Tuesday's letters: Thanks a lot
Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, August 18, 2014 at 3:52 p.m.
Thanks a lot
To the editor: Bravo, Sen. Tom Apodaca!
Thank you for the new regulations on mopeds, while Duke Energy continues making large profits from poorly regulated coal ash pits — which are considerably more dangerous and life-threatening than 35-mph mopeds.
How much money will these new moped regulations put into the state coffers, while wealthier residents pay less taxes?
Slap on the wrist
To the editor: The members of our judiciary should hang their heads in shame. The Aug. 9 article about Jeffrey Landers is of real concern to God-fearing people of compassion.
For his horrific acts of disrespect for our creator’s defenseless innocents, he was sentenced to serve eight to 19 months in prison, but could be released as early as March 1, 2015.
Such a “slap on the wrist” causes people to wonder whether members of the judiciary are similarly blasť about cruelty to those animal species that, unlike homo sapiens, are innocent of the pollution of our children’s planet and the development of weapons of mass destruction.
When, in July 2013, his barn in Etowah evidenced his disgusting callousness, he should then have been dealt with appropriate severity. It’s logical to assume that had he “got the message ‘in spades,’ ” the likelihood of a repetition of his cruelty would have been minimized.
Where is dramatic evidence of our presumed Christian compassion? A year in jail is the least he should have been sentenced to.
And let’s remember that Ted Bundy and the other notable mass murderers all had a history of animal abuse.