European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16letters to the editor a thursday september 8.1994 thes european edition. Col Steven s. Hoffman Usan. Cominar Xref pub of. A Bernard a. Zovistoski a editor a news and editorial Deborah Abshaw news editor Iii Waikart european editor. Bob Wicker sports editor George Menem City editor to write us unit 29480apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37. 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255, 282,226,326. Sports ext. 225,260, 263,332, 321,221. Features ext. 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208,400. Education Jim Jones. Ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effie Bethen room 1�7, Rel Norstr 104, 69126 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 37070 of or civilian 06271-23421. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty. John Bohmer and Doyle Tillman. 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The appearance of advertising in tins pub Canon including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stapes of the products or services advertised housing fees Rise so i ask you How do you get rid of those Pesky civilians that you find working in military installations throughout the world do like they re doing in the Augsburg Germany area a double their rent. I am a is employee with More than 14 years of government service and recently returned from a vacation in the . To a letter stating that next month my housing service charge will change from $358 per month to $793 per month. Thank you Yery much for the two week notice. Not trying to Lay out a big sob Story i moved into government quarters about a year ago from an apartment on the Economy when there was an excess of housing because of the draw Down. Now for whatever reasons they care to divulge Many of us Are being driven out of our Homes with this ridiculous increase in maintenance fees. Since the government cannot charge a rent a the service charge is supposedly for utilities and now singles Are to pay the same As families. I find it difficult to believe that a single person uses the same amount of hot water electricity heat and famil Reading anyway i am not one. Of the privileged who receive living quarters allowance la to help in the Cost of living Here so this comes As an abrupt slap in the face in already stressful times. So i figured id go to the town Hall meeting and see what the bigwigs had to say. After sitting through two hours of dialogue on such hot topics As the rearrangement of the commissary and How to get a dog neutered they finally got around to this housing Issue. It was explained that this decision was made at Usa eur . Army european nothing can be done. So there. When More concerns were raised the master of ceremonies did his famous political style sidestepping to Cut off the topic and quickly change subjects. Marc Jarvis Augsburg Germany editor s note the Goma experience we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Ere published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155-601 463, Dan 348-8463. Gas that a family uses. How about Metera some Are bad apples people who think the military police Are such saints should Wake up. Granted not All Are a bad apples a but there Are quite a few. V How about the one who physically assaulted a Friend of mine for using a this a picnic table with his wife a permission or the ongoing Competition to see who can get the most letters of reprimand and tickets Etc yup folks sounds like a Fine police Force. Of course the majority do nothing to enforce quiet hours we residents do that ourselves or try to to no Avail. And unsupervised children Are allowed to run rampant tearing things up Spray painting cars and writing on Walls. Nothing a done. A what a Fine example of military police work. / \ -. Next time i see an my Yelling arid laughing with a few teens or his friends at Midnight ill be sure to compliment him on his Fine  Waite Mannheim Germany i was asked to write a Short description of my experience while deployed As a member of the 51st Maint in during on. Ration support Hope in Goma Zaire i am left with two distinct impressions As i reflect on what we did there. My first impression is one of Pride in my unit and Pride in the soldiers i work with. A a. A a everyone whether a water purification specialist in Goma or a truck Driver who stayed in the rear to move supplies to Rhein main pulled together As professionals to accomplish the Mission. It was Nice to find out that the people we work with every Day can be relied upon to put training into practice and work together to save lives. My second impression is one of gratitude for the things we have that Many of us take for granted so often. From the first Day i arrived in Goma i was amazed at How the locals could find value in the simplest of things. Cardboard from our meals ready to eat boxes or plastic for shelter or an empty evian bottle and of course clean water. A. A a a a \. 1 think All of us have a new appreciation for a clean toilet or a toilet seat for that matter. Quot so Many of us complain when the army and air Force Exchange service fun out of hummels or about what our government does no to do for us but at least we Are allowed to speak freely vote and Are Able to possess televisions stereos cars and All the other Little things we think make us Happy. So Many times i saw local soldiers a Stop people on the Street at gunpoint and strip them of bicycles radios goats clothes or anything of value. I think these impressions Are ones that Many of us who deployed to Goma share and i Hope wont be lost any time soon. 1st it. Shane Debusk Mannheim Germany commentary vaccine plan shot Down for Good reason by Scripps Howard news service a i sense an impending train  so said sen. Dale bumpers last May contemplating the chaos that had become the Clinton administrations cherished commitment to vaccinating americans children. Bumpers is a Friend of the Clin tons and a crusader for higher rates of inoculation. Yet the Arkansas Democrat was dismayed by the presidents overblown plan for Universal immunization. Last month the administration conceded bumpers was right about one thing it cancelled a wildly impractical scheme for distributing much of the country a vaccine Supply from a government warehouse in new Jersey that sudden reversal is Only the latest setback for a program whose troubles should stand As a warning to All who would Rush to Reform the nations health care. Vaccines for children began As a response to a real problem. Nearly half of american kids have not had their full course of immunizations against nine Dis eases by age 2. Unfortunately the Clinton misdiagnosed the reason for this  weeks of moving to the White House the president and first lady were denouncing greedy vaccine manufacturers for Price gouging. But social workers and policy analysts agreed that Cost was not preventing children from getting their shots. Most Low income kids were eligible for free inoculations at Public clinics. Instead neglectful or disorganized parents were failing to take advantage of available services. The problem was motivation. A new Democrat solution would have emphasized responsible behaviour. It would ave combined outreach a Mobile vaccination vans in needy neighbourhoods say a with a requirement that children get their shots to receive welfare just As older children must be immunized to go to school. The Clin tons solution however was free vaccines for Alt Rich and poor alike. Congress walked at this unneeded Universal entitlement and in the end provided free shots to those not covered by insurance. But the administration still planned on the governments buying huge supplies of vaccine at a discount and distributing it nationwide. The general accounting office warned in july that the government had a no experience with storing and distributing  after talking with officials in 50 states the Gao also concluded the program probably would not raise rates of immunization. Now a new distribution plan must be devised by oct. 1. But the administration with its overreaching and combativeness has antagonized the drug companies. Deplorable As All this waste and mismanagement is the vaccines for children program is a Mere $460 million drop in the $1.5 trillion sea of the Federal budget. Imagine if a similarly ill thought out revamping of the whole hugely Complex health care system were cast in Law. The immunization fiasco will have served a Noble purpose if it inoculated Congress against any such demented scheme. 5oh/hat Mace you  pen son Wen i wanted a Quality epic a on 5r�?z. 1 Lent to a 5eie esteem Academy m California and frankly i Imp a Little under challenges. I f/6urep to tap time to push myself it pan elite a hl6hlycompetitive colle6e where Coulp really pursue my Cape Mac interests /