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We can back troops but not the war

Re: Protesting the war and supporting the troops, Jan. 9 Jeff Webb column.

I agree with Jeff Webb's column. Support the troops means letting them be safe and getting them home.

U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite is way out of line in her comments to Mr. Webb. We are all Americans and have the right to want our troops home and don't have to support the Bush war. I am a veteran and do not support this war in Iraq, and I do support our troops. Funny she never told us while running for office that she protested the war in Vietnam.

Stop repeating that father is minister

It is with great sadness I keep reading the articles relating to Joshua Huba. The one thing that stands out to me more than anything else is the mention of the fact that his father is a pastor. Does that somehow make his dad responsible for his adult son's actions?

I have known Mark and Becky Huba for 10 years. They are loving and caring people who have devoted their lives to the church they pastor. Mark Huba has helped hundreds of wayward youth. My own boys were the recipient of his love and care.

I do not know the details of the night of the shooting, but this I do know: Joshua has two loving gentle parents who are grieving, and they too are victims of this horrible incident. I am not sure what purpose it serves to mention over and over his father's place of employment.

I in no way condone the incidents of that night. As a parent, I can bet Mark and Becky have felt guilt a million times over - guilt over an incident that does not reflect the kind of parents or people they are. In my humble opinion, your paper continues to victimize these gentle people.

I guess I am sincerely asking the question: Is it necessary to keep reiterating his dad's employment and employer's name?

Finding place to get a flu shot is proving difficult

Since I do not have severe health problems, I did not need a flu shot immediately, so I waited. I thought others would benefit sooner. After calling the Health Department a number of times and being told each time to call back in a couple of weeks, I am told they are all done giving the shots and have no supply. My doctor has not given flu shots for the past several years, and I was fortunate enough to find other sources in the past.

Publix, Walgreens, and other sources seem to have stopped. I called Sen. Mike Fasano's office and it had absolutely no information as to where I could get it. I was told I was the only one who ever called on this matter.

Will you tell me why I can't seem to get a flu shot, and all of my friends (whose doctors still give them), in state and out of state, are able to get them? Am I the only one who has not succeeded? I'll keep my fingers crossed that I don't get the flu.

New Year's fireworks were more than annoying

New Year's Eve fireworks. Yes, fireworks! I live in Beacon Woods just west of Split Rail Village, off Split Rail Drive. We were treated to a two-hour plus of firecrackers, bombs and rockets that appeared above our very tall tree line.

This disrespect did not stop until 1:15 a.m. One such display was 20 minutes long, without stopping. The worry of roofs catching fire was indeed on our minds.

In our posted private grounds, four adolescents were caught setting off explosives and told to leave. The next day debris was found about 300 feet from the blowoff site.

A call to the nonemergency number got a dispatcher who was rude and disrespectful. I hung up on her.

The location of the display is well-known by all the neighbors.

I am new since 2000 from a state that does not allow firecrackers to be sold and or shot off by anyone other than professionals. That city was safe! Pasco County is not.

It is time that the sheriff and Pasco County Commission put their heads together and get some safety before someone is a victim or a home is destroyed.

Glidewell commended for deep introspection

Re: No more defending the death penalty, Jan. 1 Jan Glidewell column. I wholeheartedly salute Jan Glidewell for his courage to re-evaluate old convictions concerning the death penalty and his very articulate column explaining his conversion.

I hope a lot of people read Jan and that at least a few were provoked to some personal introspection.

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