Letters to the Editor 06-11-2003
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Enforcement Not Needed - Welcome Back, Rod
Enforcement Not Needed
Editor, Times-Union:Saturday I read your article printed in the May 31 edition on "Time to Enforce The Rules on U.S. 30." I have to disagree with your idea of putting more cops out on 30 at taxpayers' expense. It's not just paying for more officers' paychecks, we also have to pay for more equipment - cars, uniforms, guns, etc. We also have to keep paying for them for many years. Although I might be able to pay for another tax increase, some others might not.
Putting more rules and enforcers out on the road isn't the answer. I drive U.S. 30 all week, many times a day, both in my personal vehicle and in my semi. I hear all day on the c.b. radio on how strict Warsaw and Columbia City are. The speed trap name is already in effect all over the country. There are local, county and state cops patroling U.S. 30 all day as it is. There is always a cop that sits by the Center Street light chasing down red light runners. There is always one in the median by the new Wal-Mart. These are just the ones that I see. There are unmarked cops all over as well. And accidents still happen.
Everyday Warsaw adds another number to its population. Everyday a new driver travels U.S. 30. U.S. 30 is a main artery between Chicago and Fort Wayne (two major cities). We are growing ... you can't expect the crime rate and accident rate to stop.
Everyone wants the accidents along U.S. 30 ("Red Light Hell") to stop. The key isn't making it harder to drive with more rules and the stress of cops on every mile marker breathing down our necks. The key is making it safer with a limited access highway like an interstate highway. You don't hear about people getting killed by a red light runner on an interstate.
Needless to say, whatever we gotta do, we gotta do it soon and it's gonna cost us a lot more money.
On another thought ... How hard is it to stop and check and wait for all the traffic has stopped at the intersection before entering it? Warsaw should be used to it by now. It's part of defensive driving. It's not that much harder and time consuming. I do it.
John Muchowicz
Warsaw
via e-mail
Welcome Back, Rod
Editor, Times-Union:It was with great pleasure that my family and I read of the return of Rod Thomas to the Wagon Wheel Theatre. Although we now live in Portland, Ore., my daughter, Jasmine, and I spent five years as ushers at the theater. Some of the most wonderful memories we have of those years involved watching Rod Thomas on stage.
I will never forget the night I was sitting in the audience watching him and two audience members sighed when he walked on the stage. "There he is!" whispered one. "I just love him!" A few seats down, another whispered, "He is so gorgeous!" The first speaker was about 8 years old; the second was about 80. That is the effect Rod had on people, including Jasmine and I.
So, welcome back, Rod. Wishing you continuing success and wishing Warsaw another great season at the theater. The Wagon Wheel is one thing that we miss the most!
Tamra Orr
Portland, Ore.
via e-mail
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- Enforcement Not Needed - Welcome Back, Rod
Enforcement Not Needed
Editor, Times-Union:Saturday I read your article printed in the May 31 edition on "Time to Enforce The Rules on U.S. 30." I have to disagree with your idea of putting more cops out on 30 at taxpayers' expense. It's not just paying for more officers' paychecks, we also have to pay for more equipment - cars, uniforms, guns, etc. We also have to keep paying for them for many years. Although I might be able to pay for another tax increase, some others might not.
Putting more rules and enforcers out on the road isn't the answer. I drive U.S. 30 all week, many times a day, both in my personal vehicle and in my semi. I hear all day on the c.b. radio on how strict Warsaw and Columbia City are. The speed trap name is already in effect all over the country. There are local, county and state cops patroling U.S. 30 all day as it is. There is always a cop that sits by the Center Street light chasing down red light runners. There is always one in the median by the new Wal-Mart. These are just the ones that I see. There are unmarked cops all over as well. And accidents still happen.
Everyday Warsaw adds another number to its population. Everyday a new driver travels U.S. 30. U.S. 30 is a main artery between Chicago and Fort Wayne (two major cities). We are growing ... you can't expect the crime rate and accident rate to stop.
Everyone wants the accidents along U.S. 30 ("Red Light Hell") to stop. The key isn't making it harder to drive with more rules and the stress of cops on every mile marker breathing down our necks. The key is making it safer with a limited access highway like an interstate highway. You don't hear about people getting killed by a red light runner on an interstate.
Needless to say, whatever we gotta do, we gotta do it soon and it's gonna cost us a lot more money.
On another thought ... How hard is it to stop and check and wait for all the traffic has stopped at the intersection before entering it? Warsaw should be used to it by now. It's part of defensive driving. It's not that much harder and time consuming. I do it.
John Muchowicz
Warsaw
via e-mail
Welcome Back, Rod
Editor, Times-Union:It was with great pleasure that my family and I read of the return of Rod Thomas to the Wagon Wheel Theatre. Although we now live in Portland, Ore., my daughter, Jasmine, and I spent five years as ushers at the theater. Some of the most wonderful memories we have of those years involved watching Rod Thomas on stage.
I will never forget the night I was sitting in the audience watching him and two audience members sighed when he walked on the stage. "There he is!" whispered one. "I just love him!" A few seats down, another whispered, "He is so gorgeous!" The first speaker was about 8 years old; the second was about 80. That is the effect Rod had on people, including Jasmine and I.
So, welcome back, Rod. Wishing you continuing success and wishing Warsaw another great season at the theater. The Wagon Wheel is one thing that we miss the most!
Tamra Orr
Portland, Ore.
via e-mail
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