal control officer is to take care of animal problems here in the county not the sheriff's deputies. In your next statement, you speak of state laws that do not cover barking dogs or kennels. Of course not, this is why he is proposing a county ordinance to cover what the state does not. And that was stated in the paper, Mr. Ott.
Yes, we did call the sheriff about the barking dog. It was waking us up at 5:45 every morning since last September when your daughter and son-in-law moved in. The first time we called to ask your daughter to keep the dog quiet, my husband was ill with the flu. She was very rude about it and didn't want to inconvenience her dog.
As far as the radio fence goes, the dog does run free within the bounds of that fence. FACT: the state does not recognize that type of fence as a safe quarantine for potentially dangerous dogs, like your daughter's doberman. Your son-in-law has already admitted the dog has bitten a family member.
The reason we don't hear the dog bark anymore, Sir, is not the attorney's letter. It is because Dan and Carla, your son-in-law and daughter, have been doing a nice job at keeping the dog quiet and we appreciate it very much. That is all we asked in the first place.
Mr. Ott, next time you write a letter, please get your facts straight and don't twist the truth. Let your daughter defend herself. You, sir, do not live in the neighborhood. You are keeping the wound open. Please, let sleeping dogs lay.
In closing, thank you Dan and Carla for keeping Satin quiet. And again, welcome to the neighborhood. Let's try to live in peace.
Louise Rainwater
Warsaw
Debate Challenge
Editor, Times-Union:I, the Rev. Dewey M. Conley, challenge Roemer and Holtz to come out of the closet and debate the issues. If they are not afraid to do so or they just don't know issues or what they believe.
Rev. Dewey M. Conley
Responds To Wallace
Editor, Times-Union:This letter is to Ms. or Mrs. Teresa Petrosky Wallace. I, myself, am a true supporter of Mr. Kolbe. I think that the only reason you keep writing these rock throwing, no back bone letters is because you No. 1 - Have nothing better to do than to keep reminding people how your loved one's life was shortened, but you fail to see it wasn't Mr. Kolbe who took your loved one's life even though you're persecuting him like it was. It was God who chose the time and place of the accident. No. 2 - You will never be able to put your brother's death to rest until you can forgive the young man who also was in the accident. If you don't know how to forgive, pick up your Bible. There is lots of Scripture on forgiving others as you would want them to do to you. No. 3 - You keep saying Mr. Kolbe keeps avoiding your questions and never answers them. Why should he? If he did answer your questions, you'd just slander him more. I think before you can have any peace with this whole matter you need to find peace with yourself and the one who made you, God our Father. Once you do this Mrs. Wallace, you'll stop writing these boring letters because you'll be busy praising God that your brother is not on this evil earth being persecuted by people like yourself.
Amen.
Melissa Helman
Warsaw
Prosecutor's Race
Editor, Times-Union:The forum for the Republican prosecutor candidates held Tuesday night was exciting and informative. I was in the audience and listened to the discussion of the issues, claims and charges with great interest.
Your article on the forum printed April 15 left out something that I would really like to know. You stated that "Kolbe said Hampton approached him before the 1994 election and offered him the public defender's contract for the county if Kolbe would drop out of the race." This Kolbe refused. "Justice to me wasn't for sale," Kolbe said. Further, you stated that "Hampton did not respond to Kolbe's accusation during the forum, but denied the accusation in a call to the Times-Union this morning."
For whatever reason, Mr. Hampton did not deny Mr. Kolbe's statement during the meeting! Since your paper made the efforts to publish that Hampton "denied the accusation," would you please tell us exactly how Mr. Hampton "denied the accusation," in his exact words? This will provide us all a better opportunity to gauge whether Mr. Hampton has really addressed this issue.
Karl Reusser
Warsaw
Editors Note: A story concerning Hampton's denial of that accusation appeared in Saturday's Times-Union.
Kolbe Responds
Editor, Times-Union:You recently published a letter from Dixie Norman where she contends that I somehow acted improperly in a case I handled a number of years ago (at least two elections ago). Unfortunately, you did not contact me for a chance to respond before publication.
Generally, I have ignored the massive negativity flowing from the letters to editor column. However, I will not ignore challenges to my integrity as a private attorney.
The only thing true about Mrs. Norman's letter was that we won the case. Mrs. Norman wes not even the client in the case. I never delayed proceedings to increase my fee nor did I attempt to demand more fees at the last minute. Suggesting that attorneys, in general, do this is equally offensive. I have found most of my colleagues to be entirely fair in their billing.
Not only was this letter false and libelous, it was in bad taste. Unfortunately, the letters to the editor column continues to develop its own growing spirit of incivility. I hope the Times-Union moderates this before it is too late.
David C. Kolbe
Claypool
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- Dog Ordinance - Debate Challenge - Responds To Wallace - Prosecutor's Race - Kolbe Responds
Dog Ordinance
Editor, Times-Union:There comes a time when you just have to speak up. Mr. Ott, you wrote a lot of untruths and you twisted the facts about my husband's desire for peace and quiet and the same for all county residents that can't speak up for reasons of their own.
