Letters, 3/29: Rights melting with snow
In the article “Police called to break up 3 lewd snow sculptures” (LJS, March 24), you report the destruction of snow sculptures by Lincoln police but fail to mention that this action was probably in violation of the First and Fifth amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The Constitution ensures for us the rights to free expression and due process. We shouldn’t abridge these rights just because the snow might melt before we can do something about it.
Michael Cornelius, Lincoln
‘Treat everybody fairly’
I am Michael Herchenbach’s father.
First of all, I think Judge Gale Pokorny and Police Chief Tom Casady have abused their power to the point that they need to be held accountable for their actions.
I wonder how many parents in Lincoln who allow their high-school-age kids to have parties will end up in jail for 30 days because their name is on the lease for their home. I’ll bet none.
To Judge Pokorny and Chief Casady: Stop singling out the easy targets and start doing your jobs and treating everybody fairly.
Lyle Herchenbach, Lindsay
No game for Husker fans
Here we are almost two hours into the Husker baseball game against Kansas on Saturday, and still not able to view the game on Time Warner Cable Channel 77.
Thanks to Athletic Director Steve Pederson for trying to fix something that wasn’t broken when broadcasting rights were moved from NET to Cox Communications.
In this day of technology, you would think that Cox Communications and Time Warner would at least test the feed ahead of time to ensure viewers would be able to see the game on Time Warner Channel 77. So much for providing good customer service!
Robin Hoffman, Lincoln
Don’t give our jobs away
The people just can’t close their eyes and make a wish and hope all illegal immigrants will go away or be gone when we open our eyes.
There are an estimated 18 million illegal aliens in this country that we know about stealing our jobs and future and our country, and we have senators like Chuck Hagel and and other Republican senators that want to help them steal our jobs.
Sen. Ben Nelson wants to help stop illegal immigrants from coming into this country and would like to put a fence around our borders.
The American people don’t want our senators to help keep those illegal immigrants already here so the rich companies can have cheap help to make them richer. Americans are thankful that election time is just around the corner, and if those senators sell us out to illegal immigrants, then we will sell out our senators’ jobs to new people.
There is one easy and cheap way to take care of this problem. We need and want a bill that will fine any company $10,000 a day for every day for each person. All we have to do is to take away their work that belongs to us Americans and those illegal immigrants will leave all by themselves.
All those senators that vote against the people just may get the highway.
Arnold Kehm, Lincoln
Schools just showing off
Passing the $250 million bond for Lincoln Public Schools is just a perfect example of LPS administrators showing off.
There is no doubt that there are schools in Lincoln that need remodeling and others need to be built. Schools such as Lincoln Southeast and Lincoln Northeast need quite a bit of repair.
The amount of money is what is in question here. $250 million! Schools such as Lincoln North Star and Southwest were built for around $40 million apiece. You don’t need to spend that kind of money on a school. Sixteen- and 17-year-old students don’t need to practice for the choir or the band in multimillion-dollar facilities. Schools don’t need extras such as special tile on the floor or Internet connections in the hallway, etc., etc.
High school students need a school that is big enough to accommodate all students, clean and safe. That’s it! $250 million will be spent. In my opinion, $100 million of that amount is just for showing off to other school districts!
Ryan Seagert, Lincoln
Don’t prolong mistakes
I am tired.
Tired of worrying about the long-term effects of a war that has killed over 2,300 U.S. soldiers. Tired of trying to resolve the cognitive dissonance created by news that my country is saving Iraq by killing thousands of their children. Tired of hearing that my nephew has been struggling with bouts of anxiety, anger and depression since he returned from his tour in Iraq. Tired of watching our elected representatives trivialize basic human rights in the U.S. and abroad to avoid offending anyone in an election year. Tired of being patronized with talking points intended to keep me from thinking too hard about the mistakes U.S. officials are making in the name of the American people.
Finally, I am tired of waiting for someone else to fix this mess. It is time for each of us to talk in serious ways about how we can pull our troops out of Iraq and move the United Nations in.
