http://www.eagletribune.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:30:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314033042.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314033042.html To the editor: The shootings at Fort Hood were by anyone's definition, horrendous. To have people serving our country killed at their own base is almost beyond belief. But this was the act of one crazed individual, not sanctioned by any group or religion. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:30:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314033011.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314033011.html Haverhill firefighters should not object to the use of GPS devices to track where firetrucks are at all times. There is no right or expectation of that kind of privacy on the job. But, the union does have a worthy objection to that information being available to the public. There are some people who, knowing firetrucks are in one location, will feel freer to create mischief in another. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:29:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314032942.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314032942.html To the editor: I watched the Bob Campbell Show a few days ago. At least I thought I saw it all. However, I learned that the actual decisions were made upstairs, away from the cameras at Bob's urging. My question is: Why did any of the members of this charade allow him to do this? It seems illegal to me. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:28:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314032852.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314032852.html To the editor: Martha Coakley hit the ground running in the debate and elevated the discussion proving she is a worthy successor to the late Senator Kennedy. Martha clearly demonstrated her concerns for all of the people in the commonwealth by her thoughtful responses to a range of questions from foreign policy to the economy, health care and immigration. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:28:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314032821.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314032821.html As more is learned regarding the tragic shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, there are serious questions concerning how and why Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was allowed to serve in the U.S. Army. Well before Hasan killed 13 and wounded 30 others at the army base, he had a history of expressing opinions about military policy in the Middle East, about terrorism and virtues of suicide bombings that should have rendered him unfit to serve as an officer in the United States military. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:27:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314032747.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_314032747.html In their pocket In response to the reader who wrote in that "Saturday Night Live" should do a spoof on all of Pelosi's speaking gaffes. That would never happen, SNL is broadcast on NBC which is firmly in the Democrats' corner and pocket. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:33:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313003320.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313003320.html To the editor: In response to the Sound Off writer who's very proud to be a member of the party of NO: Where were you when you should have said NO to Bush's illegitimate war in Iraq, NO when he cut taxes on the very rich, NO when he created the largest deficit in history? Now while the present administration is working very hard to correct the stupid, idiotic, dangerous, blunders and mistakes left to us by the geniuses of the NO party all you can come up with is negativism and no creative ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313003228.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313003228.html To the editor: Dante Ippolito says my letter is devoid of facts (Nov. 2). President Obama gave inspiring speeches which motivated people to like him. Is it not a fact? He has promised Russia he would eliminate missiles from Eastern Europe. He also went to Copenhagen to make Chicago an Olympic venue. Are not these facts? He came back home empty handed. Was he not humiliated? Is he very intelligent? Was his journey presidential? No. His action showed he lacks foreign policy and executive experience. These are facts. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:31:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313003156.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313003156.html Haverhill's Hill View Montessori Charter School has just purchased a building for $2.7 million in the Ward Hill section of the city as the new home for its growing student body. That has produced predictable complaints from some quarters that this is sucking yet more millions away from the city's struggling public schools. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:31:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313003121.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313003121.html Low clearance After reading about how a moving truck tied up traffic on Washington Street because of the low railroad bridge, I wondered why that bridge is not marked on both sides that it has a low clearance. I think the City of Haverhill could invest in two signs to mark that for truck drivers. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313003050.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313003050.html Better late than never. The Essex Regional Retirement Board finally did the right thing by taxpayers this week, voting to transfer the remainder of its assets to the state Pension Reserves Investment Trust. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:29:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313002951.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_313002951.html To the editor: Just got through watching the Senate debate and have not changed my mind that Martha Coakley should be our next U.S. senator. Martha's record, as district attorney and attorney general, clearly shows she has the courage to do what is right and not just politically expedient. She has gone after predatory lenders, Big Dig contractors and public officials who have betrayed the public trust. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:50:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_311185756.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_311185756.html In the wake of an independent report detailing repair and maintenance concerns on MBTA lines, Gov. Deval Patrick says he wants to assure the public the system is safe to ride. But the report's author, hand-picked by the governor, doesn't seem to agree. Former insurance executive David D'Alessandro said he would not ride a stretch of the Red Line identified as susceptible to derailment. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:40:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_311185745.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_311185745.html Respect those with other views To the editor: I am writing in response to the recent letter "Republicans care only for themselves" by Jo Rossello (Oct. 26). I am a registered independent voter in New Hampshire and I found her letter fascinating for its honest passion, its valuable message and its blatant hypocrisy. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_311185716.html http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion/local_story_311185716.html George Orwell was right. His timing was off, by a few decades. But 25 years after 1984, the year he predicted that government would be monitoring just about everything you were doing, the nightmare is rapidly coming true.