http://www.tulsaworld.comThe latest news and information from the Tulsa World.5Copyright 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.What's so great about the income tax? How many pages is it now anyway?/article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Wake_up/20130522_61_A20_Whatss442085?rss_lnk=62Tony Leach, Oklahoma CityWed, 22 May 2013 08:31:11 CDTAll of us in this state pay fees whether it is for drivers licenses or tags; however, not all of us pay the higher rate of income taxes. That being said, this state, which is one of the poorest in terms .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Tax_cut_questioned/20130522_61_A20_Allofu447675?rss_lnk=62Jim Webb, OwassoWed, 22 May 2013 08:30:58 CDTThe IRS recently admitted that it had intentionally paid special attention to particular applicants who had requested certain tax treatment, simply because those applicants had 'tea party' or 'patriot' .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Makes_a_difference/20130522_61_A20_TeISrc457438?rss_lnk=62Bob LeBlanc, TulsaWed, 22 May 2013 08:30:47 CDTWhew, I'm still trying to digest all of the information we have had to listen to recently. First, why not do lie detector tests on all government administration and cabinet members? That's what we have .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Lie_detectors/20130522_61_A20_WeImsi449706?rss_lnk=62Pam Pofahl, BartlesvilleWed, 22 May 2013 08:30:35 CDTI believe that Mary Ann Kirk ('Outraged,' May 13) does not understand guns. At one time, most all weapons (guns) were military-style weapons. From the musket (muzzle-loader), the famed 1911 .45 automatic .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Its_not_the_gun/20130522_61_A20_Ibelie457960?rss_lnk=62James Hayes, GlenpoolWed, 22 May 2013 08:30:25 CDTThe May 12 Tulsa World featured an editorial cartoon implying that raising a child to be familiar with guns is to subject his peers to an early death. Is that a correct premise?/article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Shoot_straight/20130521_62_A13_TeMyus514493?rss_lnk=62Jim Helm, TulsaTue, 21 May 2013 08:41:01 CDTThis is National EMS Week and Wednesday is National EMS for Children Day./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Say_thanks_to_a_medic/20130521_62_A13_Thisis458033?rss_lnk=62Sue Watkins, TulsaTue, 21 May 2013 08:40:35 CDTIn the May 13 Tulsa World a headline read, 'Pope Francis gives church hundreds of new saints.'/article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Read_the_Bible/20130521_62_A13_IntheM441263?rss_lnk=62Bob Penick, PerkinsTue, 21 May 2013 08:40:14 CDTI do not know former Mayor Kathy Taylor. I do know that Taylor left a terrible situation in our city for Mayor Dewey Bartlett to straighten out, including a very hostile City Council, of which Bill Christiansen .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_A_suggestion/20130521_62_A13_Idonot512164?rss_lnk=62Wilfred Vargas, TulsaTue, 21 May 2013 08:39:50 CDTIt was with sadness and disbelief that I read your Benghazi editorial on May 15./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Complicit/20130520_62_A7_Itwasw695743?rss_lnk=62Gene Kinney, TulsaMon, 20 May 2013 03:54:15 CDTWhat is the reason for the wild jump in the local price of gasoline?/article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Above_average/20130520_62_A7_Whatis698650?rss_lnk=62Robin Mundt, TulsaMon, 20 May 2013 03:53:59 CDTI'm voting for Kathy Taylor no matter what. She's the best candidate for sure./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Bad_idea/20130520_62_A7_Imvoti700681?rss_lnk=62Linda Connor, TulsaMon, 20 May 2013 03:53:43 CDTLike many residents in Tulsa and the surrounding communities, I received an absentee ballot application from the Kathy Taylor campaign and not only did it include my full name and address, it also included .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Lost_vote/20130520_62_A7_Lkayrs683930?rss_lnk=62Melissa Ethridge-Jack, TulsaMon, 20 May 2013 03:53:22 CDTThe article in the May 9 World about Candace Bahr leaving her son in the car for 90 minutes last July should certainly be a warning to parents with young children. We read of this too often. What got my .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Wondering/20130519_62_G2_Teatce617011?rss_lnk=62Mike McFadden, TulsaSun, 19 May 2013 03:26:42 CDTI just read the article in the Tulsa World announcing that Gov. Mary Fallin has signed into law a bill that lowers the income taxes on the state's highest income earners, by an average of $82 a year, while .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Wheres_the_outrage/20130519_62_G2_Ijsedt918758?rss_lnk=62Tedd Adams, TulsaSun, 19 May 2013 03:26:34 CDTThe Benghazi affair is only an affair because of politics: the Republicans dislike for the Democrats and their party's symbol, President Obama and his liberalism. What I cannot get over is the irony of .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Two_camps/20130519_62_G2_TheBen730649?rss_lnk=62Roy N. O'Mara, TulsaSun, 19 May 2013 03:26:20 CDTFrom George Washington through James E. Carter is how long it took this nation to acquire $1 trillion in national debt. In 12 years, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush quadrupled that./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Twilight_zone/20130519_62_G2_FromGe930442?rss_lnk=62J.K. Craig, BethanySun, 19 May 2013 03:26:10 CDTIn regards to the increase of state fees charged to offset tax cuts, you must go no further than the rock group 'Blondie.' How may we apply her song, 'One way or the other I'm gonna get ya,' to this article? .