Letters: Obama endorsement is shameful
Please help find Little Free Library
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Letters to the Editor Published 12:47 p.m. CT June 14, 2016
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This letter/message is intended for a thief and the general public, whose assistance I seek.
It has been about three weeks since a thief stole a Little Free Library I have hosted for the past two summers. It had been enjoyed and utilized by many. It was temporarily suspended for winter as a result of a family of mice moving in and destroying the interior.
Lulloff Hardware, of Kiel, found and donated a small brown, but secure, "unworking" dorm-size refrigerator to replace my previous box. It was perfect — air-tight, attractive and ideal. I restocked it with new and interesting books for adults and children — something for all tastes.
It also had brochures explaining the concept and usage of a Little Free Library, defining it as a sharing and exchange of books program. All the books were protected with plastic sleeves and some had library identification labels inside. The box itself is about 2 feet wide by 18 inches high. It was tied with roping to my fence.
It was meant for anyone to use and have access to — not just one inconsiderate person to steal.
To the thief — you have not stolen just from me, you have robbed my neighborhood and the library's patrons of a small source of enjoyment. Many besides myself are very upset and disappointed by your selfish act.
If you have a conscience, please return the library box and its contents to the stand it was sitting on and tied to.
To the public — I ask you to please be on the look for a small, dorm-size wood-grain refrigerator box with no cord but lots of books and information in it. Please let the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department know if you find it.
Our library is sorely missed.
Vivian Wendorf and the Highway C readers
Obama endorsement is shameful
A recent newspaper headline informed us that Hillary Clinton is the first female presidential candidate.
I believe it is likewise true that President Barack Obama's endorsement is a "first" — the first time in history a U.S. president has endorsed a political candidate who is being investigated for espionage by a Justice Department he himself heads.
It's a "first," all right — it's disturbing and shameful.
Helen J. Goswitz
Mayor grass decision is wrong
The Manitowoc mayor proclaims anyone with grass taller than 8 inches and after a five-day warning will have his grass cut by the city and fined $300.
That is an exorbitantly-atrocious enough fine to force compliance. The mayor says he understands people have other matters of concern, but has no sympathy if they allow grass to grow 8 inches? So, the mayor makes his arbitrary pronouncements. So 7-1/2 inches is OK? Eight inches is stretching it, then, to the applications of statutory law? What if some blades of grass are taller than 8 inches and some remain lower? What if he decides 4 inches is too tall? If he goes on private property to measure it, he is trespassing. He's in the wrong before he starts.
This is about unwarranted governmental intervention. It's none of the mayor's business how high anyone's grass is. Maybe someone likes high grass. If the mayor doesn't, that's his problem.
Maybe 9,999 people out of 10,000 may disapprove of 8-inch-tall grass, but that one person has a constitutional right to have the grass 8 inches tall if they want to. We're talking personal rights here, not preferences and number games. It's not a health hazard, nor a safety issue. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Requiring mandatory snow removal and dogs required to be on leashes is proper because these are safety issues. High grass is nobody's business but the property owner, regardless of its universal disapproval. He can make hay if he wants to. He can cut it with a sickle, too.
If it can be proven that tall grass attracts vermin affecting neighbors, then that can be a health reason to force cutting — but not because the mayor thinks the long grass simply isn't specific to his standards.
People need to be tolerant of others' free choices, even if those choices are overwhelmingly unpopular, even distasteful.
Ralph Jicha
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