Thanks to all those attendees at the City of Springfield's Annual Martin Luther King Luncheon who donated to the Haiti Relief Fund — $500 was presented to the Red Cross.
The county raised my taxes 16 percent, but neighbors averaged only 1 percent. The county auditor says this is a "equalization" program. I don't think $200 more a year is "equalization." I'll now pay more than properties of greater value in my neighborhood.
It's wonderful that you carry a baggie with you when you walk your dog. However, I have had to replace two bushes because of those letting their dogs pee on them. Please don't let your male dogs hike and pee on everything. It's more damaging that a pile of poo. A squat in the grass will kill it, too.
Where is the outrage about what Rush Limbaugh told listeners about Haiti? He told his listeners not to contribute to Haiti because it would help President Obama. I would hate to be him when he answers to his maker for thousands of lives he may have ended with his hate speech.
The Democratic majority should do what the neo-Republicans threatened to do when they had the majority in the Senate, and that was to change Senate rules to majority rules and end filibustering. That forced the Democratic minority to let neo-Republicans to have their way on everything they wanted.
Why is the back page of the Sports section dedicated for advertisements?