Remember working poor during holidays and more letters to the editors

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Letters to the Editor

Remember working poor during holidays

Christmas for many is a time of joy and celebration. But I urge those among you to remember the mother who kisses her child at 4 a.m. as she puts on her Waffle House apron knowing she will not see her child again until well after the presents have been picked and the celebration subsided.

Remember the grandfather who wraps himself up in a warm jacket so he can go to secure a store that no one will visit, eight hours away from his grandchildren, leaving too early to see them open presents.

Remember the brother who gives a quiet smile as he leaves the house, faithful to the company, knowing this will be the last holiday that the family all lives under the same roof.

Remember the workers who give up their holiday, their time with family because there is no vacation, no paid holiday leave.

Christmas, to them, is just another day at work, another day at minimum wage or just above it. They hope that one day they can call it a holiday, too.

Remember the working poor.

Shawn Miller

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Video visitation at jail not working

The new video visitation at the Hamilton County Jail hasn't worked properly sinceNov. 10, the day it was put in.

The men incarcerated here are being deprived of visiting with family members and friends. There is no excuse for this type of inhumane deprivation.

I need to visit with my wife and family, as do the rest of the men here.

Our family members are many times more distraught than we are.

Chief Joe Fowler and Sheriff Jim Hammond need to reinstate the old visitation. The reason to install the new system was to eliminate contraband from being brought in.

You can't smuggle contraband when you are separated by an inch-thick glass window unless you have magical powers.

This was just a lame excuse to make money off men already financially deprived.

Make things right, please.

William F. "Billy" Hawk

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Durham may be unfit to serve in office

There seems to be very serious questions as to the fitness of state Rep. Jeremy Durham to hold public office. Not only was he suspected (but not indicted) in felonious activities in the past, he advocated for lenient treatment for a convicted child porn user and sex offender.

No matter what his past church actions have been, this guy has misused his position.

Makes one wonder about Durham.

Rob Robkin, Ooltewah

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