Letters

I’ve waited a few times in receiving The Lima News, in its new format, to voice my opinion. I’ve waited long enough.

My son, Jordan Garmatter, died April 6, 2019, from illicit fentanyl poisoning. Jordan was a wonderful son and young man, and he didn’t want to die. My heart is forever broken and my life has forever changed, as the grief of losing a child is so very overwhelming. The pain never goes away.

Well, it has happened. The scheme that the Democrats have been pushing since Sen. Kennedy made the deal for amnesty back in the 1980s is about to come to fruition.

After trying to read and understand the letters to the editor over the years — like most of those in the May 27 edition, for example — I have some important advice: If you want people to read, let alone understand, your letter, keep it short!

I recently read the book “The Strange Case of Dr. Wine” by Brice Brenneman. I was appalled by the way Doug Wine was treated by the Auglaize County judicial system.

You must be kidding me! I came home from Washington, D.C., on Friday, May 11 and started to read all of my papers, and I got slapped in the face by progressive, tradition-killing morons and idiots, the people I hate the most.

I was pleased to read the recent Lima News Reminisce article about “Memories of Dan’s Candyland.” That account takes me back to my teens, when a quarter would be enough to pay your admission to the Majestic Theater or buy you a hamburger and a giant malt at Dan’s Candyland.

Where is fiscal accountability in Congress? As a former two-term township trustee, I know how government works. An annual budget is approved. When the invoices (bills) come due, you must pay them.

Thank you Lima News, in the last lonely newspaper in my empty mailbox, we find out after 80-plus years that there is a “Brother’s Day!” I’m sure we wouldn’t have found out this very important day existed had it not been for the printed edition of The Lima News on Wednesday, May 24.

Poor Senator Matt Huffman. How embarrassing it must be for him. A graduate of a private school, he is a huge proponent of using tax dollars to fund private school education. He touts the superior education of students learning the basics: reading, writing and arithmetic compared to public schools. It is a shame as an alumni he is a poor example of at least one of those basics: math.