LETTERS 05/09/08

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Let’s say they aren’t investors but have $100,000 in CDs to supplement their retirement and Social Security checks. If they renew their CDs from a rate of 5 percent a year ago to the present rate of 2.25 percent, they take a hit of $2,750. That’s a net loss of $1,550. That’s bad.

Some people just can’t win, and that’s not stimulating.

Joe F. Dragosh

Independence

Perhaps the loss of several family pets is not enough for Leawood city officials to do something about eradicating the coyote problem (4/23, Local, “Coyotes safe — for now”). Neither is the possibility they could eventually carry rabies. But recently a coyote attempted to carry off a small child from a park in Southern California.

Wake up, Leawood! Your residents pay high enough taxes to merit your concern.

Helen McDermott

Raytown

I don’t believe the photo ID law supporters are trying to pass in Kansas, Missouri and elsewhere (4/29, A-1, “Way clear to require photo ID for voting”) will do any good.

I say this because Americans don’t vote as much as they should currently. If we decide to take away more voters who, unfortunately, cannot either afford or obtain a photo ID, we are just turning away more voters.

I don’t know if requiring a photo ID is going to stop, or even lessen, voting fraud. I do believe that some sort of identification should be shown where the voting takes place, but not necessarily a photo ID.

I only think that this will lessen voter numbers, cause more chaos and make the poor and minorities feel as though the states are personally attacking them with this request.

Katie McSorley

Kansas City

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