Red Line (Nov. 24)
Animation Clip: “Self Image” by Creature Comforts
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A woman said she was calling about (a local) thrift store. “I donate most of my stuff there. I went in there the other day and things were hanging on the rack for $40, $30, $45. That’s outrageous. People donate to help others and the prices are outrageous. It’s a crying shame.”
“Lawyers and frivolous lawsuits are one of the reasons for our bad economy,” said a lady. “Terrorist trials in the U.S. will cost taxpayers for lawyers. They need to be tried in military tribunals. Lawyers promote other lawyers. We all suffer from lawyers who are one of the biggest problems in our country.”
A woman expressed “how disappointed and angry” she was “with the (county) health department that had their H1N1 shots at Washington School.” She went there with her child and “stood there for an hour and a half while people cut in front of me. The security guards were too afraid to say anything.” She “finally got in there only to be told, we’re not giving shots to children with asthma. They did not give any type of notice. Thanks for letting me know. There is no communication between the health department and the schools.”
A man who “moved from the Bay Area to Madera a year or so ago” said, “There is not enough compliments or good things in the Red Line, but here’s one… The Tribune beats my local paper where I used to live and sometimes even the San Francisco Chronicle by a long shot. I enjoy all your columnists, especially Leon Emo, Bill Coate and Tami Jo Nix. I also, most of the time, enjoy the Editor’s Corner. Keep up the good work. Out of all the papers you can get locally the Tribune is the one I get my money’s worth.”
A woman said, “The county is in a budget crisis. They’re asking all of their employees to take a 10 to 20 percent cut in pay.” She “wanted to know if the Board of Supervisors is going to be taking the same cut in pay, and also if their legislative aides will be. Also, we have hired a new county administrator, yet the old county administrator has been hired back as a consultant at full salary. If these new people can’t do their job why are they in their positions?”
“So I have my graffiti removal kit,” said a man, “it mostly works, but is that it for the people of Madera? Didn’t we hire consultants at tens of thousands of dollars to help us with our graffiti problem? I would hope we get a lot more for our money than what we’ve seen so far.”
An online reader, “Tim Riche,” writes, “I just want to say how awesome our school nurses are. They check all the students hearing and eyesight and many students would not get this if not for them. They provide help and care for students throughout the year and are valuable to keeping schools safe”
Another Internet guest, “Julie Kutz,” writes, “In response to the $95 fee to adopt an animal from the animal shelter being high, having adopted two dogs from there a month ago. For my fees, I appreciate that they were given antibiotics to assure that I was bringing home healthy dogs since living in the shelter is not an ideal place, that their shots were up to date, and that they were neutered before bringing home. That is what your adoption fee is covering. You will pay more if you did that on your own.”
A third, “Diana,” writes, “My three cents on Sarah Palin’s book, ‘Going Rogue.’ I watched with great intensity our last presidential elections. Was awed by the candidates, and the women that could change the face of ‘good ole boys’ political parties. However, I don’t see anything earth shattering about Sarah Palin. She is a strong woman in politics. Yet, there are a lot of strong women that are playing a role in our government.”
A Web site visitor, “Jaz,” found a claim cited by columnist Tom Elias to be a bit off. “Inmates can’t sue physicians working for the prison, they can only sue the state,” she writes. “So there is no question of suing 100 times.”
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