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Namesake hurricane left letter writer laughing
To the editor:
It is Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. I am shaking. I am feeling fear. I am also laughing, because not only is it Halloween week but the “storm of the century” that we are anticipating is named Sandy.
It has taken me 71 years to have the kind of power that my name is evoking and, of course, it would have to be a disaster.
So, we have Halloween and we have a hurricane. OK, and did I mention there is to be a full moon which will make the tides ever so high? We also have a nor’easter heading from the west and — guess what? — they are going to collide. We don’t know if we will get cold, wet snow or an extreme amount of tumultuous icy rain.
Stephen King, eat your heart out. Trick-or-treat!
Sandra “Sandy” Burd
Hagerstown
What have Shank, Parrott done for constituents?
To the editor:
Sen. Chris Shank and Del. Neil Parrott promoted ballot measures opposing recently enacted laws on same-sex marriage and education for immigrants. Both of these laws were upheld on election day, proving that Maryland legislators got it right the first time, but our representatives got it wrong.
Shank’s and Parrott’s efforts to reverse redistricting were also defeated at the polls. What have Sen. Shank and Del. Parrott done for their constituents?
We have a representative democracy. Legislating by referendum is not legislating at all. Don’t we deserve better representation?
Matthew Wagner
Hagerstown
In four years, we will be a nation totally divided
To the editor:
What a sad day for the U.S.A. Another four years of no leadership and a lack of common sense. Wait four more years and hope we can ask the question, “Are you now better off?”
Our tax system, along with our electoral system, strongly needs a total overhaul. The demographics of this country have changed dramatically in the past decade or so, making the present political system obsolete, and our tax system is so antiquated is it humorous.
To the editor:
It is Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. I am shaking. I am feeling fear. I am also laughing, because not only is it Halloween week but the “storm of the century” that we are anticipating is named Sandy.
It has taken me 71 years to have the kind of power that my name is evoking and, of course, it would have to be a disaster.
So, we have Halloween and we have a hurricane. OK, and did I mention there is to be a full moon which will make the tides ever so high? We also have a nor’easter heading from the west and — guess what? — they are going to collide. We don’t know if we will get cold, wet snow or an extreme amount of tumultuous icy rain.
Stephen King, eat your heart out. Trick-or-treat!
Sandra “Sandy” Burd
Hagerstown
What have Shank, Parrott done for constituents?
To the editor:
Sen. Chris Shank and Del. Neil Parrott promoted ballot measures opposing recently enacted laws on same-sex marriage and education for immigrants. Both of these laws were upheld on election day, proving that Maryland legislators got it right the first time, but our representatives got it wrong.
Shank’s and Parrott’s efforts to reverse redistricting were also defeated at the polls. What have Sen. Shank and Del. Parrott done for their constituents?
We have a representative democracy. Legislating by referendum is not legislating at all. Don’t we deserve better representation?
Matthew Wagner
Hagerstown
In four years, we will be a nation totally divided
To the editor:
What a sad day for the U.S.A. Another four years of no leadership and a lack of common sense. Wait four more years and hope we can ask the question, “Are you now better off?”
Our tax system, along with our electoral system, strongly needs a total overhaul. The demographics of this country have changed dramatically in the past decade or so, making the present political system obsolete, and our tax system is so antiquated is it humorous.
