Letters, 6/24: Story shows poor judgment

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Maybe the folks at Lancaster Manor will miss their friend, Dennis Post. But I wonder if any of your editors thought about the feelings of the victim(s) of Dennis Post’s sex crime.

He paid for his crime, and that makes him square with the house again, but to devote an eighth of a page to making him look like such a sweetheart showed pretty poor judgment — and complete lack of caring for the feelings of his victim(s).

People who commit such crimes frequently are “sweet” people, because nasty and unfriendly people would not be able to manipulate people into liking and trusting them enough to allow them to reach their goal of sexually molesting someone.

You would have done the world a better service by running a story on the methods that such people use to gain the trust of their victims and their victims’ parents or guardians. One of the methods is to be a sweetheart whom everyone likes, so no one would believe the person capable of such a crime.

Since you knew of his crime, you never should have printed a story glorifying him.

Kathy Zimmerman, Lincoln

Examples of waste

Mike Seacrest believes that mowing cutbacks by the Parks Department are a direct result of budget restraints.

Several examples lead us to believe that the Parks Department operates on an uncontrolled budget. These examples are:

(1) In 2005 the Parks Department remodeled a drainage ditch in Larsen Park for $326,000. The intent of the remodeling has never been realized but has created problems for us, the adjacent property owners.

(2) A basin was created by the above project, which was a muddy hole for all the years of 2006, 2007 and so far 2008. The Parks Department agreed to seed the muddy basin and did so at the start of winter of 2007. So far, only weeds have grown, but no grass.

(3) The Parks Department uses two and sometimes three mowers to mow Larsen Park. During one of the mowings, one of the mowers got stuck in the mud near the basin. Employees called on one of the other mowers to try to pull the stuck mower out of the mud, but even though the mower pulled from the front and the back, it was unable to free it. The mower that was called to assist could have finished the mowing but was sent away. I imagine that it would cost a great deal of money to send a machine back to the basin to complete the mowing.

I’m sure there are other examples of waste by the Parks Department; these are just a few.

Gary Gilliland, Lincoln

Don’t insult trailer residents

In a June 20 JournalStar.com article about missing lawn flamingoes, one of the quotes reads, “My first place to check would be trailer parks.”

I’m sick and tired of people condemning people living in trailer parks. I have a mobile home here in Lincoln that I would be happy to put up against any of you people living in Lincoln in a better than average house. I have three bedrooms, two baths and a beautiful yard with a white picket fence.

I’m a senior citizen living on Social Security only. My home is paid for and my taxes are only $250 a year. Let’s see you beat that.

I would much rather spend my money on the grandkids than pay upkeep and taxes on a cookie-cutter house. A little respect here, please.

Donna Chapman, Lincoln