To the Editor:
I find it interesting that 93 percent of the financial wealth in this country is controlled by the top 10 percent while the top one percent control 42 percent. And that the Supreme Court voted to let corporations spend unlimited amounts in electing candidates of their choice that no doubt will invoke more disadvantage.

A strategy that allows corporate moguls and government officials to become ever more giving one to the other, effecting in a state of secrecy (deregulation, misplaced power, media accountability, priorities, academia, et al) that undermines the greater number of people.

By KENNETH MARTIN
Economic and Community Development Direct
& City Liaison, City of Mt. Juliet
I wrote this article a while back and thought it might be a great time to run it. Maybe it’s the current economy, the cold and dreary weather, my getting older and worrying more or just plain old love for my community.

Not quite sure what it is, but I sure have found myself thinking about it a lot. I personally think it’s because I care for and love my county, my country and the people that call it home. But that would sound boastful, egotistical and mushy to say the least. And that’s OK; I love lots of stuff and as my mom always said, say it loud and say it proud if you mean it.

By ED COLE
Executive Director,
Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee 
The people of Lebanon and Wilson County are making transportation history in Middle Tennessee.

During the first work-week this month, the Music City Star commuter rail between Lebanon and downtown Nashville set a record when it carried an average of 1,000 trips each day. Assuming each of these trips was a round-trip, 500 persons were able to ride the train instead of driving each day.

The success of the Music City Star is spreading. For those who commute to Nashville, the Music City Star is a genuine transportation choice.

By W.H. WATERS
The Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives is striving to repeal the health care bill. Why are they pursuing such a path?

Question number two is why did President Obama make this one of the highest aims of his administration? Let’s deal wit the second question first. There were between 45 and 50 million people who could not purchase health insurance. Many have pre-existing conditions and cannot get it at any price, or if they can, they cannot afford it.

By GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.D.
How beautiful the Cedar trees were, capped in the white fluffy snow around my house. The yard turned into a winter wonderland, and I got out my heavy clothes and boots for a walk in the woods. The air was still and everything was the cleanest white you could hope for with the best wash job imaginable.

I got enough clean white snow for the first snow cream and languished over the next few days as a white covering disappeared only to be followed by another blanket a week later.

The roads weren’t all that bad, but the schools were out much to the delight of the children. Then in January, it happened again. Another few inches fell which slowed things down and brought the sleds from their dusty perches in the sheds and garages. One of the snows was the packing type (coming at near freezing temperature) which made it just right for rolling up good snow people (the politically correct term for snowmen, I guess).