http://www.publishaletter.comTen recent posted letters to editors, of Publishaletter.com en-ushttp://www.publishaletter.com/editorchoiceletter.jsp?plid=34753Dear Editor: Forbes’ January 31 article (“Political-Spending Disclosure…”) is wrong to question the growing number of major companies that are adopting political disclosure. These companies recognize that secret political spending is bad for business. They are responding to the marketplace, listening to shareholders, recognizing their self-interest, and protecting shareholder value. Indeed, leading U.S. companies are deciding it’s bad for their bottom lines to spend via hidden channels and shadowy front groups. They believe that shedding light can help manage the risks accompanying political spending, and they’re voluntarily adopting disclosure and accountability. This trend was documented recently by the CPA-Zicklin. The article makes a “one size doesn’t fit all” argument against political disclosure that flies in the face of surveys of shareholders and company directors. These surveys show strong across-the-board support for disclosure and board oversight of company political spending, with no equivocation. To oppose political disclosure, the article hides behind unsupported claims. It says disclosure may “impose unacceptable costs” on a company -- without offering any proof. It raises the specter of an “invasion of personal privacy” from hypothetical proposals to require the naming of individuals involved in making political spending decisions. The Center for Political Accountability’s model resolution, however, calls only for disclosure of the positions held by those executives. As a result of CPA’s efforts, open and responsible use of shareholder money is becoming a mainstream corporate practice. This trend is in the interest of investors and the public. It should be applauded, not attacked.http://www.publishaletter.com/readletter.jsp?plid=34751Dear Editor: My grandson, Tate Hunt (7 years old) is in Chicago for a major operation on Monday at Chicago's Children's Hospital. He is a very big Giant fan and we watch all the games together every week in Staten Island. He is very concerned that there may be no Giant fans in Chicago and I was wondering if any of your sports writers would know where they could watch the game on Sunday - where there might be other Giant fans? They are staying at the Ronald McDonald house near the hospital. Thank you Kathleen Gormanhttp://www.publishaletter.com/readletter.jsp?plid=34749Dear Editor: This has reference to all the articles related to the news of Elections. Elections are back and have a look around you. The very instant you do that you will realise that you are in the shoes of the legendary ‘Common Man’ written by Mr.R.K.Laxman. May be a month back these politicians didn’t even care to exist in your life and now you might find them with folded hands at your doorstep every next day as the elections are nearing. Well, it’s time to vote now and the only time when citizens get more power, or rather somepower, its the only time when Mr. Abraham Lincoln’s definition of democracy comes into existence- «Governmentof the people, by the people, for the people». Well it is also prominent that promises have been a vital part of the election rallies in India with usual offerings like ‘Roti, Kapda aur Makaan’and where Kalyan Singh’s Jankranti Party is playing its trump card and promising quota for women especially from backward and scheduled casts and not on religious basis. However how much of these gets fulfilled has always been only the concern of the ‘Common Man’ since a very long time. And that’s not it, a BSP MLA attempted to suicide just because he got denied for the party ticket. I mean are these Politicians who promise to govern our country so immature? Well the elections are here and sitting back with a jar of Popcorn and looking at the Great Indian Tamasha is the only option that we as common people have, Especially after the recent act of Jaipur Literature Festival Where even Freedom of Speech was denied. And so its time, that the Indian Politics and the Politicians grow up and act as Mature Individuals. - A Sincere Urge from the ‘Aam Aadmi’. Shiksha Shrivastavahttp://www.publishaletter.com/readletter.jsp?plid=34745Dear Editor: Governor Rick Snyder Lives in No Michigan city. Therefore, how can he in good conscience send an Emergency Manager into any city or school district? He lives "just outside Ann Arbor" as a leech where he can get what the people of the city pay higher taxes to accomplish. Because he lives outside the city, the millage on his mansion is less than it would be if he lived inside the city. People get rich by taking advantage of others; where Governor Snyder's residence is speaks louder than words. He wants to send Emergency Managers to Michigan cities, but