Reasons being:
1. They are business people and don't want their name in public
2. They are professional people who can't for obvious reasons
3. Residents who are afraid of retaliation like my husband is receiving now
He asked the commissioners if they wanted him to solve the problem vigilante-style. He said, "Of course not, that's against the law other than self defense." He would never shoot another man's dog.
My husband did not say they are a huge problem, he said they are becoming a problem. There's quite a difference! Sir, the animal control officer is to take care of animal problems here in the county not the sheriff's deputies. In your next statement, you speak of state laws that do not cover barking dogs or kennels. Of course not, this is why he is proposing a county ordinance to cover what the state does not. And that was stated in the paper, Mr. Ott.
Yes, we did call the sheriff about the barking dog. It was waking us up at 5:45 every morning since last September when your daughter and son-in-law moved in. The first time we called to ask your daughter to keep the dog quiet, my husband was ill with the flu. She was very rude about it and didn't want to inconvenience her dog.
As far as the radio fence goes, the dog does run free within the bounds of that fence. FACT: the state does not recognize that type of fence as a safe quarantine for potentially dangerous dogs, like your daughter's doberman. Your son-in-law has already admitted the dog has bitten a family member.
The reason we don't hear the dog bark anymore, Sir, is not the attorney's letter. It is because Dan and Carla, your son-in-law and daughter, have been doing a nice job at keeping the dog quiet and we appreciate it very much. That is all we asked in the first place.
Mr. Ott, next time you write a letter, please get your facts straight and don't twist the truth. Let your daughter defend herself. You, sir, do not live in the neighborhood. You are keeping the wound open. Please, let sleeping dogs lay.
In closing, thank you Dan and Carla for keeping Satin quiet. And again, welcome to the neighborhood. Let's try to live in peace.
Louise Rainwater
Warsaw
Debate Challenge
Editor, Times-Union:I, the Rev. Dewey M. Conley, challenge Roemer and Holtz to come out of the closet and debate the issues. If they are not afraid to do so or they just don't know issues or what they believe.
Rev. Dewey M. Conley
Responds To Wallace
Editor, Times-Union:This letter is to Ms. or Mrs. Teresa Petrosky Wallace. I, myself, am a true supporter of Mr. Kolbe. I think that the only reason you keep writing these rock throwing, no back bone letters is because you No. 1 - Have nothing better to do than to keep reminding people how your loved one's life was shortened, but you fail to see it wasn't Mr. Kolbe who took your loved one's life even though you're persecuting him like it was. It was God who chose the time and place of the accident. No. 2 - You will never be able to put your brother's death to rest until you can forgive the young man who also was in the accident. If you don't know how to forgive, pick up your Bible. There is lots of Scripture on forgiving others as you would want them to do to you. No. 3 - You keep saying Mr. Kolbe keeps avoiding your questions and never answers them. Why should he? If he did answer your questions, you'd just slander him more. I think before you can have any peace with this whole matter you need to find peace with yourself and the one who made you, God our Father. Once you do this Mrs. Wallace, you'll stop writing these boring letters because you'll be busy praising God that your brother is not on this evil earth being persecuted by people like yourself.
Amen.
Melissa Helman
Warsaw
Prosecutor's Race
Editor, Times-Union:The forum for the Republican prosecutor candidates held Tuesday night was exciting and informative. I was in the audience and listened to the discussion of the issues, claims and charges with great interest.
Your article on the forum printed April 15 left out something that I would really like to know. You stated that "Kolbe said Hampton approached him before the 1994 election and offered him the public defender's contract for the county if Kolbe would drop out of the race." This Kolbe refused. "Justice to me wasn't for sale," Kolbe said. Further, you stated that "Hampton did not respond to Kolbe's accusation during the forum, but denied the accusation in a call to the Times-Union this morning."
For whatever reason, Mr. Hampton did not deny Mr. Kolbe's statement during the meeting! Since your paper made the efforts to publish that Hampton "denied the accusation," would you please tell us exactly how Mr. Hampton "denied the accusation," in his exact words? This will provide us all a better opportunity to gauge whether Mr. Hampton has really addressed this issue.
Karl Reusser
Warsaw
Editors Note: A story concerning Hampton's denial of that accusation appeared in Saturday's Times-Union.
Kolbe Responds
Editor, Times-Union:You recently published a letter from Dixie Norman where she contends that I somehow acted improperly in a case I handled a number of years ago (at least two elections ago). Unfortunately, you did not contact me for a chance to respond before publication.
Generally, I have ignored the massive negativity flowing from the letters to editor column. However, I will not ignore challenges to my integrity as a private attorney.
The only thing true about Mrs. Norman's letter was that we won the case. Mrs. Norman wes not even the client in the case. I never delayed proceedings to increase my fee nor did I attempt to demand more fees at the last minute. Suggesting that attorneys, in general, do this is equally offensive. I have found most of my colleagues to be entirely fair in their billing.
Not only was this letter false and libelous, it was in bad taste. Unfortunately, the letters to the editor column continues to develop its own growing spirit of incivility. I hope the Times-Union moderates this before it is too late.
David C. Kolbe
Claypool
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