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OPINION
10A
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Denton Record-Chronicle
Denton Record-Chronicle
Deal with
Iran just
a political
charade
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y abandoning virtually all its demands
for serious restrictions on Iran’s nucle-
ar bomb program, the Obama admin-
istration has apparently achieved the sem-
blance of a preliminary introduction to the
beginning of a tentative framework for a pos-
sible hope of an eventual agreement with
Iran.
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But even this hazy “achievement” may
vanish like a mirage. It takes two to agree —
and Iran has already publicly disputed and
even mocked what
President Obama says
is the nature of that
framework.
Had Iran whole-
heartedly agreed with
everything the Obama
administration said,
that agreement would
still have been worth-
less, since Iran has al-
ready blocked interna-
tional inspectors from
its nuclear facilities at unpredictable times.
The appearance of international control
is more dangerous than a frank admission
that we don’t really know what they are do-
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Letters to the editor
Vote for Wazny
Kathleen Wazny was one of the leaders in
the fight against the planned convention
center and the $30 million bond debt that
went with it.
As an “open government” advocate, she
fought to have the convention center placed
on the ballot, so the voters could decide yes
or no, not the City Council. As a fiscal conser-
vative, she questioned the numbers and
pushed for a better plan and a better loca-
tion. Her ability to lead, to listen and to eval-
uate will make her an asset on our Denton
City Council.
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Thomas
Sowell
Voter registration
deadline looms
ost folks realize we have city and school elec-
tions on the horizon.
There have been plenty of clues to remind us.
Perhaps you’ve noticed a letter or two on this page
extolling the virtues of one candidate or another, and you
may be among the dedicated people who turned out for
one of the candidate forums that have already been held.
Those candidates are starting to work in earnest now.
Little campaign time remains for those seeking elected
positions in the May 9 election.
But there’s another critical date that will have a direct
effect on the outcome of the May 9 election that is fast
approaching and you may not have realized it.
So, allow us to offer this not-so-subtle reminder — stop
wasting time and register to vote. You can still get your
application recorded, but the deadline is close at hand.
In order to cast a ballot in the May 9 election, you
must be registered to vote by Thursday.
That’s right. Unless you have filled out the proper pa-
perwork to become a registered voter, they will hold this
election without you.
You’ll be left standing on the sideline while others have
a say in who represents them on city council and school
board.
Don’t let that happen. There’s still time to become a
registered voter, but you have to act now.
The folks at the Denton County Elections Administra-
tion have collected all the voter registration information
you need to know and have made it available at http://
www.votedenton.com/.
Visit the website and you can find out exactly what you
need to do to make sure your vote will be counted on
election day. As the site points out, voter registration ap-
plications are available from the voter registrar’s office,
libraries, most post offices, some high schools and the
Elections Administration office.
best candidate to serve District 3 and I hope
that you will agree by voting for her.
Watson Crumbie, veteran of
World War II and Korea,
Denton
mg.
Clyde Roberts,
Denton
Why then all these negotiations? Because
these charades protect Barack Obama politi-
cally, no matter how much danger they cre-
ate for America and the world. The latest
Look at the facts
I just read that some students at UNT are
very upset with the selection of Texas Gov.
Greg Abbott as the commencement speaker
for this year’s graduation ceremony. Their
complaint is that Gov. Abbott is divisive and
controversial and should not be allowed to
public opinion polls show Obama’s approval
rating rising.
In political terms — the only terms that
matter to him — his foreign policy has been a
success.
If you look back through history, you will
be hard pressed to find a leader of any demo-
cratic nation so universally popular — hailed
enthusiastically by opposition parties as well
as his own — as was British Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain when he returned from
Munich in 1938, waving an agreement with
Hitler’s signature on it, and proclaiming
“Peace for our time.”
Who cared that he had thrown a small
country to the Nazi wolves, in order to get a
worthless agreement with Hitler? It looked
great at the time because it had apparently
avoided war.
Now Barack Obama seems ready to re-
peat that political triumph by throwing an-
other small country — Israel this time — to
the wolves, for the sake of another worthless
agreement.
