Letters to the Editor 04-28-2004
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Supports Daniels - Supports Sanders - Abstain From Sex
Supports Daniels
Editor, Times-Union:There is a need for change in the leadership of the State of Indiana. If we look for a moment at our home of Kosciusko County, and then look beyond its borders to the other communities that comprise our great state, we will see a foundation for reform and a basis for rethinking the governmental strategies for putting Indiana in a positive position relative to other states.
With its diversity of dynamic and strong industries, financial institutions, educational systems and recreational amenities, Kosciusko County has been economically a stellar performer compared to most other Indiana counties. More specifically, Kosciusko ranked 86th out of 92 in unemployment numbers, and 19th out of 92 for Household Median Income. We are currently home to two of Indiana's 15 Fortune 1000 companies. In Kosciusko County we are often sheltered from the issues facing many other Hoosier counties but we may soon feel the realities of economic hardship facing other communities, whether through the direct impact of state leadership lacking in positive growth and economic policies or through the impact felt from other counties struggling in the areas that Kosciusko County has been fortunate to excel. To keep our county and our fellow Hoosiers moving in a direction upon which we can build and grow as a state, we need to vote for a leader who can be the driving force for change.
Many of the other counties in Indiana struggle to help us as a whole to compete with other states and there continues to be shortcomings in the five key drivers that are outlined in various economic vision plans. Until a change in Indiana's political leadership occurs, Indiana will be forced to endure the following dubious national distinctions:
n 50th in the proportion of the labor force employed in professional, specialty and managerial occupations that account for almost three of every four net new jobs created nationally (Indiana Human Capital Retention Project)
n 50th in high-tech job growth between 1993-1998 (Cyberstates 4.0)
n 47th in the percentage of adult heads of household with a college degree (Current Population Survey)
n 46th in documented sewage treatment needs for publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities (1999 Development Report Card for the States)
n 45th in venture capital invested per capita, 1999 (PriceWaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report)
n 45th in the number of Ph.D. scientists and engineers per 1,000 workers (1999 Development Report Card for the States)
n 44th in new companies per 1,000 employees (State Fact Finder 2000)
n 43rd in SAT scores (U.S. Department of Education)
n 43rd in the number of new start-up companies (1999 Development Report Card for the States)
n 41st in adults with Internet access (State New Economy Index)
Not a very good report card!
On May 4th you can help from the grass roots level by casting a vote for Mitch Daniels for the Republican nomination for Governor. He is a dedicated family man and a candidate with many achievements in the areas of leadership and governmental experience. From being the CEO of the Hudson Institute, serving as senior management at Eli Lilly, all the way to serving as an adviser to President Reagan and director of the OMB for President Bush, Mitch understands and accepts change and is enthusiastic and prepared to "bring Indiana back" as a place to live, work and play.
Kip Tom
Warsaw
via e-mail
Editor's Note: This letter was edited to conform more closely to the 500-word limit stated in our "Letters Policy."
Supports Sanders
Editor, Times-Union:My first encounter with Bob Sanders was some 25 years ago when I was the County Auditor and he was operating Bodkin Abstract Co. Inc. Since that first meeting, we have worked together professionally as well as served on some of the same civic and charitable committees and boards.
Although a transplant from Indianapolis, Bob has made Kosciusko County his home. He has proven to be a very involved community leader who is interested in furthering this county to make it an even better place to live, work and play. Bob is never afraid to speak up, so I believe he will represent the taxpayers very effectively. Bob has my vote for the seat of County Council at-large.
Jean Northenor
Warsaw
Abstain From Sex
Editor, Times-Union:Did you know the average person doesn't wait until they are married to have sex? It's true. Six out of 10 girls get pregnant, and four out of those six end up aborting the living breathing child.
Unmarried people and couples aren't thinking about their futures, or each. They just do what feels best or is "cool" at the time. They should stay sexually pure until they are married.
There are so many sicknesses that result back to having sex before marriage. For example the HIV virus, witch turns into AIDS. Many people suffer or die from AIDS each year. Would you want to get married, and then find out your spouse has had sex with someone else, and you tried so hard to stay pure for them? That wouldn't make me feel good.
You may think it's OK as long as you don't get pregnant. Or it's OK as long as that person is "The One." Well, protection doesn't always work and people who are divorced thought that person was "The One" and look where they are now. You just never know.
If people waited until they were married to have sex there would be happier, healthier, relationships with families and friends, there wouldn't be that many high school drop outs, there wouldn't be as many innocent children dying, our world would just be all around better.
I don't think anyone would want to have a baby without a loving caring husband, or have to drop out of high school early, not have an education for a job, or have the guilt of killing a baby. That's why it's totally worth it to stay pure until you are married.
