License-repeal bill a threat to safety
Indiana House Bill 1006 would repeal the law governing cosmetologists and barbers, including their professional licensing boards and licenses.
I have been a licensed cosmetologist since 1988. I have been a licensed cosmetology instructor since 2004. I teach at Rudae’s School of Beauty Culture.
My profession has provided me with a constant job enabling me to provide for myself as well as my family. I have always kept my license current. I have never complained about the fees because I believe they are necessary to keep this profession not only safe but reputable.
Proper education and licensing by the state is essential to ensuring the welfare of the general public. I also believe that if the state does not inspect salons, safe procedures cannot be guaranteed. I believe that deregulating Indiana’s beauty profession would provide a license for unethical or uneducated individuals to market themselves as hairstylists, manicurists, estheticians and more.
Indiana’s salon industry is vibrant and legitimate, generating more than $698 million in annual sales and providing employment opportunities for more than 9,200 individuals. Growth in Indiana’s salon industry outperformed the overall private sector in recent years.
Removal of licensing poses a clear and imminent threat to the livelihood of Indiana’s 1,457 salon/spa establishments and thousands of employed licensed professionals, which will affect the hundreds of thousands of clients we serve. I strongly urge lawmakers to oppose HB 1006.
WENDY M. BOYLAN-TOMLINSON Fort Wayne
Trash bins detract from city’s aesthetics
Our city was once known as the City of Churches. Now we have a growing epidemic of trash cans everywhere. I now refer to Fort Wayne as the city of trash cans.
I am a true believer in recycling. There are many positive things that can be said about our trash management/recycling program; however, it has fostered the growth of this epidemic. The bins are so large and bulky, and citizens are not storing the bins properly. The trash and recycle bins are an eyesore.
If citizens would be considerate of their neighbors by storing the bins so that they’re not visible to the public eye, Fort Wayne would once again become an attractive place to live.
ANNETTE TAYLOR Fort Wayne
Democrats’ socialism is nation’s undoing
Corruption of America due to entitlement programs and class warfare started in the 1960s, during President Lyndon Johnson’s term, and continues with Barack Obama’s presidency – all in the name of “social justice.”
All one has to do is look at the “projects” in the larger inner cities of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Houston and one can readily see the deceptions the Democratic socialists promised this group of Americans.
Trying to coerce individuals and making promises you cannot keep simply doesn’t work for economic growth. After a while, the people figure out what the game is and rebel. One would think, after all of these failed projects and promises over a 50-year span, people would figure out that handouts will not build integrity or a work ethic. But they don’t – and they continue to vote these same individuals into office, hoping things will change.
Democrats believe that the economy and society should run democratically by increasing taxes for a few wealthy Americans with the goal of transferring that revenue to a more “just” society. This only results in more dependence and government control. Trying to help poor and minority American citizens restore dignity and independence for themselves should never be based on their race or culture but rather on restoring humanitarian and independent self-sustaining goals.
RUBY McBRIDE Marion
