Enforcing traffic laws
might still save a life
So today was the last straw. When does the running of red lights in this area become an important issue? When someone is maimed? After someone dies? When will there be respect again for the rules of the road?
This morning two cars felt it necessary to blatantly run the red light at Don Knotts Boulevard and Hurley Street. If the pickup coming off Hurley hadn’t hesitated, the outcome would have been tragic. It happened to me one evening leaving the driveway of the Waterfront Hotel. Two cars one driving north and one south on Don Knotts ran the light. If I hadn’t hesitated, I would have gotten it from both directions. I’d like to scream, “What is it with you people?”.
Anyone who lives in the greater Morgantown area can attest to the traffic issues we have. Some groups say to build bigger, to build wider, to annex for more space.
Maybe what we really need is to work with what we already have — traffic laws that are on the books. I quote State Code Article 17C, 3-4 (a) “The driver of any vehicle and the operator of any streetcar shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.”
If I am seeing this. If my associates are seeing this. Why aren’t the police seeing this? There is no excuse for lack of police presence once or twice a day at the most offended areas.
The whole of University Avenue and the Star City Bridge area are my two top picks. What’s your pick?
Now, don’t get me started on blocking intersections.
Suzanne Riffon Kenney
Westover
You’ll never be sorry
getting to know your dad
Father’s Day will soon be here. My father would be 91. I am blessed as I got to know him as a father and as a man. He was at my graduation from high school as well as my homecoming from Vietnam, but he did not make my wedding. But I am blessed as my siblings have no memory of him.
How many children need to go to the cemetery to see their father or who want no part of him. Why? Because of a misunderstanding, something he failed to do, something he should not have done. Acts of love, a hug one minute or a means of correction in another. We all make mistakes.
We as men/fathers love unconditionally, cry in private and our hearts need mending. Catastrophes happen in all our lives, too, but as men we seem to have more than our fair share and a divorce seems to make things worse.
As men we had a job to do — to get you here. For whatever reason, we look back on our lives as we get older. We know we did the right thing to get you here. We can only hope children forgive us for all we did wrong getting you here.
With hard work, discipline and a desire, the blessings of a great relationship can begin. You won’t be sorry getting to know your dad.
One of the commandments is “to honor thy father and mother.” The jury is still out on our parenting skills, but you need not give up on us as a friend.
And to you Father in Heaven, thank you for keeping our children safe while out of our sight.
Happy Father’s Day.
Dan Carnegie
Morgantown
Our environment more
important than money
Some might say they want to see President Trump fail. But too many people in the administration are trying to please the puppet master.
Trump’s changing executive privilege into dictatorial privilege. Maybe it would be best if we should all like to see him fail.
History was kind to ancient dictators. They called them conquerors. Today we call them nation builders.
On another subject, oxygen — the breath of life mixed with pollution — is the death of life.
What is more important? Money or sitting in the park in a clean environment — no matter how much it costs — listening to birds sing and watching squirrels scurrying up and down trees, breathing clean air and having a cool, clean glass of water to drink?
The children throughout the world are answering. Clean up the environment.
Steve Kopa
Weirton
We need to educate our
young on government
I just read the letter from Linda Newcome (DP-Thursday). This woman is right — the younger generation is not being educated about what made America great and how to keep America great.
We keep going down this road of turning our back to God then this government will surely fail.
I agree. I don’t understand how two Muslim women ever got elected into Congress when they were not born in America. Their ideas are a threat to our freedom of religion and maybe a threat to our every day life.
America needs to get back to God, on which our government is based, and teaching our younger generation about our government and how it should work, then we might continue to be a great nation.
If the younger generation are not being taught to read and do math and to comprehend and understand how our government works then what are our future leaders going to look like. I am afraid they will not look good.
Ralph Correll
MorgantownThanks to all who helped
him with state project
A couple of weeks ago, I had a letter to the editor published. It said that I was doing a state report on West Virginia and asked you to send me some information.
Your response was overwhelming! I have tried my best to send a personal thank you to everyone, but if you sent something and have not received a personal letter, please know how much I appreciate the time, thought, effort and money that you took to help me with my project. I learned so much, and I will never forget this experience.
On May 17, we are going to have a big “State Fair” where we get to display the information and items we received. The people of the great state of West Virginia will be well represented. Thank you again.
Kent Orion
Charlotte, N.C
