June 13's Letters to the Editor

Dear Sir or Madam:

A friend of mine in Florida apprised me of an unbe­liev­able sit­u­a­tion they are hav­ing down there and, after look­ing into it, I dis­cov­ered it is true.

It seems that Florida has ini­ti­ated a purge of Voter Reg­is­tra­tion Roles that would take Ille­gal and Dead vot­ers off of the voter rolls and, there­fore, they would not be allowed to vote.

The Depart­ment of Jus­tice (DOJ) and Eric Holder is object­ing, claim­ing that this move would unfairly tar­get Minori­ties. Duhhhh?

I guess if you are here ille­gally and, in essence are not actu­ally here, you might be a minor­ity. Also, if you are dead, you may not actu­ally be a minor­ity but, being dead, you would be inca­pable of pulling the lever in the vot­ing booth.

I really don’t see why the Democ­rats are push­ing to allow so many inel­i­gi­ble folks to vote. First they are out­raged because many folks with com­mon sense want pos­i­tive voter ID and now they think ille­gals, or bet­ter known as undoc­u­mented Democ­rats and dead peo­ple, should be able to vote. Maybe they are afraid that if they have to depend on actual Live peo­ple and Real Cit­i­zens, their own rolls will be dimin­ished substantially.

Thank you,

Darl Mills. Mt. Gilead

Dear Edi­tor,
Dear Edi­tor — I would like to thank the Vil­lage of Mt. Gilead, and Vil­lage Admin­is­tra­tor Dan Rogers in par­tic­u­lar for the new blind/deaf pedes­trian cau­tion signs on W. Mar­ion and W. High streets. My sis­ter has been expe­ri­enc­ing pro­gres­sive blind­ness for the past few years and finds it increas­ingly dif­fi­cult to cross the streets when walk­ing to Krogers, Drug­mart, or Rite Aid. We feel the signs will alert dri­vers to be more watch­ful for her and oth­ers with dis­abil­i­ties in the area. Many dri­vers may not be aware of the “White Cane Law” so I have included the ref­er­ence to it from the Ohio Revised Code:

ORC 4511.47 Right-of-way of blind per­son.
(A) As used in this sec­tion “blind per­son” or “blind pedes­trian” means a per­son hav­ing not more than 20/200 visual acu­ity in the bet­ter eye with cor­rect­ing lenses or visual acu­ity greater than 20/200 but with a lim­i­ta­tion in the fields of vision such that the widest diam­e­ter of the visual field sub­tends an angle no greater than twenty degrees.
The dri­ver of every vehi­cle shall yield the right of way to every blind pedes­trian guided by a guide dog, or car­ry­ing a cane which is pre­dom­i­nantly white or metal­lic in color, with or with­out a red tip.
(B) No per­son, other than a blind per­son, while on any pub­lic high­way, street, alley, or other pub­lic thor­ough­fare shall carry a white or metal­lic cane with or with­out a red tip.
© Except as oth­er­wise pro­vided in this divi­sion, who­ever vio­lates this sec­tion is guilty of a minor mis­de­meanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender pre­vi­ously has been con­victed of or pleaded guilty to one pred­i­cate motor vehi­cle or traf­fic offense, who­ever vio­lates this sec­tion is guilty of a mis­de­meanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender pre­vi­ously has been con­victed of two or more pred­i­cate motor vehi­cle or traf­fic offenses, who­ever vio­lates this sec­tion is guilty of a mis­de­meanor of the third degree.
Effec­tive Date: 01–01-2004″
Thanks to all for watch­ing out for her.
Kay Hass, Marengo

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