Bubbling voter cynicism not a matter of party
To the editor:
Between watching and reading about the political atmosphere in this country I cannot help but laugh.
Too many pundits are still trying to make it out to be a Republican versus Democrat thing. I dare say they are in error.
The special election in Massachusetts has both parties trying to wrap their collective heads around the results. I submit it is an independent thing.
The American people voted for change and received a Democrat-controlled Congress and White House. They rejected a Republican Party that stood for itself. What we have now is a government that instead of listening to the governed has chosen to dictate to the people.
Both parties have chosen to conduct the people’s business in private and pass legislation that they do not read in the middle of the night.
This will end.
The Tea Party people have been called teabaggers, evil mongers, racists, astroturf, etc., in addition to being ignored by media and representatives of our government. The discontent goes further than that, and they refuse to see. That is why Scott Brown was elected to the Senate in Massachusetts.
Independents outnumber members of both parties for a reason. We do not like them.
Sen. Harry Reid will not likely be re-elected this time around. I would hope a lot of incumbents will not be re-elected.
I would be skeptical of any so-called political spiritual awakening by any candidate of any party. To quote the speaker of the House, “A lot of things are said on the campaign trail.”
Show me the works, not the hollow promises, and I would consider giving you my vote.
Darrell Welch
NORTH LAS VEGAS
Titus flip
To the editor:
I find it interesting that all of a sudden Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., is saying that because only 36 percent of the American people are in favor of the health care bill, maybe we shouldn’t go forward with it in this form. Isn’t that what the Republicans have been saying for months?
And didn’t she vote for health care reform in the first place? Of course, that was when the Democrats had their supermajority in the Senate. I wonder if her change of attitude has anything to do with the election in Massachusetts?
A wise man once told me to make sure the words I used were tender and sweet because one day I may have to eat them.
Bob McKinley
NORTH LAS VEGAS
Customer service
To the editor:
People are buying less. Retailers are worried. You would think in a declining economy that stores and restaurants would do everything in their power to keep customers.
Customer service, however, seems to be declining rather than improving.
I’m not talking about the length of lines. Obviously, when you have to cut back, lines will get longer. It’s the perfect opportunity to get rid of marginal employees and, with unemployment so high, the perfect opportunity to hire people who actually like working with the public. And yet lately when I reach the head of a line, no one smiles or even looks at me. Is this the best you could find?
The only greeting I’m likely to get is the standard invitation to sign up for a credit card.
If I have a question or a problem, it’s almost guaranteed that I will be told to stand in another line or shunted to the side to wait an interminable amount of time for someone else, supposedly a manager who also won’t smile.
Don’t bother trying to reach anyone on the phone. You may get an operator who will then transfer you to a phone that will never be answered, or to voice mail, to which no one will respond. It’s sad that we are genuinely surprised and grateful when someone is actually nice to us.
Convinced that upper management doesn’t know how their employees behave, I have tried contacting them. Beyond a few half-hearted, “Gee, I’m sorry” comments, nothing changes. The same employees continued working, creating the same problems.
Vicky De Leo
OVERTON
