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A comment on Man sentenced in Williamsburg DUI crash

Emily Mapp Brannon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:09:34 GMT

Rld:

I certainly understand your frustration with the Colonial Williamsburg employees who testified on behalf of the defendant. I would have to agree that it is strange that they testified on his behalf given the reckless disregard for human life that this man displayed. My thoughts are with the woman he hit and her family. The punishment does not fit the crime. Thank you for your commentary.

Emily Brannon

A comment on Man sentenced in Williamsburg DUI crash

rld — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:25:03 GMT

It is horrible that CW officials testified on behalf of Mr. Schneider, a historical interpreter. He will barely be inconvenienced after getting drunk and driving over Irene Carson last Christmas. Ms. Carson has gravely injured and spent months in jail. CW testified in support of Schneider and stated that they would continue to employee him even if he was convicted of felony maiming. This after they laid off over a hundred employees last year this time. They choose to retain a 39 year old man who breaks the law and maims 71 year old woman. The sentenced allows him to remain employed and serve on the week-ends. I am so sad for the victim and angry at a ruling that is so very unjust - the punishment simply does not fit the crime. In addition, how can Colonial Williamsburg justify testifying on behalf of a criminal and continuing to employee him. I know of others (not white males) who have been fired from CW for far less. I am outraged by this ruling and CW's actions.

A comment on FAA system failure raises safety concerns

John J. Tormey III, Esq. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:42:38 GMT

Regrettably but predictably, this week’s FAA recidivist inability to maintain its own flight-control equipment has already been mischaracterized by special interests seeking to further their own political agendas – including mischaracterization by New York Senator Charles Schumer.

The self-dealing touts would have you believe that the solution to FAA management incompetence is to throw US$35,000,000,000 more of YOUR dollars at the problem in the form of an ill-conceived 2009 FAA Reauthorization Bill (S. 1451/HR 915). By their logic, because 1,000 monkeys have trouble writing “Hamlet” on Smith Corona typewriters, we should buy each monkey a Gateway 700XL instead.

FAA’s failure is the failure of humans. Corrupted humans. Not corrupted files. The failures include an FAA ‘Administrator’ named Randy Babbitt - college drop-out and dim political hack. A ‘COO’ UAL plant named Hank Krakowski who led a fellow stunt-pilot to his death in Illinois in 1999. A drama major-now-‘Redesign Project Manager’ named Steven Ray Kelley who helped snuff out 6 innocent lives in a mid-air 2-plane crash over New Jersey in 1985.

Yet other humans have let us down, too. Almost a full year after an Administration change, the remainder of the federal government has still failed to effect the timely thorough Oberstar-urged ‘Top-To-Bottom’ clean-out of inept vampiric FAA personnel still lurking the halls of 800 Independence. These residual aeromercantile malefactors are vestiges of the failed Marion Blakey/Bobby Sturgell era of revolving-door cozy relationship between agency and industry. After Thursday’s NADIN debacle, the American people are once again reminded that the “regulator” and the “regulated” are still one – and that they still suck. Now they want to use their own incompetence as the pretextual basis to suck-out US$35 Billion more of your American dollars. That’s THEIR bail-out. That’s THEIR stimulus.

We were promised change. Yet our current landscape is populated by invisible federal judicial appointments at standstill, medical panels providing harmful misinformation regarding cancer screenings, banking regulators who cannot explain why bonus-babies are high-fiving each other on Wall Street, slip-of-the-tongue law enforcement officials promising terrorist death-penalties before the trial commences, and Sturgell-hangover FAA personnel who can do nothing but fulfill their infamous Tombstone Agency culture by mishandling systems and technology thereby risking the death of innocent Americans. We again urge Congress and the federal government to terminate S. 1451, say ABSOLUTELY NO! to the requested US$35 Billion Dollars of wasted FAA Reauthorization money, and fire feckless FAA management en masse. Let Randy Babbitt and his pack of fellow agency imposters now step aside in favor of responsible professionals who can actually regulate professionalism, and who can actually remember where they left the keys to the tech-room!

A comment on International Paper Killing Jobs in Franklin, Virginia (VA)

FranklinGal — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:11:43 GMT

My household for one subscribes to the local paper. Even though this mill does not make newsprint. I send cards, letters and choose to receive paper statements for my bills. Aside from that, the employees were asked earlier this year to brainstorm and implement a cost savings of $29 per ton. This was to compensate for a machine that was shut down in 2008. The employees of this mill went above and beyond what was expected and found ways to save $51 per ton. In return, they didn't even get so much as a thanks for that! They aren't expecting or getting anything that wasn't earned!

A comment on International Paper Killing Jobs in Franklin, Virginia (VA)

Greg Brunnhuber — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:50:44 GMT

sad news to be sure ... but how many of the employees subscribed to the local paper ... or send letters ... or worked to help control costs rather than pursue presumed entitlements

A comment on International Paper Killing Jobs in Franklin, Virginia (VA)

Franklin Gal — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:00:42 GMT

IP has pretended that they would consider selling the site to another type of industry. However, they have said they will not sell to a competitor. The employees were told by IP officials that this mill will NEVER make paper again. Check out our local paper for better coverage...Tidewaternews.com

A comment on International Paper Killing Jobs in Franklin, Virginia (VA)

Duane Lugdon — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:40:40 GMT

What we are NOT seeing in the media reports is whether there is any commitment by International Paper to sell the Franklin mill if a buyer could be found. Although I suppose the answer is academic if we look at this company's track record. They are notorious for ruining communities and families even when other investors have said they would buy the assets. It should be a criminal act to do such things to people. God Bless the hard working people of Franklin and the surrounding communities who deserve better than International Paper's ethic.
Duane Lugdon, Bradley, Maine

A comment on International Paper Killing Jobs in Franklin, Virginia (VA)

Franklin Gal — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:16:34 GMT

What makes it an even harder pill for us to swallow is that this mill is profitable. Also, the CEO was just here in April assuring everyone that the mill was doing well. Corporate greed at it's best!

A comment on “Wiihab” Proving to be a Powerful Rehabilitation Tool

Mike Bryant — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:46:16 GMT

Great idea and a great cause with the donation. They truly are a long ways past pong.

A comment on Traffic Fatalities Drop, But Each Loss Is Tragic

Mike Bryant — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:24:18 GMT

It is good to see the numbers go down, but I also agree that any of the deathes, expecially the ones that come from the common cauises of no seatbelts, speeding, drinking and cellphone calling/texting are still very preventable. We need to keep working to bring these numbers down.