Back in 1938, Winston Churchill was one
of the very few critics who tried to warn
Chamberlain and the British public. Chur-
chill said: “The idea that safety can be pur-
chased by throwing a small State to the
wolves is a fatal delusion.”
After the ruinous agreement was made
with Hitler, he said: “You were given the
choice between war and dishonor. You chose
dishonor and you will have war.” Chamber-
lain’s “Peace for our time” lasted just less than
Elect Wazny for City Council
Having lived in Denton almost 40 years,
I raised my children here and was involved
in many volunteer activities, but left the run-
ning of the city to others. It wasn’t until I met
Kathleen Wazny and attended City Council
meetings that I realized how important
oversight of those who run our city is.
She led the “over 65” property tax reduc-
tion and won. She served on the committee
speak.
Now let’s state the facts. He is a member
of one of the two major political parties in
our country, he is the newly elected governor
of the state of Texas and he received 59.25
percent of the popular vote in the 2014 elec-
tion — defeating his opponent by 20.34 per-
cent.
that put term limits on our City Council. She
helped lead the fight against the convention
center, believing it wasn’t the right time or
place.
Well, after looking at those stats, I can see
how one could construe this man to be con-
troversial and divisive. That is if the person
looking at this situation is viewing this
through the eyes of the opposition party — a
party that claims to be fair, open-minded, in-
clusive, tolerant and embraces all forms of
diversity.
That is as long as this diversity and open
mindedness is the same as theirs.
The hypocrisy of those attempting to be-
smirch and block Gov. Abbott’s speech is so
glaring that even the thought police should
be able to see their own closed minds and
bigotry.
Kathleen’s varied life experiences as a
wife, mother, grandmother and business-
woman have taught her to listen intently, see
around comers and think on her feet.
Denton needs Kathleen Wazny’s leader-
ship skills and her tenacity to see things
through to a successful conclusion. I admire
and will vote for Kathleen Wazny for District
3.
Bonnie Glod,
Denton
Wazny best choice
If you’re a senior in Denton, Kathleen
Wazny lowered your property taxes. Fair
Taxes for Seniors in Denton was her organi-
zation. She was co-chairwoman. In 2009,
they led a grassroots fight to lower city prop-
erty taxes for Denton homeowners “65 and
Over.” It was an uphill battle, as it met with
resistance from the City Council. Kathleen
and her group worked hard, and the City
Council did pass the tax reduction.
So seniors, when you pay your city prop-
erty taxes each year, know that you pay less,
thanks to Kathleen Wazny.
Dennis Loecisano,
Denton
Wazny for City Council
I came to know Kathleen Wazny as a re-
sult of having served with her father during
the Korean War.
Her father fought in nine battles during
World War II and Korea. She understands
firsthand the hardships for families of veter-
ans and the sacrifices veterans make. If you
are a veteran, I believe that you will appreci-
ate how she openly supports and appreciates
veterans.
In my opinion, she is undoubtedly the
You can also call the office at 940-349-3200 or drop
by 701 Kimberly Drive, Suite A101, to ask a question or
get more information. The email address is elec-
tions @dentoncounty.com.
The decisions that will be made on May 9 are too im-
portant to leave them to someone else. Make sure that
you have a say in choosing the men and women who will
represent you and your family.
The decisions they will make during the next couple of
years will have a direct impact on your quality of life, so
you need to stand up and be counted.
In order to do that, you must be a registered voter, so
check out your eligibility status today.
There’s still time to get your name on the roll of regis-
tered voters, but the clock is ticking.
Don’t let the deadline pass and leave you out in the
a year.
Comparing Obama to Chamberlain is
unfair — to Chamberlain. There is no ques-
tion that the British prime minister loved his
country and pursued its best interests as he
saw it.
He was not a “citizen of the world,” or
worse. Chamberlain was building up his
country’s military forces, not tearing them
down, as Barack Obama has been doing with
American military forces.
Secretary of State John Kerry, and other
members of the Obama administration, are
saying that the alternative to an agreement
with Iran is war.
But when Israel bombed Iraq’s nuclear
reactors, back in 1981, Iraq did not declare
war on Israel. It would have been suicidal to
do so, since Israel already had nuclear
bombs.
