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m e asly 2 percent or less that the volunteers have joine d our
p e rce n ta g e . T h e ta x re lie f w as
s o c ia l s e c u rity c u rre n tly re team . O ur V olunteer C oordina designed to put m ore m oney
turns. It is also a fact that if we
tor has been w orking w ith vo l back into the hands of c o n
let the system go on as it is now
unteers to coordinate program s
sum ers to spend, and therefore
it is doom ed and I d o n ’t see our and events for the w om en and
the m ore m o ney that is spent
p re s id e n ts de tra cto rs com ing
children in ou r shelter.
the m ore people have jobs, the
up w ith any alternative plans of
In o u r firs t m onth of the
m ore m oney to be able to be
th e ir ow n.
A dopt A Bed program , ten peo spent, etc. in the m eantim e g iv
From paragraph seven ‘The
ple sponsored a bed for the
ing a ju m p start to the econom y.
reason is power, political po w shelter; three sponsored a bed
A n o th e r th in g , by q u o tin g
er, eco nom ic power, absolute
for one year; one sponsored a
H e rm a n n G o e rin g (th e N azi
p o w e r’. Then you attem pt to
bed for fou r m onths; and six
Field M arshal that started the
com pare our president to som e
sp o n s o re d a be d fo r one
G estapo, ordered the exterm i-
Nazi. N ow you have really gone
m onth. It w as an exciting first
nation of the Jew s, w as nam ed
o v e r the edge. C om m ents like
m onth and we look forw ard to
as H itle r’s successor, and later
this w ith o u t any facts to back
providing continuing services in
sentenced to death by hanging
the m up take aw ay from w h a t our com m unity. O ur goal is to
during the N urem berg Trials)
eve r points you w ere trying to
have all of our beds (26) spo n and applying it to P resident
m ake in your editorial. G et real,
sored each month.
Bush is a n o th e r disgrace. By
o u r president is not perfect and
W e all appreciate your c o n doing so you are virtu ally call-
I d isa gre e w ith him on m any is cern and caring fo r the C olum
sues, but I trust him and really
bia C ounty W o m e n ’s R esource
belie ve that he is trying to do
C enter and shelter. W ith your
w hat he thinks is best fo r our
help, we continue to strive to
nation. You im ply by you r co m m eet the im m ediate physical,
m ents tha t his am bition is to be
em otional and legal needs of
th e d ic ta to r of the U n ite d
vic tim s an d to e d u c a te the
S tates. I guess the point of your com m unity to eradicate future
e d ito ria l is that you really hate
violence in ou r county.
o u r president, G eorge W. Bush.
Thank you very m uch for be
From you r previous editorials I ing such concerned and invol
th in k w e Independent readers
ved com m unity m em bers. The
have figured that out already. In
success of the C olum bia C ou n
yo u r next editorial go a little
ty W om e n’s R esource C enter
lighter on the venom and a little
d e p e n d s on y o u r c o n tin u e d
he a vie r on the facts. A lso you
support and encouragem ent.
m igh t co n s id e r putting the e d i
Vickie J. Hagan
torials at the back of the paper
E xecutive D irector
like m o s t o th e r p a p e rs and
C olu m b ia C ou nty W o m e n ’s
m aybe allow others in the co m
R esource C enter
m unity to w rite them o cca sion
ally.
T h e D alebroux Fam ily
Vernonia
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ble to avoid the killing of in n o
cents, even to the extent of p u t
ting ou r ow n troops in danger.
S addam H ussien is the real
threat to the inn ocen t civilians
in Iraq. It is a fact that he has
torture d and gassed his ow n
people to m aintain his power.
W hen w e have su cce ssfu lly re
m oved S add am H ussein from
pow er I kno w I w ill feel safe r
know ing that w e have rem oved
a m aniacal d icta to r bent on ou r
destruction w ith insidious w e a
pons at his disposal. I hope you
will too.
From yo u r fourth paragraph,
‘gross m isallocation of s h rin k
ing public funds to the m ilita ry’.
