Red Line (Nov. 13)
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A woman called about “the city of Madera water billing.” She wanted “to know why the paying procedure was not updated so you pay the bill online and avoid that long line. In this day of age of computers,” she suggested Madera gets up to date.
“I hope all the citizens of Madera don’t get all burnt out on Christmas,” said a gentleman. “All the stores are painted up and it’s only November. It ruins Christmas when they are put so far in advance.”
A man who “is a homeowner in front of the high school,” called to say he was “getting tired of picking up trash all around his home. Is there any way,” he asked, “if you could get these kids on a weekend to clean up and pickup the trash. I recently saw two girls tearing apart a newspaper and just throwing the pieces on the lawn. I don’t understand. There is a lot of trash all around the high school.”
A gentleman called “about Madera South High being in the football playoffs.” He was “just wondering what happened to all the lessons learned in team sports. How in the world, when a team is 0 and 10, is it even considered for the playoff? What, are we worried about their self-esteem? Lets get serious about this. What does it say to those teams that have worked so hard to get the nice record so they can qualify for the playoffs? Let’s start teaching kids about life’s lessons.”
A man called concerning “the lady who complained about Mr. Emo’s Musings, calling him a draft dodger.” The caller said, “I know Mr. Emo well, and have for many years. I think it is important for the lady to know that when he was called up during the war he did serve. Please quit picking on the man if you don’t know him any better than that.”
Another caller said, “Although I enjoy almost every one of them, Mr. Emo’s column for Veterans Day was the best he has done in a long while. It is too bad that the paper continued the last and best few lines to a hard to find spot on another page.”
A man wanted to “know why it takes the losers so long to take down their political signs. Maybe that is why they’re losers,” he concluded.
A male caller was concerned about traffic “on (Highway) 99, between Fresno to Madera. People drive like idiots. And where are the cops? You never see the Highway Patrol stopping anybody.”
“It was fun,” said a woman concerning “the KMPH 26 early morning show last week. All of the staff interviewed did their own thing and that made it entertaining. Bill Coate,” she said, “should be a standup comedian.”
“The election is over,” said a gentleman and “concerned citizen of Madera County. “It’s amazing how three of the candidates, supported by that one tax payer’s group, failed to take down their campaign signs while the others, you don’t see theirs, and here it is Saturday morning.”
A woman was “very concerned about the (pedestrian) crosswalks from Courthouse Park to the County Government Center,” said a woman. “Sometimes you can’t see people because of the trees planted in the median. I’m afraid someone is going to get hurt or killed. Please remind people that pedestrians have the right of way.”
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The teen that was arrested last Tuesday for the threats towards Madera High School.
Myself being a young adult that has lived in Madera for now over eighteen years and grow up with this young man knows that he would NEVER do this type of thing to anyone. I know for a fact that this young man was picked on daily by other students at the high school. This poor young man has had gum thrown in his hair and the students at the high school call him name and they are the ones that gave him the nickname. For a young man that is quiet but yes speaks his mind if asked for it.
So is a student to lie to their teachers about the thing that are being talked about in the classroom. The teacher explain to the students that she wanted each of them to stand up and tell everyone what they liked to do and their nickname that they have recieved while being in school.
To end thing I know for a fact that this young man has a very kind heart and would never as long as he lives hurt a niether person on earth. I mean all the young man likes to do is read books ,comic, play Xbox, And most of all hang out with his friends and family.
I have know the young man they call Virginia Tech #2 for a long time. And i find it hard to believe that he would harm anyone. This cop saying he took a killer off the street’s is full of it. He is trying to make a name for his self by making this look bigger than it really is. This young man has done nothing wrong and should not be in the postition that he is in.