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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 2005
Page
13
Citizens urged to send brief letters for publication. The notice specifies letters must include full name address and daytime phone number for verification. Submissions on the May 3 election accepted until noon April 27.
Middletown readers praise treasurer Eric Lotzing for transparency after a Feb 3 wager on school finances. The Edgewood district levy Issue 6 faces May 3 with a five year emergency levy costing 58 cents daily for a 100000 home, urging a yes vote to fund rising enrollments and education needs amid funding challenges.
Reader denounces the Terri Schiavo euthanasia controversy, accusing Michael Schiavo and judges of endorsing a cruel starvation death. The column questions the justice of the ruling and draws parallels to cruelty to animals, urging Ohio citizens to oppose such a fate for disabled individuals.
A critical critique argues privatizing Social Security risks quick loss of benefits. It contends government control over investment options, higher costs, and increased retirement ages while warning of political self‑interest and misleading promises. Citizens are urged to think independently and question proposals.
A caller column features an attack on Jane Fonda's Vietnam stunt and the Vietnam Wall, a complaint about vandalism at Middletown Pioneer Cemetery, a debate on Highland Street speeding and youth bike activity, and a call for stricter smoking bans citing second hand smoke dangers. Urban issues and public health blend with local concerns.
In a Journal letter titled No one should have to wonder if an ambulance is coming the writer claimed the council reduced staffing to close Station 5 at times. Officials said Station 5 is never closed and ambulances are always staffed though some days equipment cannot be fully manned at the station.
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