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Sound Off for Dec. 12

Fix the sinkhole

Is anyone ever planning to repair the giant sinkhole at the shopping center near the corner of Pass Road and Popps Ferry Road that has been growing larger with every rainfall, or do they plan to wait until the Goodwill store falls into the abyss or someone drives in. What’s the holdup?

No Popp’s Ferry toll

My wife and I live just south of the Popp’s Ferry bridge. We have five doctors just northeast of the bridge. Our medical expenses are already high enough. Toll fees for us would add up fast. Do we need to start looking for doctors south of the bridge?

No more income tax

Now I see how it works. We remove the tax on income and then we have more than enough to pay our teachers what they deserve. And everybody will be happy.

Informed choice

Information of a hospital employee’s vaccination status, or any other health information is protected, like your health care records by HIPAA (health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996) and is not allowed to be shared. These heroes have been taking care of COVID patients for over a year and a half, and now they are a threat to your health? Are you also going to ask if they are HIV positive, have sexually transmitted diseases or vaccinated against the flu? They have been trained to keep both themselves and the patient safe. No government should be dictating mandates to anyone, it is a choice between the individual and their health care provider.

Get the shot

You should get fully vaccinated. We are all ignorant about something, but it’s good not to be ignorant about something that can kill you.

Um...

To those that are interviewed by the local TV stations, “um” is not word.

Fix the tax structure

While the average American pays their bills and just gets by, corporate profits exceed 35%. There is no trickle down, the top 1% own us. They must be taxed accordingly.

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