European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page letters to the editor wednesday August 24,1994 the ran european edition col. Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Absher news editor Bui Walker european editor Bobbi com. Sports editor Georg Manes City editor to write us unit 29480. Apo a 09211 orpostfach111437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155,601,416 to Call us Oia 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237, 255, 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263,332, 321,221. Features ext. 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208,400. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany room 117. R8merstr. 104. 69128 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 or Contact the City desk at the european stars and stripes. Postrach 11 1437, 64278 Darmstadt unit 29480. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse ment by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Is caters to Germany t i look Forward to a lot of things being overseas such As shopping travelling and entertainment one of the ways i stay Alert to these events is by Reading the stars and stripes. While stationed in Germany i found stripes to be very beneficial from con certs to current events it was All Cov ered. I was satisfied unto i pcs d to the United kingdom. I found that stripes no longer supports my needs. What this boils Down to i two questions Why does the stars and stripes Cate to Germany if you Don to Cater to. Ger Many Why does t eng Laried have the Typ of sales and opportunities that . Air forces in Europe members in German have. . Johnson Raf Lakenheath England yes there Are a lot of sumps in the area. Comparing our numbers to that of up Tizenor our stateside counterparts is ridiculous. Polisei and the stateside police Are not deployed to Somalia saudi Ara Bia Africa Etc. And unfortunately there Are enough crimes committed by Ameri cans in the area to keep us Are on your Side but that does t mean you won t receive a citation if you commit a traffic violation or be apprehended for a More serious offence. Our priorities Are course there Are bad apples in every Are no exception. If you encounter a bad Apple in our profession re port give those of us who take Pride in our Job a bad name you la be doing us Lafavor. Stacy w. Pierce Kapaun air station Germany police on your Side the writer of looking behind badge must be uneducated on the duties of the Security military police. First we Don t go around treating ple like criminals while crimes of greater magnitude go spa maps Are not the judge and jury. Punishment is handed Down brother agencies of the Justice system. Lan Stuhl efficiency i recently had to use the . The reason because i an Active duty member could t get an appointment at Ramstein s immunization clinic to out process. They Only take appointments on thursdays and fridays and of course you can Only phone in for an appointment. I tried on Many occasions to get through. Finally after reaching a record ing twice i was put on hold so. Long that my Telephone Cut off both times. An individual told me during one of our out processing appointments that he went to Lan Stuhl and was seen immediately. It took me longer to find a parking spot than it did for the professionals in the immunization clinic to see me. I guess maybe their policies for Active duty Mem Bers Are different. Although the waiting room was full i was the Only one in uniform and was in stantly seen. I think they realize that we in the Mili tary do have a Job and our Bosses Aren too Happy when we take half a Day for one appointment. 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It wastage one prime time in our newspapers and newscasts another sad tale of now Washington works agriculture Secretary Mike Espy who oversees the regu lation of poultry is being investigated Lor accepting gifts of Dallas Cowboy football tickets and a corporate Jot ride from the nation s largest poultry producer. And we could t miss the clucking from Capitol Hill where nobody can Fig ure How a Sharp savvy fellow like their former colleague Espy an from Mississippi could have done something that was certainly stupid an conceivably illegal. But wait. The news Media again told us just half a Story of How washing ton really works. Only the most resource Ful readers could piece together the whole Story of Washington s inbred Ini acuity from various news clippings and they had to do it on their own. For we in the news Media Are no very Good at putting things together to re veal the whole picture. We Are instead too often like Moths that flit from Light bulb to to Light bulb flutter ing furiously but never really pulling Back to realize that what we have Here in just a Bunch of lights it s one helluva chandelier. In this Case to piece together How Washington really works you could read this month on Page one of most newspapers that attorney general Janet Reno had called for an Independent counsel to probe Espy s acceptance of gifts from Tyson s foods inc. And then on the next Day a Reader of the. Washington Post could stumble across a Chart on Page a29that was never linked to the Case of the agriculture Secretary but which does de Tail the contributions to the House Agri culture committee and appropriations subcommittee on .agriculture., the Chart was drawn from research by the Center for responsive politics where i have been a senior fellow what you will see is that ,. Espy who oversees poultry Regula Tion accepted gifts that As Reno wrote amount to at least several Hundred Dol Lars in he is being investigated to see whether he violated a 1907 meat inspection act which bars agriculture employees from accepting anything of value from members of the Industry they regulate. Also whether he initially eased up on poultry regulations As some agr ice it Jere Orfi coals alleged nil he de Nied. The 47 members of the House Agri culture committee who oversee the regulation of All agricultural interests including poultry received $3.8 million in 1991-93 in Campaign contributions from agriculture Industry individuals and Polit ical action committees pics. House agriculture chairman a Kika de la Garza a Texas was the top recipient of Money getting $242,374 from special interests regulated by his commit tee. Rep. Charles w. Stenholm a Texas was second with $219,403. The newly published open secrets the encyclopedia of congressional Money and politics by Larry Makinson and Joshua Goldstein of the Center for responsive politics puts those Dollar amounts into startling perspective. A whopping 72 percent of chairman de la Garza s 1991-92 contributions of More than $200 came from special interests his committee oversees. By the Way in 1991-92, agriculture committee member rep. Mike Espy d miss., received $68,350 from agriculture special interests 24 percent of his total contributions of $200 or More. What Mike Espy did in taking Tyson s gifts is clearly stupid and wrong it s in the category of Don to touch the hot stove and it May Well be judge illegal. But what most of the 535 senators an representatives do each Day in their systematic solicitation or As the lobbyist see it the daily Shakedown of special in in also stupid an wrong. But perfectly Legal. Under our current system of financing campaigns senators and representatives say they virtually have no Choice but to go Forth and beg where the Money is. The probe of Secretary Espy was bigness. But readers and viewers also de serve to be told the rest of the Story the much larger far More blatant daily abuses that now Are taken for granted by the Washington pols and their press. Together the two stories Tell the whole Story of How Washington really works. And Why it must be fixed. Or. President. For Alt of u5 involve in the White mater. A telling you very Hlf Ful to cov5kjn6up. Well. 0&ttbr.co sorry. Orpina7eour Nocan efforts. Cant you Ith Astha int a. Appearance u6 if it s Juicy. A
