Letters to the Editor: 02.16.11


Alison Funk

Big Bird in danger

I saw a very disturbing message on KEDT stating that all federal funding for public television is in danger of being cut. Rep. Farenthold, I urge you to vote against this cut. I do not have the good fortune of cable television and spend most of my time, when watching TV, watching public television. PBS and KEDT provide quality educational programming for adults and children. I grew up watching Curious George on Sunday mornings. I would love to give my children the opportunity to learn how to peel a banana like George. However, if funding for public television is cut millions of children, as well as my own, will never get to see educational programming such as Sesame Street. Public television is a blessing for those of us whom cannot afford cable television. And what would a world without Elmo, Big Bird, and the Count be like? You tell me, Rep. Farenthold, can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?


D.M. Adkins

Litter out of control

I join others who have written the Caller-Times and who are disgusted with the out-of-control littering of the city's streets, parking lots, parks, etc. The first and automatic option for many seems to be throw out (unashamedly) of the car window cups, cans, bottles, sacks, etc., any time, any place. There are citizens who periodically pick up litter and unofficially adopt areas to keep clean and some businesses and apartment complexes pick up litter on their property, but they need help. The problem is obvious, as is the solution: law enforcement needs to be on the lookout for and arrest those that litter; use electronic photo devices in random key areas for issuing of tickets for littering; and the promotion of aggressive, year-round cleanup and "Don't Litter" campaigns in schools, churches and local government to clean up this city and keep it that way. Littering in Corpus Christi is crude and out of hand.


Daniel Santiago

Work together

A commonly heard saying is the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. I have taken a look around and see horrible things, gross injustices. If one witnesses an injustice and does nothing then they are just as accountable as the perpetrator. Is there no compassion within us? The same goes for the situation of our city, state and country. Much is wrong in these areas. The small group who possesses the authority, the minority who dictates what is good for the majority and believe they are beyond reproach. When we permit evil to be done, and when we fight with one another it puts those in power at ease and allows them to do as they wish. We as a nation do not realize what has come to pass until it is too late. This is not right! Use your voice; come together with your fellow man. We can make those who are in authority hear. Each of us alone do not have the resources or influence to affect much change. But as a whole, a group, as a single entity formed from many, we can work together to prevent evil or injustice, to stop the greed, to make our plights heard


Burton Cooper, Sandia

Deficit vs. debt

Sometimes I get discouraged with our leaders in Washington, D.C. It seems they do not know the difference between a "deficit' and a "debt." They seem to think reducing the deficit is the end goal. It should be a given that the deficit should be ZERO, and we should be working on reducing the debt. We're setting up our children and grandchildren for a catastrophic economic collapse.


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