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Dangerous man will be back on streets too soon

Re: Shooter's sentence reduced by 10 years , Thursday

Are they kidding? This is what's wrong with the legal system. Because of a technicality with some wording, a convicted felon will get out of prison early and prey on the fears of the people he victimized.

It's amazing a judge would allow this to happen when it's known beyond a shadow of a doubt that this perpetrator committed this crime. What makes the legal system think this person won't get out of prison and do this again to either the original victims or to someone else?

I wonder if the people who made this decision can sleep at night or look at themselves in the mirror knowing that someday a potential murderer will be back on the street sooner than he should be.

Driver just left after motorcyclist hit truck

About 5:30 p.m. Oct. 19, my friend was heading home on his motorcycle on U.S. 19 just north of Main Street in New Port Richey when a driver made a U-turn and came over into his lane. He had no choice but to hit the back of the vehicle.

The vehicle didn't stop. Another driver tried to catch the vehicle to at least get a license plate number but was unsuccessful. My friend, thank God, is alive. He was flown to a hospital and had surgery on his leg, which was broken in 10 places below the knee. Now he is unable to work to provide for his family.

To the driver of the other vehicle: You are the kind of person who makes society unsafe for people like us, who enjoy being in the wind and ride safely but have to be scared that some driver will kill us.

How can someone just drive away not knowing if he or she just killed someone? Well, you didn't kill him, you just took the livelihood away from an entire family.

To anyone who was on U.S. 19 at the time of the crash, please go to the police and tell them anything you saw. We are looking for a 1988-89 Dodge Ram pickup that is either light gray or light blue with the word "Dodge" written in black on the tailgate and Florida tags that we think were Pasco tags. This vehicle will have damage to the right rear.

People could have died when truck ran red light

At 2 p.m. Oct. 29, we were sitting at the Timber Oaks entrance at Little Road. The light finally changed, and we had the right to enter Little Road.

We entered onto the road after checking all lanes south, to our right. We were going to turn north. But a black pickup sped through the red light at 40 to 50 mph without trying to stop!

Truck driver, what are you thinking? This was a good 15 to 20 seconds after the light had turned red! Did you think all five other lanes were parked there? You had at least 200 yards to stop!

We both could have been dead in our car, maybe you also, in your truck. Plus, we probably would have rolled into the cars at the light!

You need people to pray for your driving skills! We thank God that we hesitated a few seconds!

Intimidation not proper way to raise money

I am really upset after receiving a phone call from one of those professional canvasers requesting money for the sheriff's fund, whatever it is.

My most recent run-in with one of these demanding individuals was, to say the least, confrontational. He was rude and derisive when I asked whether he was a sheriff's deputy - which he did answer honestly (others have lied to the same question). I feel for our seniors and others not informed as to the nature of these calls - they are intimidating and should not be allowed.

Look at all those wonderful booster decals our seniors PROUDLY display on their bumpers - do they really know where those contributions are going?

If the sheriff's organizations need money, let them get it through nonthreatening means.

Thanks for hunting story, no matter who disliked it

Re: An adapted hunt opens doors for 10 , Oct. 24 story, and Cheerfulness preferred over disabled hunters , Oct. 30 letter

Hats off to the St. Petersburg Times . I would like to say thanks to the paper for printing a nice article about the disabled hunters.

The disabled are always being told they can't do things, and it's nice to see them doing something they love.

The letter writer shouldn't be so selfish.

Hunting is a sport that is loved and enjoyed by many. Just because she doesn't care for it doesn't mean others should not be able to enjoy a good article on the subject.

Not everybody likes playing bingo or going to their civic clubs to play cards or dance. Many people enjoy the great outdoors and all that it provides. This is the problem with today's newspapers: They don't print articles because they fear offending some people.

Well, guess what? This is America, and we are free to do whatever activity makes us happy. There have been many articles that I didn't agree with, but I didn't write in and complain. I let the readers enjoy them in peace.

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