Words from the web
In a letter to the editor, Robert Ted Pritchard writes that “the majority of [Fayette County] are drug addicts and criminals” and adds, “You, the residents, should not complain simply because you have brought the current crime and drug problems upon yourselves for not properly evaluating the candidates that want to be your sheriff, mayor or leaders.” Do you agree that Fayette County’s crime problem is caused by uninformed voting? Or that crime is as rampant as Pritchard suggests?
“I am neither a criminal nor a drug addict, and I live in Fayette County. I think part of the problem is that some elected officials forget why they were elected.”
“The problem is that criminals are not afraid of jail, because they know they won’t do much time, if any at all. The reason for that is that Fayette County Prison is badly overcrowded to the point that prisoners are being shipped out to other county jails at taxpayer expense.”
“I do not think he knows what the word ‘majority’ means.”
“Fayette County’s main problem is there are very few jobs available. And the result is people turn to drugs and criminal activities. This is played out in thousands of places in the United States. And it is just going to get worse in the next few years.”
“Move somewhere where there are no drugs or crime. You are a malcontent idiot who would be complaining about something else if there were no drugs or crime. I love Fayette County and have lived here my entire life.”
“Drugs are rampant everywhere!”
“Take a ride through Pershing Court or ‘The Ridge’ at three in the morning, and come back to me if you think that Fayette County is safe.”
“Funny that most people who put the county down live here, while others laugh. Have some pride. Take action instead of complaining. It’s getting old.”
“Why does he put the blame on us? I am not part of the criminal scene? I realize that it is not 1960 any more. We will have crime everywhere. We turned our backs on God and his laws. What can we expect from ungodly people?”