More handicap space needed at library
The downtown library needs more handicap parking. There are only two spaces on 10th Street.
Seniors enjoy the main library because of the quiet, space, seating and selection of books. Children are not disturbing the solitude. The branches are crowded, noisy and the shelves never have a selection of latest books.
Parking lots are inconvenient and the rates too high for the handicapped. The shuttle bus is awkward for seniors with walkers and canes.
Could we please have more handicap parking at the downtown library? The branches have at least such spaces.
Frankie Hart
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Bennett cartoon targets wrong cause
Once again Mr. Bennett has enlightened me by pointing out that if there were no guns, that idiot in Charleston would love black people.
I will scrap my guns if that will cure those who harbor irrational hatred of my brothers and sisters.
Please believe me; I never thought my old Mauser was the cause of all the nation's violence!
Bill Laudeman
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Disabled vet tax relief trimmed
Got a letter recently. Gov. Haslam has gutted Property Tax Relief for Disabled Veterans. Essentially, it is no more for veterans who qualify for 100 percent disability. From here on, there is now a means test.
The only way a disabled veteran apparently can qualify for property tax relief now is to be single and not qualify for SSDI. That isn't going to happen.
Effectively, Property Tax Relief for Disabled Veterans does not exist anymore unless the veteran is grandfathered in and already receiving tax relief (and it is modest). You only get property tax relief on the $100,000 of value. After July 1, the amount rises to $175,000.
Gov. Haslam has virtually eliminated the modest property tax relief for disabled veterans.
Lois D. Owens, South Pittsburg
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SBC leader praised for courage
I am thankful for pastors like Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, for standing for God and His word.
Many people want to make same-sex marriage the same as slavery but it isn't even close. God ordained marriage to be between a man and a woman.
I pray more pastors will stand for the truth of God's word.
Mattie White
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Top court called out for hypocrisy
Republicans want the Supreme Court to interpret the Affordable Health Care Law literally and deny the use of the federal exchange for those states without state exchanges.
However, when they interpret the 2nd Amendment to justify individual gun ownership, they want the court to ignore the wording "a well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free state."
You cannot have it both ways.
Rocky Renneisen, Signal Mountain
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Collective guilt unnecessary
It is regrettable that the editor of the Chattanooga Times feels guilty about the murder of the Charleston, S.C. churchgoers. She stated that this act showed our guilt.
I do not feel guilty; I didn't do it. The murderer did the act, should have been arrested by the local sheriff and put to the local justice system.
I realize that the FBI and the federal system wants the glory of prosecuting this glamorous case, but that is not their business.
Thou shalt do no murder is one of God's Commandments and to do so is to be prosecuted by our state laws.
Why this editor should feel guilty about the death of these churchgoers remains a mystery, but not me.
Should I break one of God's Commandments and have no forgiveness by the Great Atonement, Jesus Christ, then I will feel guilty.
But being made innocent by that glorious way, I am free of collective guilt. This is a nation of individuals, not The Collective. For God and country.
June Griffin, Dayton, Tenn.