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Same_song/20130519_62_G2_Inrega493738?rss_lnk=62Gary Smallwood, MuskogeeSun, 19 May 2013 03:25:59 CDTAfter reading Bret Stauffer's solution to job growth ('In the hole,' May 12), I have my own solution./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Own_solution/20130519_62_G2_Afterr484834?rss_lnk=62Michael Sean Kennedy, Park HillSun, 19 May 2013 03:25:52 CDTHad to laugh when the income tax was lowered. An old senator said they always cover loss by raising somewhere else. Driver's licenses increased more than income tax lowered. Now smile./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Not_so_funny/20130519_62_G2_Hadtol159105?rss_lnk=62Mary Roomsburg, OkmulgeeSun, 19 May 2013 03:25:42 CDTRepublicans denounce the increase in fees for government services, but they are largely to blame for those./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Not_ideal/20130519_62_G2_Republ539517?rss_lnk=62Bob Haring, TulsaSun, 19 May 2013 03:25:36 CDTIn regard to the 'Homosexuality in animals' letter of May 10: I would like to set the record straight about homosexual behavior among animal species./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_More_animal_news/20130519_62_G2_Inrega13320?rss_lnk=62Gae Hill, CollinsvilleSun, 19 May 2013 03:25:26 CDTThirteen years ago, our family bought and looked forward to fixing up and settling in a neglected 1908 Craftsman-style home in Maple Ridge. Three years' hard work and $40,000 later, we moved out mainly .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_HP_restrictive/20130519_62_G2_Thirte710586?rss_lnk=62Lise Glaser, TulsaSun, 19 May 2013 03:25:09 CDTWhat kind of economic recovery is jobless, loaded with inflation at every level, and no longer counts people who have been unemployed past getting benefits? President Obama and Congress seem to think that .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_All_is_not_well/20130519_62_G2_Whatki104089?rss_lnk=62Jimmie Erwin, TulsaSun, 19 May 2013 03:24:59 CDTI read the story about Colton Kerns ('Death before the prom,' May 13). First, let me say that I am sorry for the Kerns' loss. But I see that they are blaming everyone else for this tragedy./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Our_responsibility/20130518_62_A22_Ireadt738031?rss_lnk=62Shirley Banther, OchelataSat, 18 May 2013 08:10:51 CDTOn May 6, Gov. Mary Fallin signed the workers compensation bill that will change Oklahoma's injured employee program to an administrative system./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Guess_what/20130518_62_A22_OaGvay802259?rss_lnk=62John L. Harlan, TulsaSat, 18 May 2013 08:10:20 CDTAfter reading the letter, 'Silence broken,' by Martin Keating, I have a few questions about his silence./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_A_few_questions/20130518_62_A22_Atrrai796688?rss_lnk=62Mark Werre, TulsaSat, 18 May 2013 08:09:52 CDTBruce Plante's May 9 cartoon was another of his best. If he does not win an award for this cartoon, there is no fairness in journalism. Keep them coming, Bruce, even if some local people will continue .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Great_cartoon/20130517_62_A16_BuePat812585?rss_lnk=62J. David Wemhaner, JenksFri, 17 May 2013 08:48:36 CDT'Sunday Morning Quarterback' in the World's Capitol Report May 12 contains this brief:/article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Euphemism/20130517_62_A16_Sunday798796?rss_lnk=62Anthony J. Lauinger, TulsaFri, 17 May 2013 08:48:31 CDTThe May 9 opinion article, 'Public defenders face financial challenges,' written by Jack Zanerhaft, the new Tulsa County chief public defender, is as transparent as any political run for the money can .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Taking_issue/20130517_62_A16_TheMay441824?rss_lnk=62Paul Covey, TulsaFri, 17 May 2013 07:54:38 CDTI finally figured out how to solve the federal and state problems./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Solutions/20130517_62_A16_Ifinal800194?rss_lnk=62Sue Melton, Cleveland, Okla.Fri, 17 May 2013 07:54:26 CDTI find it hypocritical for the Tulsa World to have already tried and convicted Dr. Scott Harrington and for the ongoing persecution./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_An_issue_of_fairness/20130516_62_A14_Ifindi353472?rss_lnk=62Frank Braun, TulsaThu, 16 May 2013 08:21:59 CDTI agree with Robert Hayes' May 9 letter ('Very extravagant'). I, too, was aghast at the salary increases to some of the mayor's staff./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Salaries_too_high/20130516_62_A14_Iagree339683?rss_lnk=62Sue Jeffrey, TulsaThu, 16 May 2013 08:21:45 CDTIt would have been common sense to add a moveable red flag to the sides of trash cans, similar to old-fashioned mail boxes. But, common sense and a government agency?/article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Common_sense/20130516_62_A14_Itwoul342907?rss_lnk=62Dave Hansen, TulsaThu, 16 May 2013 08:21:31 CDTTo the thoughtful and caring lady who 'paid it forward' on my drink at Starbucks at 91st Street and Yale Avenue on a recent Saturday afternoon: Thank you!