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In response to "Myers Park IB, Hough High are back on CMS agenda" (Dec. 3):
Don't back down on naming school after a remarkable man
The writer is a '63 graduate of North Meck, was principal there from 1994-2005, and is president of the North Mecklenburg High School Alumni Association.
There has been a lot of unnecessary fuss about the naming of the new high school after W.A. Hough. I had the privilege of knowing this fine man and esteemed educator as a student at North Meck and later as a staff member under his direction. He was a man of integrity who served Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and the community with utmost distinction.
To name a school for him is an honor to his life well lived and to the ideals he espoused: honesty, hard work, faith and love. Any school should be proud to be named for such a remarkable person.
Jimmy K. Poole
Huntersville
Listen to parents, students Hough High name will impact
The name Hough High has two potential misuses (Ho and Huff), is not liked by students and was opposed by parents. CMS should change the name to Bailey and name the library at North Meck after Mr. Hough. That way, students won't be teased about the name and Mr. Hough will be honored at the school he was connected with.
I've also noticed that most of the pro-Hough people have been of an older generation who knew Mr. Hough, not parents and children the school will actually affect.
Joe Rummage
Huntersville
In response to "Touchdown fulfills Justin's '12 Big' dream" (Dec. 2 Sports):
Tale of Justin's touchdown written with a tender touch
I would like to commend sports writer Langston Wertz for the informative portrayal of Justin Weisner's role on the Newton-Conover High School football team. I'm especially appreciative of the respectful language used to reveal Justin's disability and the fact that the article emphasized the pertinent aspects of the story rather than sensationalizing the disability. You not only shared a heart-warming story but you educated the public as well.
Kay Miller
Charlotte
In response to "Man sought in relation to deaths has record" (Nov. 30) and related articles:
Gov. Perdue should pay close attention to cop-shooting case
The suspect in the shooting of four police officers in Washington state was a repeat felon with a long record who had just been released from prison.
The same situation could happen here if Gov. Bev Purdue allows the 27 murderers, robbers and rapists serving life sentences in North Carolina to be freed.
Life means life. They were put away for a reason. Keep them there.
Karna Schantz
Charlotte
In response to "Gov. Sanford impeachment hearings begin" (Nov. 25) and subsequent articles:
When deciding coverage, think about Gov. Sanford's family
I wish the State Ethics Commission would get off Gov. Mark Sanford's back. Every day the media has bad things to say about him. Do you ever stop to think how you are hurting his wife and children? Please think of the family, and get off him every day in the paper.
Frankie Thomas
Fort Mill
In response to "Is Obama doing the right thing?" (Dec. 3 Viewpoint):
Hard to figure out what Obama was thinking on Afghanistan
Having served in the Vietnam War, I'm acutely aware that lost political causes can produce a tremendous loss of American lives. So, for me it's hard to figure out what our president has in mind with the deployment of more troops to Afghanistan.
I didn't hear him say his decision was based on a plan for victory. Did he make the decision to placate the left? Or did he make it because he was backed into a corner by the left-right and who knows?
Whatever the reason, let's hope we don't once again see our men and women standing on rooftops trying to catch the last boat out going down the river of defeat.
John Wayne Parrish Jr.
Lexington, S.C.
Capitalism, socialism both
OK in controlled proportion
I'll never understand some people's extreme opposition to socialism. It is true that capitalism produces wealth while socialism only distributes it, but we need both.
The wealth produced by capitalism is often produced, however, at a cost of great cruelty toward and disregard for the contribution of the weaker members of society by the strong. Socialism, on the other hand, secures for the weak what their labor has earned and for those too impaired to contribute, the means for a modest existence. We need both, but in a carefully controlled proportion, so that one does not try to eliminate the other.
Robert G. Scharff
Charlotte
In response to "Quit printing check-out line trash about Tiger Woods" (Dec. 2 Forum):
Like it or not, what Tiger does, good or bad, is newsworthy
As it turns out, Tiger Woods did in fact cheat on his wife. When you are the most famous athlete in the world, making enormous sums of money and are a role model to thousands, if not millions, of kids worldwide, then yes, your behavior is newsworthy on any level - good or bad.
This time for Tiger, as it turns out, is bad.
George Lazenby
Concord
