Around Town – Jan. 30

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Jan. 30

Orchids to

GigabitNow ISP for providing excellent service at an excellent price, from a very satisfied household.

all the men and women clearing off our snow-covered streets, sidewalks, driveways, etc.

to the courageous, ordinary people who risk their lives to blow the whistle at the administration’s abuses.

the Indiana House legislators who voted down the firing squad as an execution method.

Judy McCormick for her letter.

the Trump administration for planning to change its policy and focus only on illegal immigrants with convictions or facing criminal charges, not deporting those with no such records.

my neighbors in the yellow home on State Road 9 for cleaning my drive on Monday, I appreciate it.

Trevor Cain for cleaning my driveway for no charge, I so appreciate it.

Onions to

people taking their dogs on long walks during this bitterly cold weather.

the national debt increasing by $2.2 trillion since the “Art of the Deal” took office.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the growing number of members, how and where they are used, and their penchant to use deadly force.

the absurdity and utter stupidity of expanding state-sanctioned execution of death row inmates and, in the same bill, allocating moneys to treat PTSD in execution team members.

all the Indiana MAGA senators who voted for the bill that would let anyone sue over the use of abortion-inducing drugs in Indiana.

the school corporation having school on a two-hour delay on Thursday when the temperature at 9 a.m. was -3 degrees.