/article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Ray_of_sunshine/20130516_62_A14_Tothet343428?rss_lnk=62Jane Woods, TulsaThu, 16 May 2013 08:02:21 CDTI called the Corporation Commission in Oklahoma City about gasoline prices going up overnight. If all the gasoline stations go up at the same time, how many got gasoline that day?/article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Explanation_needed/20130516_62_A14_Icalle346037?rss_lnk=62Jerry Priddy, CollinsvilleThu, 16 May 2013 08:02:13 CDTWhen we buy clothes, we need to evaluate the human costs of where they are produced. The recent garment building collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,000 and injured more than 2,500 should concern .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Made_in_the_USA/20130516_62_A14_Whenwe328988?rss_lnk=62Edward V. Harris, HugoThu, 16 May 2013 08:02:04 CDTThe very reason skeptics, and others outside fundamentalist religion, place little to no stock in the blathering and edicts of fundamentalist hierarchy is what just took place with former Republican South .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Get_real/20130515_62_A16_Thever112729?rss_lnk=62Mildred Fuoss Vance, TulsaWed, 15 May 2013 08:08:23 CDTWe need a new public transit organization that operates with acceptable ethics and professionalism./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Time_to_terminate/20130515_62_A16_Weneed116176?rss_lnk=62Kay S. Ehrman, TulsaWed, 15 May 2013 08:08:07 CDTUniversity of Tulsa Hurricane baseball used to be some of the best in the country. Then it was gone. I understand that it was because of low attendance and Title IX./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Bring_back_baseball/20130515_62_A16_Univer170417?rss_lnk=62John Jestice, TulsaWed, 15 May 2013 07:23:03 CDTIn his May 8 letter, 'Apology owed,' regarding President George W. Bush and WMDs, Curtis Payne did the very thing for which he castigates Bush. His hyperbole avoids the facts: WMDs were an issue well before .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Apologies_all_around/20130515_62_A16_InhisM180106?rss_lnk=62J.C. Leonard, TulsaWed, 15 May 2013 07:22:32 CDTSen. Brian Crain, R-Tulsa, and Rep. Doug Cox, R-Grove, have a plan with the Oklahoma Health Authority. They say it is not Obamacare. The only problem is they don't know who would be covered./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Too_many_questions/20130514_62_A13_SenBri762192?rss_lnk=62Max Thompson, StiglerTue, 14 May 2013 09:02:36 CDTHere are two scenarios that might take place in the U.S. military:/article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Inflammatory/20130514_62_A13_Herear750696?rss_lnk=62Randi Eldevik, StillwaterTue, 14 May 2013 09:02:11 CDTSunset Park, a beautiful pocket of historic homes within the Maple Ridge district, is currently voting on historic preservation zoning. Unfortunately, a few individuals have exhibited very ugly behavior .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Fear_mongering/20130514_62_A13_Sneake747491?rss_lnk=62Gina Covington, TulsaTue, 14 May 2013 09:01:51 CDTThe first three paragraphs in the May 5 Money Power column, 'Reasons there is no need for a living trust,' were fair to good, then everything went downhill./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Poorly_written/20130513_62_A9_Thefir313086?rss_lnk=62John E. Wood, WellingMon, 13 May 2013 07:57:16 CDTIn the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, I continue to become more outraged at the cry from worshipers at the shrine of the National Rifle Association. In particular, two letters published on April 21 prompted .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Outraged/20130513_62_A9_Ihaeoh316291?rss_lnk=62Mary Ann Kirk, TulsaMon, 13 May 2013 07:56:37 CDTOn behalf of many other Oklahomans I want to apologize to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for the difficulty that working with I.I. probably causes. 'I.I.' is, of course, Sen. Jim Inhofe. A lot of the .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Apology_offered/20130513_62_A9_Onbeha374649?rss_lnk=62Jerry Butterbaugh, FairfaxMon, 13 May 2013 07:56:12 CDTI am writing about my experienceparticipating as a “Guardian”on the recent Oklahoma HonorFlights trip to Washington, D.C.This was an extremely well doneevent to honor our veterans, especiallythose .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Great_day/20130512_62_G2_lette_73571?rss_lnk=62Bruce Proctor, TulsaSun, 12 May 2013 02:54:07 CDTWhen a big Oklahoma employer does something right I expect to hear cheers from chambers of commerce, Republican Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe, Republican Gov. Mary Fallin, Republican state House Sepaker .../article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_Expectations/20130512_62_G2_Whenab505274?rss_lnk=62Virginia Jenner, WagonerSun, 12 May 2013 02:52:38 CDTThe May 3 jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics caused many to be jubilant. I am not. In 2007, we had 146 million people working in the U.S. Six years later, we have 143 million./article.aspx/Letter_to_the_Editor_In_the_hole/20130512_62_G2_TheMay866443?rss_lnk=62Bret Stauffer, TulsaSun, 12 May 2013 02:52:04 CDT