TO THE EDITOR:

As a breeder of French and American Alpine dairy goats, I read with interest the article on B1 in Monday's (June 16) Enquirer regarding the increase in production of goats in Kentucky. However, the story completely left out dairy goats.

Readers should know that tobacco settlement money is also available for dairy goats, not just Boer (meat) goats. And dairy goats have the added benefit they can produce milk and meat (castrated males are often used for meat) for various markets (producers should check state laws for the sale of milk from the farm, as they are somewhat strict in Kentucky).

Laura Haggarty, Berry, Ky.

Where is justice in Monroe fiscal case?

In reading ("Monroe tries to fix money mishandling" June 14), I was fairly sickened at the amount of money that has so-called been mismanaged. I cannot believe this mismanagement has went on for so long, nor that City Council was kept in the dark and no one is going to be prosecuted.

Where is justice?

It is truly a shame that First Southwestern Bank did not alert the City Council or the city they supposedly serve of this mismanagement. I would definitely be concerned if I was a client of their bank. It looks like the entire City Council is responsible for this crime, as well as First Southwestern Bank. The former City Manager Donald Whitman and former Finance Director David Collins should have a serious inquiry into their mismanagement and prosecution, if needed. This is a crime to all the residents of Monroe. An even bigger crime is to ask residents to pay higher taxes to cover this mismanagement when for months, City Council has kept this crime hidden from the residents of Monroe.

It is truly a shame for a city that has so much potential to keep losing all it has gained. As if, Loosing City Fest and now our Monroe paper, hasn't hurt our city enough. This should be a wake-up call to all residents - stay alert in our city and watch what happens to your money. We should expect no excuses and demand all those responsible to be held accountable.

Penny Hackman, Monroe

Clintons aren't alone in playing name game

In reference to the letter ("Clinton got power because of husband" June 10), I agree with the writer that Hillary has arrived at her current political position because she was married to Bill Clinton. I know George W. Bush would have been elected president of the United States on the basis of his stunning intellect, and not because he was the son of a former president of the United States or the grandson of a distinguished senator.

I am certain the current governor of Ohio had absolutely no help in getting elected because his name was Taft. Even our mayor made it totally with no help whatsoever. I'm sure by the fact he was from a small, but powerful Luken political dynasty. Are there personal connections afoot in politics? Ridiculous. I'm sure John Adams, John Quincy Adams, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt would agree with me. Not to mention a few Kennedys, living and dead, get real.

Donald R. Baker, Hyde Park

Humanist ethics are subjective

The letter ("Ten Commandments defenders don't get it," June 12) is part of the reason the United States faces a moral dilemma today. When the letter writer rejects the biblical foundation of morality that was used by our founding fathers to frame much of our government, he instead lays the foundation of subjectivity. He is only partially right when he says that "...Similar values and morals (found in the Ten Commandments) can be praised and taught in the secular humanist arena."

People should realize some of the things that humanism is offering as a replacement to what had been taught in American schools for over 200 years: Institutions with authority, such as governments, the United Nations, and the American Humanist Association can pick and choose what values should be taught. If that doesn't sound a little arbitrary, they can also modify, discard or acquire new ones whenever they like. That is the nature of situational ethics.

To make this system of morality more acceptable to the man who doesn't happen to like the 10 suggestions that some authority has forced upon him, he is free to make up his own commandments to live by. One is perfectly within the letter writer's humanist rights to do this, especially if they break with old traditions. But, if they are recognizably religious or old-fashioned, then you'd best keep them to yourself.

Paul McDorman, Mason

Abuse of children real 'last straw'

In regards to ("Keating to quit sex abuse panel," June 16), Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony is playing a game of "My crime is better than your crime." How dare he call former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating's remarks the last straw. How many times have the American people endured the last straw, only to hear of yet another case of abuse and yet another cover-up? How dare Mahony imply that anything the Mafia has ever done is worse than the abuse of an innocent child.

Kathryn Schultz Miller, Oakley

Panhandling one reason not to visit

This is in response to the letter ("Cincinnati's problems are expense, boredom," June 14). I worked downtown for 39 years and recently retired. Hopefully, I'll never have to return to the city. The officials of Cincinnati need to recognize that the greatest advertisement for their town is the residents who work and play there. As it stands, there is little any of those groups could say that would have a positive impact on any outsiders looking for a city to visit.

When I began my working career in town, it was a beautiful city without aggravation, trash, controversy or intimidation from the undesirables. You could walk to and from your vehicle or public transportation without being approached for money or other needs. Then came urban progress that is simply another term for "street blight."

As the years went by, it became harder to locate affordable parking, thus, use the stadium and walk up to town. That was not the best choice, and the transients and bums took up sleeping in the foliage alongside the steps. So it was on to public transportation and these same derelicts took up part-time residence in Dixie Terminal. The closure of the Dixie Bus Terminal sent them to the streets and there they remain.

Our city police need to be given a more active part in how to rid the city of the very blight that prevents it from being advertised as a real gem. They know who, what, when and where all this takes place, yet their hands are tied. Their ideas are thwarted and their initiative has been severely handicapped. Once this is accomplished, perhaps it could return to a great Midwest city, with old-time charm, and a reason to visit.

Karen Ann Riegler, Burlington