

Readers' letters | Bridge tolls, junk pickup, bicycling options, fear-mongering politics, late apology, bad sound

6:52 PM, Jul. 8, 2013  |  Comments

Bridge-toll burden

The fact that bridge tolls will cause such a burden on low-wage workers who cross the river for their livelihoods highlights the fact that the minimum wage needs to be increased.

If area businesses are to benefit so much from increased cross-river mobility, why are workers expected to bear the burden? Businesses that employ workers from across the river should consider increasing wages for their employees. These bridges and tolls effectively decrease the workers' wages while providing more opportunity for businesses to increase their profits.

Just another example of how the workers in our society subsidize profits for a relative few. Another example of how the middle class bears the burden for the 1 percent.


Louisville 40217 -

Junk pickup

Has junk pickup week turned into junk pickup month? An admirable junk pickup twice yearly seems to have turned into the equivalent of a Naples, Italy, garbage strike! Our neighborhood is into its second week of large garbage street side, awaiting junk pickup. What is going on?


Louisville 40207 -

Bicycling options

We applaud the addition of bike boxes to the streets of Louisville. The addition signals a commitment on the part of the city to alternative modes of transportation.

That commitment could be deepened by the development of a bicycling corridor along River Road from Cox's Park to Waterfront Park. Two safe, well-lit and separated bicycles lanes, one in each direction, could be added alongside the existing two-lane roadway, providing commuters a viable alternative to driving.

Perhaps money raised by bicycling enthusiasts could be matched by money from the city to finance such a project. If the corridor were to be well-used and embraced, similar possible projects could be developed along similar thoroughfares.


Louisville 40206 -

Fear-mongering politics

Barbara Shanklin is no more guilty of abuse of her position than Mitch McConnell. In fact I suspect Ms. Shanklin did more for the people in her district than McConnell has done for the people of Kentucky during his entire tenure as a senator.

On the surface, Shanklin appears to be guilty of at least some of the charges brought against her while McConnell gets a pass for doing the same thing? Shanklin is simply a product of the entitlement that elected representatives have come to expect. McConnell is the poster boy for entitlements and has continually turned his back on the people of Kentucky. He simply plays to the least-informed and single-issue voters in the state. If the people of Kentucky want this kind of representation who am I or anyone to question them.

Why so many people can continue vote for McConnell while he openly ignores their wishes for the good of his party is a mystery. The GOP panders to the single-issue voter who when given the choice will vote for the candidate that appeals to their issue. Many pro-life voters couldn't care less about gun rights. Many tax-cut voters don't care about anything other than the fear of having to pay more taxes. Add to this mix the totally uninformed voter who falls prey to the fear mongering the Republican Party has so successfully promoted there's no wonder how someone like Rand Paul or McConnell can get elected.


Louisville 40215 -

Late apology

Reading about Paula Deen in the C-J has unearthed memories of my own early life in Louisville.

For instance, even as a white first-grader in 1940, I didn't think it was polite that our landlady's handyman was always called "N----r George," especially since he was the only person in the neighborhood named George. And I still wish I could apologize to him for that.


Louisville 40291 -

Eagles good, sound bad

Saturday night, my wife and I attended the Eagles concert at the Yum! Center. Although overall we enjoyed the concert, the acoustics were terrible in the upper section where we sat. You could not understand the artists when they spoke directly to the audience, and the music was muffled.

At $75 a pop, we expected more. Maybe the Yum! Center folks should not sell tickets in the nosebleed section if the quality of the performances are always this poor.


Slaughters, Ky. 42456 -

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