Letters

Choose city council members wisely
“Two public meetings, two votes, two different outcomes.” “ I was against the project but now I am for it.” “I said then, it’s not my first choice for our city but where it’s located on the west side of 75, the impact would be extremely small to the city. If it was on the east side of 75, I wouldn’t be for this.”
These statements were from elected officials that voted in favor of “A” truck stop.

Brian Linder is ‘better’ candidate
“We deserve better” has become the hue and cry at election time. But, how do we get “better”.
I suggest, if we want better, we take some time to look at who and what is being offered from candidates for any office in question.

I called the Central Kentucky Blood Center in Lexington to check on how much blood I have donated over the years. Their computers show a total of 86 units of blood.
 I called Hoxworth Blood Center in Cincinnati and checked and I had donated eight units to them over the years.

Let’s Make Em’
Larn Anglish!
I thought of the old “why don’t they learn English when the following happened. How does the old quote go, “Oh, to see ourselves as others see us?”
On a recent stop at a hotel in Tennessee, we were chatting with the desk clerk.  She asked where we were from, and when we told her Kentucky, she said, “I wouldn’t have guessed that.”
“Why,” I asked?
“You don’t talk like I would have expected.”