he shows by his action of living where he pays less taxes that he has no intention of helping cities run by paying out of his own loaded pockets. I'm very tired of hearing from those who buy houses just beyond the cities' limits that they now want to denigrate what people who pay much higher taxes on much lower incomes work so hard to accomplish. Governor Snyder says it all when he lives outside a city: he says, "I will bleed you but I won't help you."http://www.publishaletter.com/readletter.jsp?plid=34741Dear Editor: The police in every country are the ones responsible for safe guarding the lives of the citizens. Of recent I have read articles and blogs about policemen who have shot dead various people in Nigeria most of them where via stray bullets and sum intentional. The police are not the only ones guilty of this brutal act on human lives the other day tears filled my eyes as I read an article in the newspaper about a lastma official who forcefully pulled out the conductor of a bus from the moving vehicle The activities of road block has over the years become a tradition in Nigeria I'm not saying this is wrong but I'm asking is the mission begin accomplished? Or is it just a revenue for this police men to extort commuters . The regular habits of police men at the stop and search points is to find a crime and make the commuter pay for the crime. Even those who havecommited no crimes are frequently harassed for funds. The stop and search junctions have changed to stop and pay spots. Is this right? The government in my opinion need to get a regulatory body or a disciplinary committee that will not only punish this people when they go wrong but to also acknowledge their good works if not the so called police men would continue to act and react however they please, those who do good will have no form of encouragement.http://www.publishaletter.com/editorchoiceletter.jsp?plid=34739Dear Editor: I do not think politicians realise that the anger of the public is not purely directed at bankers but also politicians and some public servants. It is the audacity of the bankers, who had bankrupted their businesses, immediately taking bonuses and pensions when they were rescued with public money. Also the naivety of those politicians and public servants, who gave them the public money, for not putting the necessary restrictions on the use of that money. I, like many others, would like to see all the moneys which were taken at the time returned and the politicians as well as the public servants involved heavily censured for gross incompetence.http://www.publishaletter.com/editorchoiceletter.jsp?plid=34737Dear Editor: A proposal for POTUS and Secretary Clinton on how to solve the Syrian Civil War without US troops. Russia and China are opposing any attempt to remove Assad and for any UN interference as it wants to show and exercise their muscle as world powers to be reckoned with. Additionally, Russian has a naval base in Syria and many economic interests such as arms sales and investment in tourism. Solution the US should propose at the Security Council that Russian and Chinese troops be sent to Syria as UN peacekeepers to stop the civil war. One vote with many solutions and no US Troops. A real easy solution that no one should object to. It should stop the violence. The Russians and Chinese will find it difficult to refuse and Assad will find it difficult to object.http://www.publishaletter.com/readletter.jsp?plid=34736Dear Editor:Most Western nations are experiencing economic problems today,but advanced economies' fundamental capacity to grow by making things has been declining for decades.From around 1970,US manufacturing started closing or shifting to lower wage nations,and similarly in Britain,while deficit spending by governments continued apace,and public debt as a share of GDP in developed countries climbed steadily from the late 1970s,exacerbated by generous welfare systems or defence expenditure.The West's current malaise has been long in the making.http://www.publishaletter.com/readletter.jsp?plid=34735Dear Editor: In your Kerala issue of 3rd Friday that is today's edition Environmentalist Dr.A.Lata has mixed up the corporations while reporting on metal contamination in water for example she has included Kakkanad, Fort Kochi and Thripunithra in Kozhikode. She has mentioned Kozhikode ward 46 in TVM. Please correct the same because the article is an important one and I appreciate Dr Latas effort in enlightening us. Regards Ashok Manikothhttp://www.publishaletter.com/readletter.jsp?plid=34731Dear Editor: I was glad to read that the federal government is just "reviewing" the OAS pension program. I know that Mr, Harper, being the wonderful man that he is, will see that many pensioners are living below the poverty line and increase their pensions to correct this situation.