TERRE HAUTE —
City engineer sets high standard
I wish to publicly thank every Terre Haute City Engineer Office employee for making my civic and homeowner responsibilities so much easier than expected. I have recently made several calls to the engineer’s office for information, reporting, and help with navigating the city’s website, which contains most, if not all, public information pertaining to the city’s easements, waterways, street services, residential boundaries and descriptions, etc., and which produces excellent printed data documents.
The professionalism, concern and care provided to me on every call was simply extraordinary, and I felt as if I was the most important person with the most pressing issue on each occasion. Not only did the city engineer office respond to my requests, they did so with incredible speed. I was humbled by the fact that I sometimes expect the worst or the least, and, here, I received the best and the most.
Thank you, Terre Haute engineers, for your commitment to, and performance of, excellence with respect to customer service. Your bar is high, but I hope you maintain that height for all of Terre Haute. High ground with high standards makes for a much happier place to reside.
— Gail Phillips
Terre Haute
More than paper to protect rights
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has suggested that the Egyptians should consider looking at constitutions other than the U.S. Constitution in order to be more specific about human rights rather than the generalizations offered in the U.S.
In one sense, I could not agree with her more. The U.S. Constitution has failed to fully protect my rights. It has failed to fully protect my life. My life, my labor, has, in part, been confiscated and given to others. Income redistribution in the form of Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, welfare, public housing and transportation, etc., has taken from my life and been given to others. I would be willing to bet that she did not mean what she said in the sense that I have meant it.
However, in another sense, I would have to disagree with her. I don’t believe a piece of paper can be drafted that can protect myself and others in the sense that I have suggested we have not been protected. I think that would take other measures other than a piece of paper.
— Steve Berrier
Terre Haute
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