LETTERS: Friday
Wasting time, money on Bruce
I can’t help wondering if the incredible waste of time, effort and money spent trying to personally serve Doug Bruce with a summons would have taken place if Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 were concerned with tax and fee increases.
First of all, I could care less who sponsored these petition drives, and second, the vindictive officials going after Bruce clearly demonstrate why it was so easy to obtain the 400,000 signatures that put these cost-cutting measures on the November ballot.
David L. Homes
Colorado Springs
Who cares about Weinstein?
When will you guys at The Gazette get it that we don’t care what Mikey Weinstein thinks, says or does? In the June 21 article, you mention that he is not going away anytime soon. Not as long as you keep putting his name in the paper, he isn’t! He is not promoting religious freedom. He is trying to snuff out any expression of Christianity. He is looking for publicity. Do you just take your information from him or do you check out your sources? I happen to know the man. My daughter is married to his son.
This man’s motives are anything but noble, and the more publicity you give him, the more you encourage his crusade against Christianity. Please stop!
Paul R. Baranek
Colorado Springs
Many believe in God
Perhaps when Mikey Weinstein has finished perfecting the Air Force Academy and forced Evans Community Hospital to change that offensive (to Mikey) cross symbol, he would consider going to the American cemetery in Normandy and trying to have the crosses removed from the graves of the men and women who gave their lives to stop Adolf Hitler and his Nazi army from murdering the Jewish inmates of concentration camps.
While he is at it, he should also force the removal of all the Star of David symbols, as they might offend some atheists.
Weinstein deems the cross on hospitals and chapels as “law made by Congress to establish a religion,” in violation of the Constitution.
I wish he would point out where in our many laws that particular law is printed that makes any religion law.
If it is the reference to God that bothers Weinstein so much, he should remember that many religions other than Christianity believe in God.
The American Indian called him the Great Spirit in the Sky, Muslims call him Allah, the Jewish people I knew growing up referred also to God.
Maybe Weinstein can bully all of them into doing his bidding.
Robert Murphy
Colorado Springs
Look for the passion
On June 19 there was an article regarding the apparent war of words between Sheriff Terry Maketa and his rival, Monument Police Chief Jake Shirk. I’m a new resident here and I’m addressing all the residents of El Paso County. I was a deputy sheriff in Wyoming for nine years before moving here. I still carry strong feelings for law enforcement and especially the office of sheriff.
The office of sheriff is the truest form of law enforcement in the nation. It is the keeper of the law, for the people by the people. Too many in the ranks of law enforcement do it as a “job”; it is not. It’s a unique profession that should be looked upon as a calling by those who serve.
When Maketa announced in January that the position had lost its allure, this should have been a red flag to county citizens.
If the job loses its “allure,” you’ve lost your passion to serve. On the street as a rank officer or deputy, this could have dire consequences for you, your partners, fellow officers, the agency you serve and the civilians you took an oath to serve and protect. When the senior officer in any agency thinks his job has lost its “allure,” those consequences are greatly magnified.
I have no idea if Shirk or Holiday is any better, but the county citizens deserve a sheriff with a passion for law enforcement and the position. Look for it.
Tom Grounder
Colorado Springs
