John Couey's Death Conviction
I couldn't believe there was no mention in today's Montgomery Advertiser of the death conviction in Florida of John Couey yesterday for the murder of Jessica Lunsford. So, I thought perhaps I had missed it and went back and looked at the A section again.
Instead:
Front page--Blue Gray Tournament Begins Today: In light of the fact that the news of the four Ohio students who were killed in Atlanta was relegated to the sports section, why not this one, too?
3A--Laurens, S.C.--Educators accused of selling beer to students.
Billings, MT--Unicorn claim incorrect.
4A--Dallas, TX--Methodist council oks SMU land for Bush library.
5A--Male gorilla causing baby boom in zoos.
The Adam Walsh Act was passed last July and I wrote then that I was disturbed that there was no mention of it in your paper. It was landmark legislation, but unless Washington and state legislators put teeth to the rhetoric and fund it, as well as the Jessica Lunsford Act, the Acts will die on someone's desk and no one will fund our law enforcement and courts to go after the John Coueys of the world. Instead our local legislators seem to care more about giving themselves a 60% raise than they do about fighting sex predators in our state, and Washington seems to care more about passing "pork" legislation, such as bridges that go nowhere.
Your child or grandchild could be next. The verdict in the Couey case just saved another child who may have crossed his path.
Instead:
Front page--Blue Gray Tournament Begins Today: In light of the fact that the news of the four Ohio students who were killed in Atlanta was relegated to the sports section, why not this one, too?
3A--Laurens, S.C.--Educators accused of selling beer to students.
Billings, MT--Unicorn claim incorrect.
4A--Dallas, TX--Methodist council oks SMU land for Bush library.
5A--Male gorilla causing baby boom in zoos.
The Adam Walsh Act was passed last July and I wrote then that I was disturbed that there was no mention of it in your paper. It was landmark legislation, but unless Washington and state legislators put teeth to the rhetoric and fund it, as well as the Jessica Lunsford Act, the Acts will die on someone's desk and no one will fund our law enforcement and courts to go after the John Coueys of the world. Instead our local legislators seem to care more about giving themselves a 60% raise than they do about fighting sex predators in our state, and Washington seems to care more about passing "pork" legislation, such as bridges that go nowhere.
Your child or grandchild could be next. The verdict in the Couey case just saved another child who may have crossed his path.
posted by Carole Weldon at
8:58 AM
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