Responsibility needed
To the Editor:
As the year and decade came to a close, a time to pause and ponder:
The first snowstorm of the winter rendered a lot of the new “high efficiency” traffic lights not good for their intended purpose.
One would think that if you are going to plant something like that in the ground this far north of Baton Rouge, you should be able to show proof that it functions and provides for its intended purpose all day - all night - all the time.
Where do they test these babies – some exotic South Sea Island or what?
A couple of possible solutions:
• Some luxury cars have small windshield wiper-type devices on their headlights. Maybe something like that is the answer – they could be activated by remote controls in law enforcement and/or highway maintenance vehicles.
• Maybe imbedding a solar-powered electrical “grid work” to keep the lens warm and would be in operation all the time.
• As a last resort with all the money saved, hire a couple of crews with bucket trucks and putty knives to go out after every storm and clean the lights.
Closer to home, the “big city” daily paper announces the availability of condoms in the city's public school system. Meanwhile in another part of the world, the Army seems to be in a bit of a quandary in dealing with female soldiers becoming pregnant while serving in the combat zones.
Do we dole out military justice for dereliction of duty when they become unable to perform their assigned duties, or do they separate them and the father
from the military?
Even closer to home, the local daily newspaper publishes an editorial that supports absolute sobriety in high school.
And here at home, the stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk
signs are down, and as one might expect, without the visual reminder, a lot of drivers don't stop (so far, no pedestrians reported down).
And last, but not least, ... you guessed it. Pet poop is peppering pedestrian pathways in
Plymouth!
With all of this, I have one question: What ever happened to personal responsibility?
Jim Riesenberg,
Plymouth
