Compare Fumo
to violent criminals
Here's a thought for all those having a collective hissy fit over Vince Fumo's "light" sentence.
Note that the judge said, "It's not murder, it's not robbery, it's not even violent." So, save a little of that outrage for the revolving door routinely swinging for violent offenders in our fair city.
Have you ever noted the long track records of the violent criminals, including cop killers, when their latest murder, robbery, or rape does make the news pages?
Now that we have made our city safer by getting Vince Fumo off the streets, can we maybe devote a little attention to this?
John J. Donohue Jr.
Philadelphia
cpdono@aol.com
Didn't know Fumo
was vying for 'Idol'
I guess we all should blame ourselves for the lenient sentencing of Vince Fumo.
I just didn't realize that justice was arrived at the same way as the winner of American Idol. Whoever gets the most votes, or letters, wins!
John H. Hanovsky
Swim club
should be sued
Re: "Very, very personal," Friday:
I cannot believe there is any room for the Creative Steps Inc. day camp not to sue. The Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley should be subjected to shock and awe, and sued to the last drop of water in its swimming pool.
After Creative Steps has taken every dime, every house, and every car from this racist Brigadoon, the day camp should be allowed to take possession of the property, bulldoze it, and build a better pool.
Some forced bowing and scraping by these poor excuses for modern man is also in order.
Take them into court and expose them, without a plea deal, to day after day of testimony, covered nationally, so that Valley Club president John Duesler et al can explain word-for-word what he meant when he said that your group would change the "complexion" of the swimming pool.
Jay B. Tabor
Martinsburg, W. Va.
jbtabor1@verizon.net
Not the right
'teachable moment'
Glad to see that the Creative Steps Inc. kids are getting real-world education during the summertime.
Instead of the teachable moment where the kids triumphantly return to the pool to break down barriers (if they existed in the first place), we instead get the teachable moment where the kids learn how to sue. I wouldn't call those creative steps, I would call them cowardly steps.
Andrew Celwyn
acelwyn@aol.com
has questions, too
I know that no one is likely to come to the defense of the tactless Valley Club president, John Duesler, for his seemingly racist actions.
