Any current or veteran of the military who supports an individual that thinks your service, dedication, and sacrifice is stupid, and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice are losers, and thinks the Medal of Freedom is better than the Medal of Honor should really look deeply into the facts of that individual who could once again be commander in chief of the military.
He’s an individual who dodged the draft because of bone spurs and felt he should’ve received a medal for not getting a sexually transmitted disease during the Vietnam War, who showed no respect to a senator/POW who gave his entire adult life to the service of his country, who refused to give respect to the dead in Europe and at Arlington Cemetery, and who cheapened the long history of the Medal of Freedom by giving it to his friends.
Now he has corrupted his Marine Corps veteran running mate to degrade the significance of the Medal of Honor.
If the words and actions of these individuals can no way be true, then all you have to do is listen to the words that come out of their mouth.
TIM DAVIS
Master Sergeant (retired), Ohio Air National Guard
Maumee
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Sewer issue should get top priority
After reading articles in The Blade regarding the Maumee sewer project, I have never seen any reference to trying to apply for post-pandemic federal infrastructure monies. Nothing would better fit the description of infrastructure than sewer updates.
If there are no infrastructure monies available, why has there been no suggestion of putting a sewer bond issue on the ballot? This would divide the debt fairly among all property owners and spread the tax payments so that they would be manageable financially for the citizens over the years of the bond. This bond would pay for the repairs immediately instead of piecemeal as was suggested by the first unpopular ordinance.
I am not a Maumee resident, but a senior on a fixed income owning property in Toledo since 1976. They also had the same sewer issue but handled it in a way that was much more affordable for all property owners. The property taxes did not spike in a way that seemed burdensome. All in all, this signifies to me that Maumee’s administration has dropped the ball. Someone needs to be held accountable.
LEAH FOLEY
Perrysburg
Kelly could make Trump truth clear
Retired four-star Marine Gen. John Kelly, with firsthand experience as Trump’s chief of staff, will strongly make the case that Trump is not fit to be any where near the White House.
General Kelly would not tolerate the direction the White House was going, wanting to use the IRS and DOJ to attack Trump’s opponents. Trump then severely disparaged the ability of a Marine general. Four stars are not given out like candy at Halloween. The general is truly a man of honor with the good of our country his total focus. How are DJT’s bone spurs?
RONALD KLOCINSKI
Monclova Township
Utility executives should serve time
In its article, “FirstEnergy fined $20,000,000 Over Scandal,” Aug. 14, The Blade reports that charges are dropped against former executives who are unnamed. Why unnamed? The court not only rules that they avoid jail time unlike Speaker Larry Householder, but that they’re not even embarrassed in print. Does it follow that if Householder had $20,000,000, he, too, could avoid prison and public embarrassment? If, as Mitt Romney once stated, “Corporations are people,” shouldn’t they too be treated as such, and their anonymous executives serve time as well? We purport to be a nation where every citizen is treated equally under the law.
MICHAEL PESLIKIS
Bowling Green
City benefited from Amos friendships
Cookie entrepreneur Wally Amos, who recently passed, came to Toledo often in the 1980s and 1990s. He and my husband, Jim, collaborated to bake cookies commercially in McComb branded as Famous Amos, Aunt Della’s, and Uncle No Name. He stayed at our home, and we visited him and his wife, Christine, in Hawaii; the two men respected and liked each other very much.
During his visits here, Wally was amenable to meeting children, especially in the central city, at schools, and during summer programs; he advocated for reading aloud (establishing a foundation to promote literacy), and often entranced children at the downtown Toledo-Lucas County Public Library.
Another tie to Toledo: Wally enjoyed reunions with Jon Hendricks, whom he knew from past times together in New York City’s entertainment world. Jon attended a Town Hall event here at which Wally spoke, and their cheerful reminiscing was a treat to hear!
Toledo should be proud of these “hidden” experiences that occur in our city, bringing enrichment to all generations. I hope some of the children Wally Amos engaged with remember when they met a kind and generous “real celebrity!”
PATRICIA APPOLD
Rossford
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