Letters to the Editor

• Congrats to the Senate for Second Chance Act
  One can only believe that it is more than coincidence that less than two weeks after The Citizen published my recent letter calling on State Senate Corrections Committee Chairman Mike Nozzolio to help get the long-stalled Second Chance Act passed by the U.S. Senate, that historic legislation is finally on its way to President Bush for approval. The sole dissenting senator (Richard Shelby, R-AL) at last withdrew his objection.
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• Not enough mental health facilities for state prisoners
  Awarded the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize, Amnesty International is a world-wide movement of people acting on the conviction that governments must not deny individuals basic human rights. Among its goals is an end to the death penalty and torture.
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• People with financial woes need to help themselves
  Everyone has a hard time making ends meet with the high cost of living these days, but you don't hear of people having a fundraiser for them unless there is a health issue.
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• War in Iraq a hopeless, debt-ridden civil war
  The U.S. is going into debt fighting a hopeless “credit card - I owe you” civil war in Iraq. The Shiites are the North and the Sunnis are the South.
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• Thank you for helping a stranger with a broken leg
  On Jan. 29, I took a very bad fall on the ice and broke my leg in two places. Some people driving by must have seen me fall and thank God they stopped. One lady called 911 and my son. Another lady got a blanket out of her car and covered me. And a man stopped, got an umbrella and held it over me, as it was raining.
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