Keep Fairchild on school board
I have had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Everette Fairchild and his wonderful family for many years. Mr. Fairchild is a tireless and devoted worker for the citizens of Hixson and Hamilton County. His many years as a teacher, administrator and civic leader make him well suited to serve on the school board. We are blessed to currently have him as a member of the board.
Please vote to keep Everette Fairchild as a member of the Hamilton County Board of Education.
PHYLLIS NEAL
LAWRENCE
SCORE offers business help
Many Chattanooga small-business owners and entrepreneurs are overlooking the opportunity to receive experienced business counseling and guidance at no cost or obligation. SCORE (Counselors to America’s Small Business) provides these services and other business operations and activities Monday through Thursday at their offices in the Franklin Building at the Eastgate Office Complex.
SCORE is a national organization with offices in more than 650 cities and with 13,500 professional volunteers providing experienced business guidance at no cost to our clients. The Chattanooga Chapter of SCORE was established in 1956 and currently services nearly 1,000 clients annually. Our organization of 30 persons has professionals with experience in practically every aspect of business operations. We have CPAs, MBAs, Ph.D.s, engineers, computer specialists and operational managers. We have resource partners with legal and banking skills when such specialized guidance is indicated.
Our SCORE counselors can provide guidance and assistance in: business plans, feasibility studies, financing and financial structures, legal entities ( Corps, LLCs, partnerships, etc.), franchise, marketing and sales, manufacturing and distribution, licenses and taxes.
If you are currently in business, thinking about going into business, or having business difficulties we suggest you contact SCORE.
Call (423)553-1722, or by e-mail at: SCORE. cha.tn@comcast.net.
RICHARD W. YOUNG
Common sense, justice prevailed
In response to Gene Moon’s letter to the editor dated April 30, 2010, I would like to let you know the facts. After receiving a call from Mr. Moon, I told him I would check on the problem and see if there was any way I could help him. I spoke with Mr. Moon’s next-door neighbor in trying to resolve the situation and, in fact, felt very uncomfortable when that neighbor told me he was so upset.
After doing some research regarding the issue, I realized Mr. Moon was trying to land-lock his neighbor and that there was a lawsuit pending.
Speaking of common sense, it does not take long to know you are not allowed to land-lock your neighbors. This has been in effect since the 18th century.
This particular matter was in the legal system and, of course, once it is in the court system, it is for a judge to decide, not an elected official.
After learning all the facts in this instance, I was glad to hear that justice did prevail and Mr. Moon’s neighbor got to keep his property.
BILL HULLANDER
Apison, Tenn.
Greedy bureaucrats are ruining country
In response to the “Tea Party rhetoric is embarrassing” (letter, April 27):
Freedom of/from religion, the right to bear arms, not liking or disagreeing with the president are constitutional rights. I believe Tea Party people will tell you that they are anti-policy, not anti-government. I agree with “the country I knew and cherished is disappearing”; however, I believe it is due to greedy dishonest bureaucrats in Washington.
I agree proper health care will aid the country. However, health care for the uninsured provided by taxes from the working class and future generations will stymie job growth and slow our economy. By giving our federal government a blank check to control health care, we are doomed to years of out-of-control spending that will bankrupt our country.
Examples of federal government failures without due regard for future consequences to our nation include Social Security, Medicare and the Postal Service. All of these are currently insolvent and represent massive debt for both us and our grandchildren.
Proper health care can be achieved through full employment, personal responsibly and state and local governments working together to fix the unfair practices of the insurance companies.
DARRELL ADAMS
Flintstone, Ga
Use qualifications, not race, for jobs
Jesse Jackson has come to Chattanooga to press his race-based agenda.
He continues to push for employment based on color and not qualification. Just as one example: People were informed two years ago by the Volkswagen company that a high school diploma would be insufficient to be considered for employment. Computer, telecommunications and a number of skills are necessary for the job market today.
Everyone has had the opportunity to further their education with all of the grants and special programs offered by the government. If people seeking employment would put as much time and effort into gaining their qualifications instead of demanding preferential treatment, the opportunities would present themselves.
I believe that we all share the same abilities to learn, and I find it very discriminatory that certain races are held to a different standard. This type of reasoning harkens back to a period in time when skin color was used for such a purpose.
JOHN DUNBAR
Cleveland, Tenn.
Washington trip emotional for vets
As an old, tough, retired Army man, I was never a highly emotional person. April 16 changed that, as it also did for each of the World War II veterans slated for the “Honors Flight Program” free plane trip to their WWII National Monument, plus the changing of the guard in the Arlington Cemetery at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Veterans’ eyes filled with tears as they entered the Columbus, Ga., airport at 6 a.m.
At arrival at 10:30 a.m. at the Baltimore-Washington airport, they were greeted with flags and cheers all the way through the airport to the town buses awaiting them.
At the Columbus airport, the veterans were again greeted by a crowd of 2,000, cheering, exuberant, flag-waving.
Now 87 years of age, I have never been witness to such an event that was conceived and executed by the West Georgia and the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley.
The wonderful organizers of the trip and all of the volunteers who served as group leaders, guardian for each veteran, and a myriad of other details did so with kindness and love.
Finally, hug a Vietnam veteran who was not the recipient of the homecoming as we were!
BARNEY L. ROTH JR.