Berkeley County Council unanimously votes to keep Tuscarora zoning

Feedback for May 5

The Herald-Mail

Expecting better:

“Surely, the Herald-Mail can do better than wasting 27 column inches on Gene Lyons' whataboutism on gun violence. Criminals indeed shoot each other and innocent people, including children, far too often. They're violent, irresponsible people who don't care about the damage they do. That's why we call them ‘criminals.’ Police, on the other hand, are public servants who are paid with our taxes, trained to ‘serve and protect,’ and sworn to uphold and be bound by the law. We rightfully have higher expectations of police than of ordinary criminals. A policeman who violates the law and kills or injures someone (e.g., Chauvin) does so in our name and on our dime. His acts are far more newsworthy than those of the average street criminal. And, the fact that someone murdered by the police (e.g., Floyd) himself had a criminal record or an outstanding warrant does not excuse the murder.”

— Bob Ashby, Keedysville

History repeats:

“I was just thinking about the line ‘history has a way of repeating itself.’ Well, just think about America in 2021 and how our government wants to control our lives, take away our weapons, make us drive electric cars — maybe, we can call it the people's car — how they want to have a vaccine passport to travel, spend large amounts of our money — because, they know how to spend it better than we do — divide us as people, have the mainstream media feed us propaganda, and indoctrinate our children and our schools. If I didn't know any better, I’d think we were living in a country in Europe in the 1930s. I could be wrong; but, it seems to be very similar. America, we better wake up; because, we're going to lose our country as we know it.”

— Bill Diffenderfer, Hagerstown

A speech to forget:

“I wonder why Nancy Pelosi, after the State of the Union, didn't tear up the speech that Joe had just given. After all, she should have. It was nothing but a socialist wish list. You liberals who think that Joe has got us on the right road, you better stop the car and pull out your map; you’re just as lost as he is. If you noticed, he didn't say anything about the border crisis. That's because Joe is the crisis. Speaking about maps, somebody should give one to the vice president, maybe she'll be able to find the border. Seems like all she knows how to do is to go north and that's not where the problem is at. It's going to be a long ride. People better hold on.”

— Kirk Blenard, Hagerstown