This war was a mistake; let’s not make it worse by prolonging it.
Patty Hawk, Crete
The Constitution ensures for us the rights to free expression and due process. We shouldn’t abridge these rights just because the snow might melt before we can do something about it.
Michael Cornelius, Lincoln
‘Treat everybody fairly’
I am Michael Herchenbach’s father.
First of all, I think Judge Gale Pokorny and Police Chief Tom Casady have abused their power to the point that they need to be held accountable for their actions.
I wonder how many parents in Lincoln who allow their high-school-age kids to have parties will end up in jail for 30 days because their name is on the lease for their home. I’ll bet none.
To Judge Pokorny and Chief Casady: Stop singling out the easy targets and start doing your jobs and treating everybody fairly.
Lyle Herchenbach, Lindsay
No game for Husker fans
Here we are almost two hours into the Husker baseball game against Kansas on Saturday, and still not able to view the game on Time Warner Cable Channel 77.
Thanks to Athletic Director Steve Pederson for trying to fix something that wasn’t broken when broadcasting rights were moved from NET to Cox Communications.
In this day of technology, you would think that Cox Communications and Time Warner would at least test the feed ahead of time to ensure viewers would be able to see the game on Time Warner Channel 77. So much for providing good customer service!
Robin Hoffman, Lincoln
Don’t give our jobs away
The people just can’t close their eyes and make a wish and hope all illegal immigrants will go away or be gone when we open our eyes.
There are an estimated 18 million illegal aliens in this country that we know about stealing our jobs and future and our country, and we have senators like Chuck Hagel and and other Republican senators that want to help them steal our jobs.
Sen. Ben Nelson wants to help stop illegal immigrants from coming into this country and would like to put a fence around our borders.
The American people don’t want our senators to help keep those illegal immigrants already here so the rich companies can have cheap help to make them richer. Americans are thankful that election time is just around the corner, and if those senators sell us out to illegal immigrants, then we will sell out our senators’ jobs to new people.
There is one easy and cheap way to take care of this problem. We need and want a bill that will fine any company $10,000 a day for every day for each person. All we have to do is to take away their work that belongs to us Americans and those illegal immigrants will leave all by themselves.
All those senators that vote against the people just may get the highway.
Arnold Kehm, Lincoln
Schools just showing off
Passing the $250 million bond for Lincoln Public Schools is just a perfect example of LPS administrators showing off.
There is no doubt that there are schools in Lincoln that need remodeling and others need to be built. Schools such as Lincoln Southeast and Lincoln Northeast need quite a bit of repair.
The amount of money is what is in question here. $250 million! Schools such as Lincoln North Star and Southwest were built for around $40 million apiece. You don’t need to spend that kind of money on a school. Sixteen- and 17-year-old students don’t need to practice for the choir or the band in multimillion-dollar facilities. Schools don’t need extras such as special tile on the floor or Internet connections in the hallway, etc., etc.
High school students need a school that is big enough to accommodate all students, clean and safe. That’s it! $250 million will be spent. In my opinion, $100 million of that amount is just for showing off to other school districts!
Ryan Seagert, Lincoln
Don’t prolong mistakes
I am tired.
Tired of worrying about the long-term effects of a war that has killed over 2,300 U.S. soldiers. Tired of trying to resolve the cognitive dissonance created by news that my country is saving Iraq by killing thousands of their children. Tired of hearing that my nephew has been struggling with bouts of anxiety, anger and depression since he returned from his tour in Iraq. Tired of watching our elected representatives trivialize basic human rights in the U.S. and abroad to avoid offending anyone in an election year. Tired of being patronized with talking points intended to keep me from thinking too hard about the mistakes U.S. officials are making in the name of the American people.
Finally, I am tired of waiting for someone else to fix this mess. It is time for each of us to talk in serious ways about how we can pull our troops out of Iraq and move the United Nations in.
This war was a mistake; let’s not make it worse by prolonging it.
Patty Hawk, Crete
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