Ringgold veteran offers other side of VA story
As I watch news of the horrifying stories about the VA around the country, I feel the need to speak up about the care I have received in Chattanooga. As a combat-wounded veteran, I have been treated for several years at the VA center here and have received better care than I ever got in the private sector. I consider my doctor, Luther Stanfield, a friend. When I have been sent to the VA Center in Murfreesboro, the care and professional courtesy were equally outstanding. I have all confidence in their ability and commitment to my health as well as to other veterans who visit this facility. I have never seen any veteran treated with anything but the utmost respect. I cannot tell you how many times staff members have thanked me for my service. Keep up the good work.
MIKE GRIFFIN, Ringgold, Ga.
Too many political letters
OK, I have had enough of the free advertising for candidates running for office in the CTFP editorial section. We need the space for real comments, ideas, thoughts, likes and dislikes. If you want to endorse a certain political candidate, buy an ad! DENNIS BROWN Cloudland, Ga. Wamp needs real experience I see where TFP has given Weston Wamp a forum to campaign from your editorial section. I read his commentary recently opining on U.S. military affairs. If Mr. Wamp wants to serve his country, he should put on a uniform and do so. Get some seasoning. Real life experience. Build his resume. To think that he is qualified to serve in our Congress with nothing but name recognition is a stretch. To serve in a legislative body that sends our young men to war? He’s entitled to his opinion, but he is not qualified to be a congressman. I’m sure he is a good man, but he should actually do something before he goes to Washington D.C. Maybe city councilman.
TIM ENGEL
Why pick on Hobby Lobby?
In “Don’t Tread on Vegas Cop Killers,” your Times editorial writer seeks to establish the so-called tea party’s guilt by association with the recent murders of two policemen in Las Vegas. Placement of a Nazi flag and a “Don’t Tread” flag on the bodies of the slain policemen apparently makes that association beyond dispute in her judgment. Just as curious is her mention that the female killer was a former employee of Hobby Lobby. How is that relevant to anything? Could it possibly be because Hobby Lobby is the lead plaintiff in challenging the Obama administration’s mandate that employers under the ACA pay for certain abortifacients, to which the owners of Hobby Lobby object on grounds of religious freedom? An explanation is owed. Why else mention a murderer’s former place of work? Guilt by association is a cheap shot.