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READERS’ VIEWS Sharp’s rebuke on target Editor: I’m troubled by Jeff Worrell’s assault of City Councilman Rick Sharp (“Sharp’s rebuke of McBride a disgrace,” Oct. 27) for once again attempting to put some accountability in the process of spending Carmel tax money. City Engineer Mike McBride and Mayor Jim Brainard don’t have many rules to play by, yet they still seem to refuse to play by those that are in place. I applaud Mr. Sharp for trying. Keep it up. R L Graffis Carmel
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Wilson lacks understanding of private schools Editor: I just finished reading Danielle Wilson’s article on private schools (“Comparing public and private schools,” Oct. 20). It would have been more aptly titled “comparing public and parochial schools,” as her background is clearly not diverse in the private school arena. My daughters attend a private school in Westfield. The tuition is reasonable, my children do not wear uniforms, and the population is more diverse than any classroom I’ve seen during our years in the public school system. I can’t speak highly enough about Montessori School of Westfield or its teachers. I will concede that having a big yellow
bus pick up my children each morning would be a blessing, but I had to go with the school best equipped to handle my children’s special needs. Food allergies are one special-needs area where the public schools lack training, experience and willingness to handle. It is painful to write that check each month, but it is definitely not on par with university tuition and well worth every penny. I hope the next time Current decides to cover something as important as education, there will be a little more research involved. Journalists should not be in the business of perpetuating myths and stereotypes. Heather Sokol Westfield
Dealing with USPS a chore Editor: Thanks for letting it out about the postal system (“USPS damage insurance? How about $2.37?” Oct. 20). You nailed everything right on. This is exactly why people cringe about dealing with the postal service. My company is in the printing business and chose not to do bulk mailings because of this very reason! We just finished up on a rush job (Friday) for a customer – a 24-hour turn-
around on a 4/4 color mailing. Only to find out that the customer’s job would not be able to go out until today (Tuesday) because their check for postage would not be in on time. The USPS certainly adheres to a different set of standards than the rest of us. Thanks for the great article. Bonnie Pinkman Woodfield Printing, Inc. Indianapolis
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