Column out of character
I read, with curiosity, loyal Toledo Blade soldier Keith C. Burris’ Sunday front-page hit piece on Woodville, Ohio (“Woodville: Worst little town in Ohio?” Feb. 15).
Little Woodville has been a notorious speed trap since I’ve had any memory and I’m over 50 years old. Is The Blade finally going to stand up for citizens against government oppression and overreach by going after “tax collectors with guns”?
It would seem out of character for an organization that has no problem with red-light cameras, public smoking bans, restrictive yet symbolic gun control and the IRS being in charge of health care.
So, as my wife’s stepfather, the old redneck, would say, “That’s the excuse; what’s the reason?”
There is no problem with any tax or government program, big or small, with the editor of The Blade. No, the unforgiveable sin of the authorities in Sandusky County is harming a dog.
So, little guy, you’ll have to look elsewhere for any support. It won’t come from the editorial front page of “One of America’s Great Newspapers.”
— Charles Zsarnay, Monclova
Woodville is home
I just read Sarah Ottney’s column about our town (“Bully Pulpit,” Feb. 22) … outstanding! I am thrilled that you were encouraged to enter it into The Blade and help the current bullying going on in Woodville. You are a very good writer and it was very evident that you wrote from your heart. I do not live in Woodville and haven’t for quite some time, but I will always call it home! A job well done! Thank you so much, Sarah.
— Christine M. Rodman, Port Clinton
Blade column uncalled for
I just wanted to thank you for the excellent column titled “Bully Pulpit” in the Feb. 22 Toledo Free Press. The Feb. 15 column, “Woodville: Worst little town in Ohio?” by Keith Burris in The Blade, was totally uncalled for and you did a very nice job of putting him (and The Blade) in their place.
I wish Toledo Free Press could go to a daily publication. I get so tired of reading about dogs, courthouses and now the Woodville police.
Unfortunately, The Blade is currently the only (daily) in town and they can do whatever they arrogantly wish to do. I think if you guys went to a daily, you would put them out of business in six months.
— Richard Martin, Bowling Green
Breath of fresh air
The Toledo Free Press is a breath of fresh air for the Toledo/ Maumee area. Sarah Ottney’s “Editor’s Statement” was right on in the “Bully Pulpit” column Feb. The Blade and columnist Keith Burris overexercise with their supply of ink on paper, trying to persuade the community of their biased views. Thank you for working to keep the community informed in a straightforward journalistic newspaper.
— Bill Coder, Monclova
