Credit for campaign signs belongs to Doug Welton
In response to "Campaign was months ago; it's time for the signs to go," printed June 20:
The signs that say Welton located in the Valley and beyond that are white with blue letters and belong to Doug Welton, who ran for lieutenant governor. I am not responsible for the signs.
---- Sarah Welton
Wasilla
Editor's note: A correction appears today.
Price for low-cost power with coal may be health
Recently I called a friend in the town in North Dakota where I lived as a child.
When she realized that she was my only contact with people back there, she started telling me about people I once knew and what kind of cancer they had.
Then she said, "It seems like everybody is dying of cancer now. This is so different from years ago; in our old people's home there were people over 100."
About 30 miles away is the big lignite plant that supplies electricity to seven states. It seems to be supplying something besides electricity in local inhabitants.
What price are Alaskans willing to pay for cheap electricity?
---- Joyce I. Macbeth
Willow
Politicians sold souls for oil and saved zilch for elderly
We, the seniors of territorial Alaska, have been lied to and sold down the river for our vote.
The politicians have no respect for old-timers who cleared land by hand, cut wood with a Swede saw and ax, cut ice out of streams for water and pioneered the land.
We don't have money to line the politicians' pockets so Big Oil and rich contractors get all the perks. The state has a big surplus but the politicians don't have enough, so they took away our longevity bonus we have earned.
The longevity bonus would boost local economy as the money would be spent in Alaska and would put more people to work.All the politicians want to do is give Big Oil and their contractors all the benefits and to hell with the seniors! Why bother with them. They are used up, so throw them to the dogs!
---- Corky Sager
Wasilla
PETA offers to defray costs for moving elephant south
Letter writer William Johnson will be interested to know that PETA has pledged $10,000 for Maggie's relocation to a sanctuary. We also offered to pay all the costs for zoo director Pat Lampi to visit either of the two proposed facilities so he can see firsthand the exceptional care that these safe havens would offer Maggie.
We're eager to offer our assistance to ensure that Maggie's transfer is as smooth as possible, and we're happy to defray the costs of the loving care that she'd receive should Alaska Zoo officials decide to send Maggie to a sanctuary.
---- Jennifer O'Connor
Animals in Entertainment Campaign writer People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Norfolk, Va.
