Nice!
Dear Commissioner Ritter,
I was amazed this morning to read that someone in America would suggest that the government only do business with radio station’s that agree with them politically. (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-churricane13jun13,0,4183214.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines)
This is the sort of mindset that existed behind the Iron Curtain in the old days, when people had to sneak to listen to Radio Free Europe at the risk of punishment.
In America, we thrive on free speech and open debate. To shun the most appropriate choice for a public emergency service simply because some of their syndicated content expresses a different, perhaps even—yegads-—a minority point of view is chilling and sad.
I urge you to rethink your position. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Dear Ms. Ritter, I am writing to you all the way from Idaho after reading the Sun-Sentinel piece regarding the county's use of radio stations for storm warnings. I would say I am amazed that a public official would put politics before the public's safety but this is not new for the "free-thinking, tolerant" liberals like yourself.
Do your job and select the radio station that will best serve the public. You're an embarrassment.