Speak Out 8/23/19

Planned Parenthood

Recent decisions by Planned Parenthood have indicated that they are no longer concerned with women's health needs and instead wish to focus on promoting abortions. First, they removed a very pro-choice CEO because she wasn't extreme enough. Then they decided to reduce providing women health care needs in order to keep being able to promote abortions. The Planned Parenthood of old is gone, the one that cared about women's needs. It has been replaced by one solely focused on abortions.

College education

The way to reduce college debt is everyone does not need a college education. There will come a time when a dozen college graduates will be standing in a circle looking at a shovel trying figure out what it is and what it is used for. Give me an employee with common sense and a strong work ethic over all the college degrees out there.

Why to protest

Protests against our government are not anti-American, they are pro-American. We have the right in this country to express concern, discontent, fears which are about love of this country and wanting it to be the best that it can be. Some of the directions that Trump is taking this country deserve protests. He is harming much of which makes us an exceptional country, worthy of admiration. We have lost this status.

Oak Ridge vote

Oak Ridge community, why did we vote on a bond project that half was only done and we don't have the money for the rest? I figured this would happen. That's why I voted no! You can't tell the community one thing and then do something else! Our admin and board better get it together. The community is not feeling well with the "improvements" and our financial future. And please don't ask for a tax increase because you can't manage money!

William Street

The William Street asphalting is great except for one spot, and it's an area that never quite gets fixed. The area is when you are traveling south on Mt. Auburn and crossing William street. The transition between what the highway department did and the existing Mt. Auburn pavement creates a drop off when driving across it. It has been like that for years. They normally taper it down in other areas when resurfacing, but this one spot gets left out each time they resurface William Street.