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Open Letter to Mississippi Power, Susie Shirley and God! This letter was posted to the Clarke County Tribune in reply to an editorial letter by Susie Shirley which appeared Aug. 12, 2010, on page A5. Susie Shirley, an deeply religious person and author of A Little Bit Of A Lot Of Things, was writing in regard to an earlier letter I had published in the local newspaper critizal of the fact that the power in Quitman had been interrupted after a transformer failure, NOT an natural disaster. The power remained off for some nine hours before it was restored because there was no backup sytem in place and because it took that long to bring a portable transformer from Hattiesburg to Quitman and make the installation. My position is that Mississippi Power and the City of Quitman needs to develop and provide a backup system to prevent long power interruptions which cause loss of business, loss of money and could cause hurt or harm to people, even loss of life in the future. Being thankful for one's blessing does not excuse the power company or the City of Quitman. Mississippi Power is a big utility company that charges for its services; hence, paying customers have a right and an obligation to express their dissatisfaction with service when it is interrupted and when there is no backup plan to automatically switch over to a backup power supply. The City of Quitman is the people's government, a representative body that provides a service to the people, in terms of water, garbage collection and all the other intrastructure that the City provides. Here again the City of Quitman is responsible to the people. Therefore every citizen has a responsibility to express their opinion and to demand satisfaction, especially when their is no backup system to provide for a power outage due to equipment failure. Equipment failure is not a natural disaster or an act of God, but due to man, human error or failure to properly inspect, service and maintain equipment on a regular basis. Hence any excuses offered with respect to power interruption that are the result of humans are NOT acceptable when it is the public paying for a service. It is perfectly reasonable and responsible to demand quality service, and when it comes to electricity, that means inspecting, servicing and maintaining equipment to avoid unexpected power interruptions. To read my reply addressed to Mississippi Power, Susie Shirely and God please click on this link.God Created All Animals Great And Small -- Good law does NOT make criminals out of animals. The City of Quitman is considering adopting a new animal control ordinance based on the law used by the City of Morton, Mississippi, which is a very bad law. The law used in Morton criminalized animals, distorts the legal definition of an animal shelter, does not establish an animal control officer to enforce the law, and is unconstitutional because it would enable private property to be taken away without either due process of law or compensation, plus would use public funds to support a private, for profit business in the impoundment, killing and destruction of animals which would constitute the exploitation of animals and would therefore be the inhumane treatment of animals by government. Everyone who loves animals is urged to protest such a corrupt law by contacting Quitman's Mayor, Eddie Fulton and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Quitman, Mississippi by calling (601) 776-3728, by sending an email to the mayor, or by writing a letter to the mayor at 101 E. Church Street, Quitman, MS 39355. Please urge that such a BAD LAW that criminalized animals not be adopted! What will be the cost of not reforming health care? Millions of Americans do not have health insurance and millions more will never receive coverage because greedy, al-Qaida like insurance companies would rather cut off their heads than provide universal health care. The result will be hurt, harm and suffering of millions upon millions of Americans plus the weakening of our great nation. Only if we unite and provide universal health care for all Americans will we be the strongest nation that we can be. Failure to unite and provide universal health care to ALL OF US, may result in the destruction of families and even the destruction of America at the hands of greedy al-Qaida like insurance companies. Lynch challenges editor to dual of words. Bashing President Barack Obama is racist and anti-American Do they shoot dogs in Quitman? New 300 word limit policy favors political morons! Real men have strength of character regardless of their hair lenght! Cotton Is King and USA still sits highly upon the throne! Around Town: Hard Economic Times Should NOT be Accented by Antiquated Laws The babbling brook of health care reform: A crisis in the American health care system Bright Future Projected For Quitman Mayor Eddie Fulton projects a bright future for Quitman at town hall meeting. Dream of a Railroad to the Gulf Gil Carmichael speaks about his dream of building a railroad to the Gulf convincing this author of its merit and potential benefit to everyone. Build Internet Railroad of Light, Not Antiquated Tracks. Railroad Authority seeks $65,000 from Clarke County for nothing! Is this a scam or what? Money better spent on an Internet railroad of light! Snakes in the Grass This letter was sent to the Clarke County Tribune after it published notice that seeing a snake in the grass prompted a new nuisance ordinance. Is McCain Mentally Challenged? Clintons have not violated spirit of law with respect to presidential term limits Stop seeing "black" and "white!" Stop racial profiling!
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