Jami McDaniel
Syracuse
via e-mail
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Supports Daniels
Editor, Times-Union:There is a need for change in the leadership of the State of Indiana. If we look for a moment at our home of Kosciusko County, and then look beyond its borders to the other communities that comprise our great state, we will see a foundation for reform and a basis for rethinking the governmental strategies for putting Indiana in a positive position relative to other states.
With its diversity of dynamic and strong industries, financial institutions, educational systems and recreational amenities, Kosciusko County has been economically a stellar performer compared to most other Indiana counties. More specifically, Kosciusko ranked 86th out of 92 in unemployment numbers, and 19th out of 92 for Household Median Income. We are currently home to two of Indiana's 15 Fortune 1000 companies. In Kosciusko County we are often sheltered from the issues facing many other Hoosier counties but we may soon feel the realities of economic hardship facing other communities, whether through the direct impact of state leadership lacking in positive growth and economic policies or through the impact felt from other counties struggling in the areas that Kosciusko County has been fortunate to excel. To keep our county and our fellow Hoosiers moving in a direction upon which we can build and grow as a state, we need to vote for a leader who can be the driving force for change.
Many of the other counties in Indiana struggle to help us as a whole to compete with other states and there continues to be shortcomings in the five key drivers that are outlined in various economic vision plans. Until a change in Indiana's political leadership occurs, Indiana will be forced to endure the following dubious national distinctions:
n 50th in the proportion of the labor force employed in professional, specialty and managerial occupations that account for almost three of every four net new jobs created nationally (Indiana Human Capital Retention Project)
n 50th in high-tech job growth between 1993-1998 (Cyberstates 4.0)
n 47th in the percentage of adult heads of household with a college degree (Current Population Survey)
n 46th in documented sewage treatment needs for publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities (1999 Development Report Card for the States)
n 45th in venture capital invested per capita, 1999 (PriceWaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report)
n 45th in the number of Ph.D. scientists and engineers per 1,000 workers (1999 Development Report Card for the States)
n 44th in new companies per 1,000 employees (State Fact Finder 2000)
n 43rd in SAT scores (U.S. Department of Education)
n 43rd in the number of new start-up companies (1999 Development Report Card for the States)
n 41st in adults with Internet access (State New Economy Index)
Not a very good report card!
On May 4th you can help from the grass roots level by casting a vote for Mitch Daniels for the Republican nomination for Governor. He is a dedicated family man and a candidate with many achievements in the areas of leadership and governmental experience. From being the CEO of the Hudson Institute, serving as senior management at Eli Lilly, all the way to serving as an adviser to President Reagan and director of the OMB for President Bush, Mitch understands and accepts change and is enthusiastic and prepared to "bring Indiana back" as a place to live, work and play.
Kip Tom
Warsaw
via e-mail
Editor's Note: This letter was edited to conform more closely to the 500-word limit stated in our "Letters Policy."
Supports Sanders
Editor, Times-Union:My first encounter with Bob Sanders was some 25 years ago when I was the County Auditor and he was operating Bodkin Abstract Co. Inc. Since that first meeting, we have worked together professionally as well as served on some of the same civic and charitable committees and boards.
Although a transplant from Indianapolis, Bob has made Kosciusko County his home. He has proven to be a very involved community leader who is interested in furthering this county to make it an even better place to live, work and play. Bob is never afraid to speak up, so I believe he will represent the taxpayers very effectively. Bob has my vote for the seat of County Council at-large.
Jean Northenor
Warsaw
Abstain From Sex
Editor, Times-Union:Did you know the average person doesn't wait until they are married to have sex? It's true. Six out of 10 girls get pregnant, and four out of those six end up aborting the living breathing child.
Unmarried people and couples aren't thinking about their futures, or each. They just do what feels best or is "cool" at the time. They should stay sexually pure until they are married.
There are so many sicknesses that result back to having sex before marriage. For example the HIV virus, witch turns into AIDS. Many people suffer or die from AIDS each year. Would you want to get married, and then find out your spouse has had sex with someone else, and you tried so hard to stay pure for them? That wouldn't make me feel good.
You may think it's OK as long as you don't get pregnant. Or it's OK as long as that person is "The One." Well, protection doesn't always work and people who are divorced thought that person was "The One" and look where they are now. You just never know.
If people waited until they were married to have sex there would be happier, healthier, relationships with families and friends, there wouldn't be that many high school drop outs, there wouldn't be as many innocent children dying, our world would just be all around better.
I don't think anyone would want to have a baby without a loving caring husband, or have to drop out of high school early, not have an education for a job, or have the guilt of killing a baby. That's why it's totally worth it to stay pure until you are married.
Jami McDaniel
Syracuse
via e-mail
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