In this war, it is likely that m ore
of o u r soldiers w ill die from
som e m ishap w ith th e ir e q u ip
m ent than w ill die in actual
com bat. It is the fed era l go ve rn
m ent’s and the p re sid e n t’s p ri
m ary re sp o n sib ility to defend
this n a tio n fro m th o s e w ho
w ould do us harm . T h ose men
and w om en tha t w e send out to
perform that d u ty should be
equipped w ith the best tools
that w e can provide fo r them . It
is a crim e that th e ir ow n e q u ip
m ent is of a hazard to them
than the enem y tha t the y fight.
In response to the w hole of
paragraph five, it is a fact that
every tim e in history the federal
governm ent has cut taxes, re v
enues to the fed era l g o v e rn
m ent have increased. W e cou ld
argue all day about w h o should
receive the tax cut and e xa ctly
how do you define the rich. P e r
sonally I think it should go to
those that earned it. The fact is
that cuttin g taxes is a good w ay
to in cre ase revenu es to the
To the Editor:
governm ent and get us out of
Thank you! Thank you! It was
the recession tha t o u r current
h e a rtw a rm in g to re c e iv e so
president inherited from the last
m uch com m un ity support for
ad m inistration.
the A dop t A Bed program and
As fo r raiding the social s e the V olunteer R ecruitm ent. On
cu rity tru s t fu n d . W hat tru st
behalf of the C olum bia C ounty
fund? It is a fact tha t the m oney
W o m e n ’s R e s o u rc e C e n te r
that w e all send to the federal
B oard of D irectors, staff, vo lu n
governm ent fo r social secu rity
tee rs and clients, thank you for
ju st goes into the general fund
yo u r support. The w om en and
and is spent in the sam e m a n c h ild re n in o u r sh e lte r, The
ner as all of the o th e r taxes
S tarting Place, are fortunate to
the y collect. T h ere is no trust
have people like you helping
fund. W hen o u r p reside nt p ro them ou t during a difficult p e ri
poses letting ind ivid uals m a n od in th e ir lives.
age ju st a sm all po rtion of th e ir
O n F e b ru a ry 25 , 20 03,
own social se cu rity all w e hear
C C W R C had a V olunteer O ri
about is how risky it w ou ld be.
e n ta tio n . W e had an o v e r
The fact is th a t letting people
w h e lm in g response from the
m a n a g e th e ir o w n a c c o u n t
co m m u n ity in offering volunteer
w ould be a real tru st fun d fo r
services. M any of the people
each individual. As fa r as risk
w h o c a m e are now in o u r
one could put th e ir m o ney in
S pring V olunteer Training. E x
the safest in ve stm en t th a t the re
citing ne w ideas and events
is and do m uch b e tte r that the
have been taking place since
WRC is grateful for
community support
ing G eorge W. Bush “A dolph
H itler" and tha t is to ta lly unac
ceptable! T h e P resident does
not have any of the m otives
tha t the Nazi D ictato r had.
A s fo r m e I w ill continue to
respect m y P resid ent and sup
port him in everythin g he does
100% ! A lso if this is the attitude
you co n tinue to have tow ard
o u r elected officials printed in
The In d e p e n d e n t, I w ill not
pick-up a n o th e r one of you r pa-
pers and I w ill disco ura ge o th
ers to do the sam e!
T h a n k you for hearing my
voice.
Sincerely,
M ichael H untington
B irkenfeld
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President’s position
should be respected
To the Editor:
I w as appalled to read about
our P resident being degraded
as w as done in the M arch 20,
2003 O pinion of The Indepen
de nt w hen the P resident should
be respected because of his
position! P resident Bush is not
a bully by any m eans. He is just
carrying out his responsibilities
to protect this cou ntry from an
em pire that is gaining in pow er
and does not have any respect
for A m erica or it’s people. In the
article B ush w as quoted as
saying, “ ‘w e will not pass along
ou r p ro b le m s to o th e r C o n
gresses, to o th e r p reside nts
and other g e neration s.’ ’’ If we
do not ta k e out the Iraqi
R egim e now, it w ill be a prob
lem th a t o th e r C o n g re sse s,
presidents and generations will
have to deal w ith later.
Bush did not provide tax re
lief to the w ealthy only, but an
equal percentage of relief to all
taxpayers. True, the w ealthy
w ould receive a greater am ount
of return, but it is still the sam e
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