Editor: I must agree with New Port Richey lawyer Peter Walsh that the lawsuit against two detectives should be dropped. Walsh argued that "the woman's complaint did not meet the standard for intentional infliction of emotional distress as their actions did not shock the conscience of the community."
How can you shock the conscience of a community that has no conscience?
This community demands the right to carry a concealed weapon while bike riding in a county park. Yet, when a mother uses a weapon to protect her daughter from a rapist, this community sends this mother to prison for 25 years.
It laughs and applauds when urged to buy a gun to kill American Indian activists.
This community celebrates a city manager who guns down endangered African species and the community balks at the idea of a penny tax to preserve environmentally sensitive lands.
This community does not protest when a sexual predator moves across the street from a school, yet they come out in force to protest naming a street after a black civil rights leader.
I agree, the lawsuit should be dropped. You cannot shock a conscience that is brain dead.
-- Peno Hardesty, New Port Richey
Election losers bog down council's progress in improving Port Richey
Editor: The Port Richey council majority seems to be leading the city out of some extra expenses. Wonderful! If only a couple of defeated politicians would not interfere with the majority council, it would do its job even more efficiently.
The council deemed the police dispatch to be contracted out to New Port Richey to save about $60,000 yearly. I'd call that commendable, but these two wannabes are not happy with this. (Maybe because they weren't part of it).
The nay-saying group Save the Police is a joke. Do they think the police as a whole are threatened? The city budget cannot afford the dispatchers at this time. Maybe that's why they were voted out.
The council's actions were excellent. I am so glad I don't have to pay more taxes this year to the city. I suppose there will always be these types of city hall gadflies who slow progress.
-- Murray Guttman, Port Richey (The writer is the husband of Port Richey council member Pat Guttman)
Share holiday joy with unwanted pets through donations and adoption
Editor: Winter is here for all the lonely pets who want homes and are going to be cold and lonely for the holidays. I hope everyone, myself included, will drop off blankets, bags of dog and cat food and hopefully adopt a pet before the holidays so the animals can get adjusted to their new homes.
I recommend for Christmas we take pets to the nursing homes, which gives the elderly such joy, at least for a day. The animals and humans would be so happy as they are both lonely.
I do wish the cost of adoption was lower to prevent euthanasia, such a kind word for death.
-- George Karvasales, New Port Richey
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