New Orleans Saints not alone in their guilt
I am a New Orleans native and a Saints fan.
It breaks my heart to see this team’s reputation tarnished with the revelation that some players were paid to injure opposing-team players.
But let us not be too naive: Do you really believe that the same criminal behavior has not been going on in other NFL teams?
And what about the ongoing steroid scandal in other sports (such as baseball)?
Organizations and individuals in a free society must always remain vigilant and not be afraid of retribution when they blow the whistle to uphold ethical standards.
Salpi Adrouny, Johns Creek
Treat them like the killer vermin they are
Regarding “Coyotes go from predator to prey” (ajc.com, Feb. 29), a lot of people are confused about what to do about coyotes, so let’s get something straight.
Coyotes are not cute and cuddly — never have been and never will be.
They are not pets; they are wild and dangerous.
They are vermin and need to be treated as such.
If given the opportunity, they will kill anything they can.
They provide nothing to the ecosystem.
Some would suggest that we peacefully co-exist with coyotes and that we all live together in a happy world.
Would you “peacefully co-exist” with a convicted child molester in your neighborhood?
No?
Then why the kid-gloves treatment concerning coyotes (and how to deal with them)?
They will take over — and unfortunately in some areas, they already have.
John A. Hicks, Roswell
Luckovich hardly on middle ground
It was amusing to read the letter to the editor complaining about right-leaning cartoons not being necessary, as we have Mike Luckovich in the “middle ground” skewering both sides (“‘From the right’ addition just wrong,” Readers write, Opinion, March 5).
The absurdity of this is almost unbelievable.
Luckovich picks on the Republicans far more than on the Democrats.
Newt Gingrich seems to be a particular obsession of his.
Luckovich is about as close to being in the middle ground as Rush Limbaugh is.
Michael G. Mitchell, Marietta
Make political parties pay cost of elections
There is no constitutional basis for government to fund the cost of primary elections.
The Democratic and Republican parties should pay 100 percent of the cost of primaries (unless an item such as a referendum or school levy is also on the ballot).
I recently cast a ballot in the presidential primary and that one vote was the only item on the ballot.
Why should Georgia’s secretary of state office (or any other state’s) be paying a single dime for either political party to determine who its nominee should be?
This would be a good way to cut the budget:
Make the parties pay the cost of the primaries if they want to have them.
Kirk Wilson, Alpharetta
