At Easter, Easter ad certainly appropriate
I don’t write to the editors often, but I feel I must try to answer Robin Westbrook’s letter on Wednesday (“Religious ad inappropriate”) in regards to the fullpage ad for Easter.
Since this was Easter, the ad was very appropriate, as on Easter our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ arose from the tomb. That was what the picture was about, as I am sure Westbrook knew.
Anyone can patronize any store they wish. Hobby Lobby is owned by Christians who practice their religion and they are welcome to share it with everyone. I applaud them for their principles and I appreciate what they are doing. If you don’t like it, turn the page. They paid for the ad, so they were free to use it for this purpose. There are lots of ads I don’t agree with. I just ignore them.
As far as there not being a war on Christianity, read the paper. Christians are being slaughtered around the globe.
Place not purpose behind relief school opposition
Even though the Board of Zoning Adjustment and the Orange County Commission still have ongoing formal hearings about the West Orange relief high school, proponents of the County Road 535 location are already celebrating with shovels poised and ready to go (“West Orange relief school wins early OK,” Wednesday).
It certainly seems to be a foregone conclusion that the zoning board and county commissioners will vote in favor of allowing a high school to be built in the West Windermere Rural Settlement.
The issue has never been about the need for a relief school. It has always been about the wrong location. A better location is in Horizons West, which is already zoned for the school; West Windermere Rural Settlement is not.
Why have a rural settlement if it is not going to be honored and protected by the county? Why have zoning laws if they are not going to be enforced?
Hopefully the zoning board and the county commission will reconsider and vote against the special exception.
Caring would go long way to improve mental health
Thank you for writing Thursday’s editorial, “Lawmakers need to get in gear on mental health,” but lawmakers don’t care. Mental health is truly a killer and they don’t get it until it hits their family.
The absolutely crazy part of mental health is we can predict many symptoms and actions of individuals; we just can’t predict timing. We know which illnesses, untreated properly, will lead to drugs and potentially violence. This is basic, but the lawmakers have no foresight.