Perrysburg Messenger Journal Letters to the Editor
Policy on Letters
We welcome readers' opinions on matters of interest to our community.
The weekly deadline for Letters to the Editor is noon on Friday. Letters should be limited to 300 words. Letters from the same writer will be accepted no more frequently than every 30 days.
Due to limited space, coverage of community news, and production costs, only two letters regarding a certain issue will be printed each week. All other letters will be posted on this web site.
The newspaper reserves the right to accept or reject letters, and to edit them for clarity and length.
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Please limit letters to 300 words.
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Week of February 1, 2012
Dear Editor:
Does Congressman Bob Latta, really believe that political rhetoric is more important than a clean water supply for millions of Americans?
Mr. Latta must know that there is a multi agency review before any oil pipeline can be approved. However, the proposed 1,700 mile long Keystone Pipeline, which is to extend from Alberta Canada, to Texas, has no final route to approve.
President Obama, in November 2011, delayed approval until early 2013 in response to Nebraska Republican Governor David Heineman requests that TransCanada (the pipeline operator) reroute the pipeline around the environmentally sensitive Sandhills region. The Ogallala Aquifer, which lies under the Sandhills region, supplies water to residents in a large portion of The Great Plains and the Texas Panhandle.
Safe Water is just one of the environmental concerns. Other concerns question the logic of extracting bitumen ore from the oil sands, which requires a great deal of energy and water to process into a transportable form and sending it 1,700 miles to Texas. Are there no closer refineries? Is the oil intended for United States or will it be refined then sold elsewhere?
Promoting fossil fuels at the cost of destroying our aquifers and their life sustaining water is totally unacceptable. We need representatives and everyone else for that matter, to be committed to the safe extraction of fossil fuels and recognize that we need to invest more in renewable energy now.
The world’s population is exploding, and the entire globe is not filled with oil, gas and coal. Audrey Palumbo
To Perrysburg Township Residents:
Several years ago, Lake Township trustees initiated a preferred trash hauler program for their township residents in order to provide a lower rate for trash and recycling for all of their residents.
The result of that initiative is Lake township residents only pay $138/year for both trash and recycling services for 2012. No one is required to participate and all of the notification, billing, problems, etc. are handled by the trash hauler. The only cost to the township was some newspaper ads soliciting bids.
Every three years the contract comes up for re-bidding. For the past four years I have made repeated requests to the Perrysburg township trustees to investigate a similar program for our township residents. I’m positive a majority of Perrysburg Township residents would be happy with these rates.
I need your help. If you would like to see less heavy truck traffic on your street and lock into a much reduced fee for trash and recycling, I’m asking you to call or e-mail the Perrysburg Township trustees. As Bob Mack stated in the January 25 Perrysburg Messenger Journal, “the trustees welcome public participation in our efforts to continuously improve our area.”
Just Google “Perrysburg Ohio township” and go to the pull down menu for elected officials. Kathleen Gibson
Dear Editor:
I’ve lived in Perrysburg nearly all my life, and the Way Public Library has always been a big part of it. I’ve been an avid reader since childhood, and now my children use the library almost as much as I do. They enjoy the books, do research for school, listen to books on CD, watch videos and much more.
I am at the library every week to get my latest book club read, and I always like to have a book on CD to listen to. There is a wonderful variety to our library’s collection and without passage of the upcoming levy, the budget will be reduced by almost 50 percent. This would significantly cut the materials budget which will greatly impact the broad selection my family so enjoys, as well as the operating hours, programming, technology and staff.
Books are just a small part of what our library provides this community, so I will be voting for the renewal of the operating levy to keep our library strong. Brenda Irwin
Dear Editor:
I hope everyone heard the wonderful story about the folks of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, saving their local hardware store. The store was going to close, but not any more.
Being informed via e-mail, hundreds of Chagrin Falls residents showed up to spend at least $10 at their local hardware store.
The Messenger Journal has been a leader in their “Think Local First” program for Perrysburg, and it is working. It is very important that we all shop and dine local. Jim Delph
