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The York Daily Record has reached a new low in its viciously personal attacks on the Kohr Family, Peter Alexihs, and Commissioner Steve Chronister in your editorial on Veterans Day.

There are many good reasons to preserve lands for public use for the future, however the Lauxmont Farm plan was ill conceived, and disastrously executed. Although the loss of funding for the taxpayers is deplorable, what I find equally appalling was the demonization of a family trying to get out of bankruptcy rather than walking away from their debts, and a developer protecting his business.

Thorns to the York Daily Record for criticizing the Southeastern School Board's willingness to hear a presentation about the purchase of a new piano. The piano in question will actually SAVE the taxpayers money over the long haul. How do I know? I asked the right person. You could say I "interviewed" the people who have the relevant information, did a little "research" before I wrote this letter - maybe you could call it an "article." Like a newspaper might do if it was more interested in finding out the "facts" rather than bashing school officials trying to do their job.

Janet Winters
Stewartstown

As a family law attorney, let me share my perspective on denial of temporary PFAs. Until we start handing out a "crystal ball" to judges when they are sworn into office, we should not expect our jurists to be able to "see the future." Until we as parents and communities stop exposing our children to violence, we should not be quick to criticize our judges who are inundated with these cases.

I've been inside Judge Thompson's courtroom many times over the past ten years. His intentions and judgments are very good, but he cannot see the future and he cannot solve the problem of violence in society himself. He is doing his best under the PFA law to address the violence in our society. Are we doing our best to raise our children, and lift our communities, out of violence?

Attorney Dann Johns
York