Re-elect Mike Carter to state House
Re-electing Mike Carter is the best choice for state House of Representatives District 29. A lifelong resident of our district, he knows and understands the needs and desires of its citizens.
Honest and hard-working, he has already proven his abilities and worth. Let's return Mike Carter to continue representing District 29 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
David and Bettye Knisley, Ooltewah
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Enforce laws to keep America home of free
I do not want our borders to close. People who choose to come to America must prove that they are willing to take care of themselves and their children, that they are not coming here to destroy our freedoms or the people who live here.
For more than 200 years, America has had the teeth to enforce laws in place before anyone from a different country enters. If they were ill, they were quarantined or sent back to the country from which they came. They were required to have a sponsor, a job, a place to live and/or the means to provide for themselves before they arrived here.
People sought freedom. No one gave out food stamps. There were no classes such as English as a second language. No one was given free housing, free medical care, etc.
The people who came to this country those many years ago didn't expect it. They saw this as a land of opportunity where they could provide for their families and raise their children free of the oppression they had been living under.
God help us if the Ku Klux Klan settles the issue for us.
Marilyn Lokey, Soddy-Daisy
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Hillary above the law once again
"Well, Judge, I honestly didn't mean to break the law. Sorry 'bout that." Thanks to FBI Director James Comey, we now have a whole new understanding of what it means to break laws.
Comey announced that Hillary Clinton, in grossly mishandling sensitive and classified email accounts while serving as Secretary of State, was "extremely careless," but he found no evidence she had intentionally broken any federal laws.
That's great news! So moving forward, if someone is caught speeding, but hadn't paid attention to the speedometer and had no idea how fast they were going, they should be exempt from being cited? The same for parents who neglect their children due to a lapse in good judgment, or someone firing a gun with no intent to harm anyone, right?
Can we apply this same principle to texting while driving - if anything bad happens, all that matters is whether you really meant to do it or not? Or does this new "rule of law" only apply if your last name is Clinton?
Robert J. Tamasy