Nuisance neighbor
The police report for Sept. 5 included yet another report of the Butler Township Police Department responding to an all-too-familier call of drunk and disorderly patrons at the Butler Days Inn and Playmakers Bar housed within.
This appears to be par for the course of this establishment.
On many occasions, I have been awakened in the early morning hours by the sound of parking lot fights, loud and boistrous patrons, breaking bottles and a “one for the road” partying atmosphere.
I have repeatedly observed visibly impaired individuals making “nature calls” and reckless burnouts onto Route 8.
Would this be acceptable in your neighborhood?
Wedding receptions serving alcohol are a constant nuisance as patrons appearing outside are loud, use unacceptable language and often leave a littered mess for property owners to clean up.
The best witnesses to all this are the responding officers, backed by their reports published in the Butler Eagle, and the records on file at the township police headquarters.
We proudly boast of a first-class township. Let the citizens of Butler Township live up to that title by permanently closing what in my personal opinion is a nuisance bar.
Frank Motko Butler Township
Unhealthy meat
The Washington Post claims that, for the past 15 years, the United States Department of Agriculture has been allowing some slaughterhouses to maximize profits by increasing line speeds and replacing USDA inspectors with company employees. According to the USDA inspector general and a number of USDA inspectors, this results in meat contaminated with animal feces and partly digested food, which contains deadly bacteria.
Clearly, we can’t rely on USDA to protect consumer health and safety. This task should be delegated to another agency like the Food and Drug Administration. We can also protect our own health and safety by relying more on vegetables, fresh fruits, whole grains, beans, nuts and even plant-based meat substitutes available in our supermarkets. This is the diet recommended by every health advocacy organization and guaranteed to be free of nasty bugs.
Billy Eckerman Butler
Hand that feeds you
If one is making money from shale-gas drilling, one doesn’t want to say anything bad about shale-gas drilling — doesn’t want to “bite the hand that feeds you.”
Even if one should happen to notice something that doesn’t look or smell right with regard to this drilling, one just looks (or sniffs) the other way, for fear of interrupting that golden flow of money coming in.
And if one’s neighbors start asking questions, insinuating that the “gassers” may be responsible for certain local contamination incidents, one tells them that they are foolish, that they don’t know what they’re talking about, that they had best be quiet. Translation: “Don’t mess with my money!”
One doesn’t receive royalty checks; one receives loyalty checks.
Joseph P. McMurry Butler Township
It makes a differance
An open letter to Hillary Clinton:
In response to questions directed to you by the Oversight Committee during the congressional hearings concerning the attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, particularly as to what actually happened, why did it happen, and why the embassy was not adequately defended in an area controlled by terrorists, you specifically answered (and I quote): “What difference does it make?”
I believe it makes a huge difference to the families of the four United States citizens, including the ambassador, who were killed and also their wives, children, parents, families and friends.
I recommend that you meet those families and tell them the deaths of their loved ones in Benghazi makes no difference.
It makes a difference to the four patriots who were murdered. Their lives are over.
And finally, it also certainly makes a great deal of difference to me concerning your qualifications and imperious attitude if you run for any office including president of the United States.
Leo M. Stepanian Butler
XTO litigation
I was surprised to read that XTO Energy was seeking to drill a Marcellus shale gas well near Moraine Elementary School. The next day, the Butler Eagle published a report on the business page that XTO has had criminal charges filed against it in connection with a 2010 wastewater spill in Lycoming County.
Refer to page 10 of the Wednesday, Sept. 11, edition of the Butler Eagle.
Miriam McCaslin Eau Claire
