Cannella's legacy
As I read the letter by the teacher who wants a cell tower at Cannella Elementary School ("Put up or shut up," Letter of the Day, Feb. 16), I thought about my childhood and the fine man her school was named after.
In the 1960s Xavier F. Cannella was principal of the elementary school I attended. I remember how he worked to make sure kids at his school were safe. He fought hard to get a pedestrian crossing for us so we could safely cross the busy highway, which was heavily traveled by tractor-trailers. In the impoverished area I grew up in, many kids didn't have anyone at home who cared much about them; at home, they were just another burden. Thankfully, they had Cannella, who not only made sure they were safe but that they were fed, too, even if he had to pay for their meals himself.
The cell tower might not hurt the kids. But, then again, it might. And it would be absolutely awful for children to be injured at a school named after such a great man who truly loved children.
Better safe than sorry, don't you think?
D. MOORE
Plant City
Sage Santayana
I'd never heard of the "sport" of penning foxes and coyotes so that packs of dogs can tear them apart in the pens. ("State wildlife board shouldn't permit blood sport," Other Views, Feb. 16).
I had no idea there are people who could find some sort of convoluted pleasure in such a thing and certainly not that it is legal. The penning activity is actually outside my realm of comprehension as a civilized human being.
The philosopher Santayana was right: "The level of a civilization can be judged by the manner in which it treats its animals."
MEG SCOTT
Plant City
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