To The Contrary
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Thirty-five years ago, Saluda Street was in a better economic condition than it is today. It was a street that serviced the needs of the black community. There were grocery stores, convenience stores, clothing stores, diners and other social gathering places. Whatever the need, it was available within walking distance to the community. People had places to go and things to do after 10 p.m. Saluda Street represents a part of history for Rock Hill's black community.
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I read with interest the recent letter from Leslie Foster-Hopkins in which she stated that she rejects both major candidates and would like the option of voting for "none of the above." Millions of Americans, including me, share her disillusion with the two-party system. Actually, as Ralph Nader has pointed out, it's a one-party system with a soft corporate branch (Democrats) and a hard corporate branch (Republicans). If you doubt that, take a hard look at the $1 trillion corporate bailout supported by leaders of both parties. If Foster-Hopkins wants a solid protest vote, I think Nader is her man. He's an American icon and a genuine progressive.
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This is a reply to a recent letter from a chiropractor wherein he gives incorrect information about childhood vaccines. There is no such thing as "6,000 infants die each year from vaccines." A decade ago, the government replaced the very effective oral polio vaccine with the present injected vaccine because fewer than five people a year got polio from the oral live vaccine because they had a genetic immune defect. Does anybody think our immunization system would tolerate any vaccination that killed 6,000 children, when it changed a vaccination that harmed fewer than six?
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When is Rep. John Spratt going to lower our pain at the pump?
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We must refute a hurtful letter written by Jim Largo, which appeared June 20, "Dance not strictly Catawba Culture." The biggest disappointment is that Mr. Largo, a Navajo enrolled member, would have used the press to write hurtful words that were intended to discredit and malign not only the work done at the Catawba Cultural Center but also the members of the Catawba Indian Nation, and especially our children.
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I strongly dispute the claims made in a recent Myrtle Beach Sun News article repeated by The Associated Press -- claims that have been refuted before and are being rehashed again. The projects referenced in this piece all relate to community projects or local agencies from which I have received a request for funding. None of them financially benefit family or friends.
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As lawmakers return to the Columbia to take up vetoes and finish the last bit of work for the 117th General Assembly, I cannot help but be frustrated by the need for this extra session.
