I recently read in The Post and Courier that others in our community are alarmed about the dire conditions found in Joseph Floyd Manor.
What a tragedy, as we drive by this building on our way to work or play, that human beings are living this way.
These residents are elderly and disabled. The vision of rats on a stove haunts me.
What if the greater Charleston community worked together to eliminate these conditions?
Between apartment complexes, hotel rooms and other businesses, residents could be relocated to a better short-term domicile.
Maybe churches could adopt one resident for a year and see that electricity and water bills were paid.
Church members could assure that the resident had transportation for medical appointments, to pick up necessary items and to get their medicines. What if local architects got busy on plans for a new Joseph Floyd Manor?
What if contractors and builders provided a construction team one day a week to supplement the Charleston County Housing Authority personnel to get this building accomplished?
Many reading this may say it’s impossible or it is never going to happen. They may begin to name all the problems that will arise such as permits, liability, funding, time and resources.
But what if enough visionaries and community-minded folks said: “Together we can do this”?
What if, Charleston?
VICKIE GUERRY
Mount Pleasant
Honor school heroes
The initial Associated Press article in the Wednesday Post and Courier about a school shooting in Michigan featured the shooter, not the heroes.
Students at Oxford High School where four students died have created a petition to rename their stadium after one of the victims, 16-year-old Tate Myre. The petition has tens of thousands of signatures.
“Tate is not just a hero to his fellow students at Oxford high school but a legend, his act of bravery should be remembered forever and passed down through generations, he put his life in danger to try and help the thousands of other students at Oxford High School,” petition organizer Drake Biggie wrote.
WILLIAM MCLELLAN
Charleston
Civility on TV lacking
Television used to be a source of news and entertainment for American families. What has happened?
Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson recently bashed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
Political commentator Sean Hannity seems to bash anyone he can.
What happened to civility in news broadcasting? Remember Walter Cronkite?
On Jan. 6, we had an insurrection unlike any since 1776 when the Colonies fought against British rule.
Not all the blame is deserved by former President Donald Trump.
Many are responsible for the insurrection, and I think we need to look at those commentators to see if they were part of stirring up far-right groups and others that stormed the Capitol. If so, they should be held accountable.
ROBERT LANE
Goose Creek
Use EV cars to pay debt
President Joe Biden is releasing 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to reduce gas prices.
In 2020, daily use of oil in the United States was 18.19 million barrels per day. Based on 2020 figures, the reserves would last less than three days if no other oil was available.
I don’t see how this is going to resolve our president’s approach to getting us off of fossil fuels.
If electric cars are so great, then why does the government give a rebate for each one sold?
The long-term solution is to mandate that every passenger vehicle get 40 to 50 miles per gallon and apply a new $1 a gallon tax, which would be used to pay off the national debt.
PAT KILROY
Goose Creek
