Opinion Letters

Letters to the Editor: Oct. 17

Readers respond to a footnote, a hedge, a sticker, an envelope, and the question of whose fault it is.

Letters should be under 250 words, refer to a piece by headline, and include the writer’s name and town. Footnotes may submit letters only through counsel.

  1. Footnote 4 Is Not a Prop

    Re: “HHS Restores Public Trust in Vaccine Panel by Firing All 17 Members; Public Trust Says It Was Not Consulted, Court Restores Previous Trust”

    I represent Footnote 4, and I write to correct the impression, left by your special report, that my client is “declining to comment.” My client is not declining. My client has not been asked a question it could answer, and, by law, a footnote may respond only in the form of another footnote.

    Please direct all further inquiries to the bottom of the page.

    Dolores Vance
    Linden Hollow, Ohio

  2. Where Does One Obtain the Envelope

    Re: “Kentucky Upsets No. 10 LSU 35-34 in Overtime, Second Straight Week, Final Score Printed on Season Tickets in April”

    I read that a season-ticket holder was sent the final score in April, in a sealed envelope. I have held season tickets since 1991 and have never received one. I have called the ticket office twice. They asked if I was sure I wanted to know.

    Wanda Birch
    Versailles, Ky.

  3. For the Record, I Read It Correctly

    Re: “HOA President Elected on Promise of ‘No More Feuds’ Enters Seventh Month of Hedge Feud, Supporters Say It Is Not a Feud and Will Be Over Soon, One Way or the Other”

    Your story quotes me accurately, and I would like to confirm that the bylaws do say “in consultation with the board.” I read them aloud at Tuesday’s meeting, and I read them slowly, so that the president could hear.

    He said he had been consulted in spirit. I wish to state that I am not a spirit and have never been consulted.

    Phyllis Arden
    Briarwood Glen, Ohio

  4. The Pie Contest Parking Is Unacceptable

    Re: “Man Who Kept ‘Thanks Biden’ Sticker on Pump Since 2022 Reports It Became Invisible at $4.37, Says Pump Is Now ‘Doing Its Best’”

    I am writing about the parking at the county pie contest, which was nothing like what is described in your article. I would like it noted that I arrived at 9:40 and was directed to a space that was, by 10:15, a different space. My pie was fine.

    Lorna Pasko
    Pell Junction, Mo.

  5. I Have Decided It Is the Weather

    Re: “Whose Fault Are Gas Prices?”

    I read your panel on gas prices with interest. I have thought about it a good deal, and I have concluded that it is the weather. I do not know how, and I do not need to. It is the weather.

    Ernie Tolliver, 70
    Tillman, Okla.

  6. My Sticker Has Returned

    Re: “Man Who Kept ‘Thanks Biden’ Sticker on Pump Since 2022 Reports It Became Invisible at $4.37, Says Pump Is Now ‘Doing Its Best’”

    I wish to report that my sticker, which your article said went invisible at $4.37, has reappeared. It is on pump 6. I did not put it there. I believe it is in a different mood.

    Dwayne Kuhlman
    Tillman, Okla.