Letters to the Editor

To the Editor: I am very concerned about proposed legislation that will adversely affect education as we see it. Several teacher associations across Indiana are fighting for public school funding. You see, public schools have never recovered from when former Gov. Mitch Daniels cut $300 million from its funding in 2010...

To the Editor: The headline in the Tuesday, March 16, 2021 issue of the Banner Graphic is worth repeating: “Putnam communities to get more than $10 million.” The article provided these details: • Bainbridge: $160,000. • Cloverdale: $450,000. • Fillmore: $110,000...

To the Editor: It is time to stop supporting the mindless Republicans who couldn’t care less about helping the people of Indiana. Tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 26) Representative Jim Baird will likely follow the lead of California Representative Kevin McCarthy and oppose President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package which will be put up for a vote in the House...

To the Editor: We’re all tired. It’s been a long year. We need our leaders to cut the crap and work on addressing the challenges Hoosiers face every day — a better economy, improved health care, education for our kids. The General Assembly should focus on these issues, but the GOP supermajority has a different agenda — they would rather fight culture wars and help their wealthy friends. The Republicans that we sent to represent us aren’t solving our problems; they’re creating new ones for us...

Open letter to the Indiana General Assembly: Thank you for your service and leadership representing the students and families of the State of Indiana. As leaders of Greencastle Community School Corporation, we are appreciative of your time and consideration regarding the drafting and development of sound, responsible legislation...

To the Editor: Once again, Congressman James Baird has voted for his party over the people in Indiana. Baird began this trend in 2010, when he was elected State Representative in District 44. Baird consistently voted against public schools in District 44, by voting for a Republican budget that forgave $91 million in charter school debt and expanded virtual school funding, while funding our traditional public schools at 2008 levels. ...

Dear Gov. Holcomb and Dr. Box: You made a promise. You assured Hoosier teachers and education professionals that we would be in the second grouping of essential workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. With little warning, the state has reneged on this promise in favor of an age-based distribution system. Once again, Hoosier educators feel slighted. Once again, the process is short-sighted...

To the Editor: In 1966 a group of four guys got together and decided to try to find a way to get “city” water to a rural area in Putnam County. One of these guys was Jimmy Proctor. Jimmy served on the board of directors for many years, as well as working every day out in the system. Jimmy was proficient in bookkeeping. Recently we cleaned out the attic area and found he had kept records dated as far back as 1972...

To the Editor: The Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry’s board of directors and other volunteers thank the Putnam County community, churches, organizations, businesses, newspapers, realtors, schools and DePauw University for their continuing support to the Emergency Food Pantry here in our county...

To the Editor: I feel sorry for Trump supporters who have been fed a steady supply of lies until they became members of the Trump cult unable to think for themselves. Most of the lies were small but two of them were deadly. The first was, “COVID is fake news.” Had Trump only shared the truth, hospitals and doctors could have begun to prepare instead of being taken by surprise. We have now lost 400,000 people to Trump’s “fake news.”...