Letters: Concerns over Mounds at country club, no sales tax on guns and Supreme Court

No sales tax on guns means no income

I see our Ohio legislators, in their infinite wisdom, are contemplating eliminating taxes on guns and ammo. One sponsor, Rep. Al Cutrona, R-Canfield, has stated that Ohio will lose $15-20 million in revenue, but that would be made up for in increased sales. What? Did someone fail math or economics? Increased sales, with no sales tax, means no income. So where do these people expect to make up for that lost revenue?

Watch your wallets everybody!

Edward Thomas, Baltimore

Concerns over litter, crime at Newark Mounds at country club

"The response was a mixture of confusion and you might even say pity. 'Ohio? That’s too bad. Visiting family?'" wrote Ken Feder, Ph.D, a professor of anthropology at Central Connecticut State University, in a June 25 guest opinion column, "World Heritage designation will certify Hopewell Earthworks as important part of history."

Funny.Feder’s no Twain.And none of this will seem funny to those living near Moundbuilders Country Club — where the Newark Earthworks that are part of the Hopewell Earthworks seeking World Heritage site designation are located — once trash begins to pile up on 30th St. and the bottom area of the course (the acreage without mounds) becomes a gathering place for drug use, etc. Nearby homeowners will find it humorless as property values drop and criminal activity increases.Here’s an interesting fact: some of the Moundbuilders Country Club mounds were destroyed (by accident and design) when it was a military encampment prior to the Spanish American War. They were eventually rebuilt — not by the Hopewell. A portion of the mounds visitors “flock” to view aren’t even original.I’ve never been a member of the country club. I was raised nearby and live a short distance away today. I helped maintain the grounds at one time, mounds included. I know the effort involved in keeping the place pristine. As a lifelong resident, I've witnessed the painful decline of the mounds found on the other side of town. The split rail fence came down, litter piled up, and criminal activity increased.I believe the same will happen with the mounds located at Moundbuilders Country Club. Maybe someone from another state can give us pointers on what we should do then.Jonathan Brent Crowley, Newark

Congress needs to act to restore legitimacy of U.S. Supreme Court

Our fundamental freedoms are being attacked by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The partisan right-wing majority on the bench gutted voting rights, opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate money in our elections, struck down gun safety laws, and limited the government’s ability to protect our air and water.

In the year since they overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion has been effectively banned (with extremely limited exceptions) in 14 states. About one in three Americans have lost access to abortion care.

This can’t go on. We need to move away from these types of extremely partisan rulings and restore the legitimacy of the nation's highest court.

Congress has a constitutional duty to act as a check on the Supreme Court and restore faith in our judicial system. It’s time they act before it’s too late.

Patricia Kreager, Zanesville

This article originally appeared on Newark Advocate: Letters: Concerns over mounds at country club, gun sales tax, Supremes