Letters to the Editor for the week of 11/5/2009

Dear Friend/Editor:
Hope House, a temporary foster care home for abused children, is asking the community to consider a donation to help us stay open to give refuge and love to these children in their time of need. Please read the note below from one of our youngsters:
“Have you ever felt like you’re going to have an emotional breakdown? Well, it’s even worse in foster care. You feel like the whole world is against you when you have done nothing wrong. When I first came into care, I felt lower than the ground, but I still had hope - hope that soon everything would be all right. The Hope House and the people in it gave me the support I needed. They have tended to my every need, emotional and physical. People think being in foster care is just awful, but it really is not. Honestly the Hope House has given me exactly what it’s called, ‘Hope’, and I thank them so much for that.”

For the Children,
Jim P. Milton, President
Hope House of North Georgia
PO Box 651
Jasper, Ga. 30143

Dear Editor:
Since I can’t get any real genealogy information from the library or cavorting around town, maybe a letter to the editor might help. One of the more interesting things is someone has put a flower on my great- grandfather’s grave for years. No one knows who it is.
As I had mentioned in my introductory column for the Technology Tips and Bits, my dad’s family is originally from the area. My dad, who died 2 months before I was born in 1969, his name was Lamar Moore, who along with my aunt and uncle spent the ’20s, ’30s and early ’40s in Ellijay, particularly at a restaurant my grandmother apparently worked at. My grandfather’s name was Preston Moore and my grandmother’s name is Vera Wooten, a orphan from Pennsylvania. My great-grandfather was known as Glenn Tobey or Tobey Glenn Moore and my great grandmother was Lillie Fricks Moore. My great-grandparents and grandfather are buried at Town Creek Baptist off of Old Ellijay Road. As my aunt and uncle left at very early ages, they don’t have much recollection of the area during this time. As we’re looking for connecting points and a better family history, we’re looking for anyone that may know or know someone that may know these folks. We can be reached by e-mail, progress @burntmountaintech.com and or P.O. Box 1613 Jasper, Ga. 30143.
As we have looked through the books at the Pickens library with no success, we’re looking for anyone that may have information. Thanks again for your help.

Greg Moore

Dear Editor:
In response to Mr. Hendrix, the PWC analysis and your letter does not address the rest of the facts. Who is going to pay for the subsidies? What about the mandates that will either force people to pay fines (taxes) or go to jail if they do not buy coverage? What about the analysis from the Heritage Foundation explaining the higher costs? What about Liberty and Freedom? Even Joe Lieberman said, “The public option is going to cost the taxpayers and people that have health insurance now, and if it doesn’t, it’s going to add terribly to our national debt.” Mr. Hendrix, what govt. program has ever worked or reduced cost more than the private sector? Let’s look at the history of major government programs: New Deal = did not work, Great Society = Failure, Medicare = soon to be bankrupt, Medicaid = see Medicare, Social Security = see Medicare and it is the biggest Ponzi Scheme of all, Obama’s Stimulus Package = total joke and full of waste and will never stimulate the economy, the Post Office will lose at least $8 billion this year, Government bailouts = govt. control of GM/ Chrysler and parts of financial industry. Why should we think government running healthcare will be any different? Besides if the Senate can’t upload the bill on the internet according to Senator Baucus, how can they run one-sixth of our economy? Mr. Hendrix, Do you honestly believe the govt. is forcing healthcare reform for our best interest or do you think possibly the politicians are just looking for more power and control? Has socialism ever worked anywhere before?
According to a report issued by the Associated Press this past week, the evil insurance companies the Left like to demonize, make on the average of about 2.2% profit per year. Does 2.2% sound greedy or evil? The insurance companies pay a higher tax rate to the government than the rate of profit they make per year. Finally, most people are for legitimate reform but not what is now coming out of Washington. There is still no mention of tort reform or expanding competition by opening up the market to allow people to buy insurance across state lines from any proposed bill in Washington, not to mention the amount of garbage that will be in Pelosi’s bill if it is made public. Government DID NOT make America Great.

Bill Cagle

Dear Editor:
I have been reading about Commissioner Jones and Sheriff Craig and the woes with the up-and-coming budget. It seems that during this nationwide financial crunch, Commissioner Jones and Sheriff Craig are going to spend money to build an animal shelter.

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