There was a time when either Israel or the
United States could have destroyed Iran’s
nuclear facilities, with far less risk of war
than there will be after Iran already has its
own stockpile of nuclear bombs.
Indeed, the choice then will no longer be
between a nuclear Iran and war. The choice
maybe between surrender to Iran and nucle-
ar devastation.
Barack Obama dismissed the thought of
America being vulnerable to “a small coun-
try” like Iran. Iran is in fact larger than Japan
was when it attacked Pearl Harbor, and Iran
has a larger population. If Japan had nuclear
bombs, World War II could have turned out
very differently.
If anyone examines the hard, cold facts
about the Obama administration’s actions
and inactions in the Middle East from the
beginning, it is far more difficult to reconcile
those actions and inactions with a belief that
Obama was trying to stop Iran from getting
nuclear weapons than it is to reconcile those
facts with his trying to stop Israel from stop-
ping Iran from getting nuclear weapons.
This latest agreement with Iran — with
which Iran has publicly and loudly disagreed
— is only the latest episode in that political
charade.
Sue Solometo,
Denton
Other voices
is going on with him, instead of assuming
you know. From there, you can direct that
person to the needed help.
Experts caution, the untrained person
should never diagnose or attempt to provide
therapy. Instead they should help the patient
seek help. Gulf Bend Center offers training
for people to help recognize symptoms of
mental illness and what to do to help the
person get the needed help.
While the general public is not profes-
sionally trained, most have the compassion
to lend a helping hand.
But we must remember, if we promise to
help someone, we must follow through with
that promise. Experts say failing to help
someone we have offered to help can push
the person further into his mental crisis.
We as a community have to step forward
to help people with mental illness or who are
suffering a mental crisis. This help will
snowball to give those who need help the
strength to seek help.
Help mentally ill
Mental illness cannot stay hidden in the
closet. We as a community have to let people
suffering from mental health issues or con-
cerns know it is OKto talk about it and more
cold.
importantly, to seek help.
For too long stigmas have been attached
to mental illness that have kept patients as
well as their families and friends from seek-
ing the needed help.
But it can no longer be that way.
With the growing number of people be-
ing diagnosed with depression and other
forms of mental illness, the community con-
versation has to begin now. Help is out there,
and we have to spread that message.
Mental illness is treatable, but the person
has to seek the help. Caught early, mental ill-
nesses can be successfully treated, and
young people can grow up to live healthy,
happy and productive lives.
One of the most important things a per-
son can do is to listen to a person who wants
to talk about his issues. Let him tell you what
This day in history: April 8
makers to enact tariff reform.
In 1946, the League of Na-
tions assembled in Geneva for
its final session.
In 1952, President Harry S.
Truman seized the American
steel industry to avert a nation-
wide strike. (The Supreme
Court later ruled that Truman
had overstepped his authority,
opening the way for a seven-
week strike by steelworkers.)
In 1961, a suspected bomb
exploded aboard the passenger
liner MV Dara in the Persian
Gulf, causing it to sink; 238 of
the 819 people aboard were
killed.
Today is Wednesday, April
8, the 98th day of 2015. There
are 267 days left in the year.
On April 8,1935, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the
Emergency Relief Appropria-
tions Act, which provided mon-
ey for programs such as the
Works Progress Administration.
In 1864, the United States
Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th
Amendment to the U.S. Consti-
tution abolishing slavery. (The
House of Representatives
passed it in January 1865; the
amendment was ratified and
adopted in December 1865.)
In1904, Longacre Square in
Manhattan was renamed Times
Square after The New York
Times.
In 1913, the 17th Amend-
ment to the Constitution, pro-
viding for popular election of
United States senators (as op-
posed to appointment by state
legislatures), was ratified. Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson became
the first chief executive since
John Adams to address Con-
gress in person as he asked law-
— Victoria Advocate
In 1974, Hank Aaron of the
Atlanta Braves hit his 715th ca-
reer home run in a game against
the Los Angeles Dodgers, break-
ing Babe Ruth’s record.
In 1975, The Godfather Part
II won the Academy Award for
best picture; Ellen Burstyn won
best actress for Alice Doesn’t
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