Letters

That's one costly fire

Would someone like to explain to me how towels with grease on them sparked a fire in our Capitol's basement and caused an estimated $3.5 million to $5.5 million damage? How do we afford to eat?

JIM COMPTON

Fayetteville

Do your homework

After a very brief pause and politics shifted itself, the name-calling started up again, along with some whining. Grow up, everybody. This is not a playground for the disgruntled. No one has everything going their way. So, let's show respect to each other as capable adults.

As in all election cycles, there are job openings and people who want those jobs. We should consider what those people have to say about how they would strive to do those jobs, assess whether they seem capable, and forget about what they look like, whether they're from the right group and whether we like how they got there.

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