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The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 21, 2009

Postal Service

Two days before Valentine's Day, I sent my grandson a Valentine card. It should have gotten there Friday or Saturday, which was Valentine's Day. Instead, it got there on Tuesday, four days after it was mailed. I am aware that Monday was a holiday, but even so, four days to send a card less than 10 miles really is unacceptable service.

Everything on the envelope was correct. There was no reason for the delay. Maybe the post office will use that rate increase to improve service. The term snail mail applies in this instance. I could have walked the 10 miles quicker than they delivered his card. Shame on them!

LINDA BROWN

Tampa

Voter Apathy
Re: "League of Women Voters May Disband" (Metro, Feb. 16): One has only to look at the abysmally low numbers of registered voters who bother to vote in each election to understand the dilemma faced by the League of Women Voters. The 2008 presidential race garnered the highest turnout in 40 years. Even then, only 60 percent of registered voters cast ballots.

Not only are registered voters not voting, but the population in general seems lost in apathy. The league is not alone in facing this quandary; it is every single volunteer organization in existence.

Everyone seems to have an excuse for why they cannot be involved.

It always seems to fall on that dedicated core at the center of each assemblage to accomplish 99 percent of the work/effort.

Tragic, isn't it?

PATRICIA LUCARDIE

Tampa

Migration Hoax

Re: "Climate Change Affects Migration" (Local News, Feb. 11): The Audubon study regarding bird migration appears to be flawed. The article gives only enough information for one comparison, that of the purple finch.

After reading this article, I referenced my "Petersen Field Guide to Eastern Birds" published in 1980. It seems that in 1980 the purple finch's northern wintering boundary was north of Milwaukee. This is obviously quite a difference from a supposedly northern wintering boundary of Springfield, Mo.

As far as the common pintail, identified in the article as "Northern" Pintail, without information for comparison, all that can be said is that in 1980 its northern winter range was Maine. If you winter in Maine, how much warmer is it 91 miles to your south?

When will the great hoax of global warming end?

RON MOBLEY

Tampa

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