Letters: Kia, Hyundai should be held to standards that save property, lives
Kia, Hyundai should be on hook
It seems that some Columbus residents think that Kia and Hyundai should not be sued because they have opted to make cheaper cars without theft-control devices.
They think that the problem of massive thefts of those models would be solved by locking up all the car thieves.
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My understanding is that the devices that other automobiles install deter and sometimes actually help catch those thieves.
No one is saying that there shouldn’t be police action on rings of auto thieves. There can be both — it’s not an either-or.
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It seems that Kia and Hyundai are undercutting their competitors by omitting those devices.
They raise insurance costs as well as take time and attention of our community’s police.
Why shouldn’t foreign manufacturers be forced to adhere to quality standards that save property and in some cases, lives?
Car chases can kill.
I’m a Columbus resident, and I’m very proud of the outstanding work that Columbus City Prosecutor Zach Klein is doing.
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He has been responsible for a number of other projects that needed attention, like suing slumlord corporations. With this action against Kia and Hyundai, he is setting the pace for the nation and putting Columbus on the map.
Susan Linden, Columbus
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Why aren't you enraged?
Ohio is cited by every national media outlet for its extreme gerrymandered district maps.
Where is the outrage?
The Dispatch has covered the problem repeatedly, including Monday's front page article "Ohio Republicans Win Historic Control."
If we had taken all the passion and protest about abortion to the Republican representatives responsible for the unconstitutional maps we were forced to use on Nov. 8, we would likely be reading an entirely different headline today.
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Would you play Monopoly with someone who rules that they get to start with 11 of the most valuable properties and you get four?
I doubt that you would argue about other aspects of the game.
There's no other way to say it.
Democracy is (in danger) until the maps are changed as it now appears that the fair maps Ohioans resoundingly voted in favor of will take a time consuming and expensive referendum.
But the cost would be far less than the $25 million second primary we paid for because of the willful cheating of the GOP supermajority on the redistricting commission.
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But getting the money will be easy compared to getting the Dems to work together to level the playing field.
Until that happens, the issues most of us care about are unlikely to change.
Susan D'Ooge Miller, Columbus
Hold Big Tech accountable
I agree with David Chavern in his Dispatch comments from his Nov. 11 guest column "Preserve local journalism by holding Big Tech accountable, pay fairly for news content"
I was looking for a book, "Applied Mechanics," on the Library of Congress website.
By pure accident, I found the front page of "The New York Tribune" dated March 31, 1921.
I was shocked.
On page 1 of this newspaper was the purchase price: 2 cents or 3 cents for outside of New York metro area. There is a 4 cent per copy version, probably those papers delivered by railroad to the "newsstands" in every railroad terminal.
The front page news was fascinating: a socialist ousted from New York legislature, 50 killed in riots in Germany, President Warren Harding shaking hands...
Michael Kovalik, Westerville
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