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Letters
to the Editor
November 18, 1998 Dear Orange County readers:
In response to the feature article about the "Bet Your
Life" store in the Mall, I think you have failed to see what is really going on. My
neighbor's daughter has made many visits to the store. Annabelle Thompson has enriched her
life. She was made Cheer Leader this fall, and she now has a boyfriend that her parents
approve of. What she needed was a little self- esteem. Now she believes in herself. It's
just the guilt-ridden moralists who want everyone to suffer through life.
Sincerely, Mary McCoy |
Dear Editor: I
have been following the stories about Annabelle Thompson in your newspaper. It's
about time that someone put a stop to this. Decent people should not be the target
of the kind of scum that run 3-card monte, shell games, and other outright swindles and
scams. We have laws against fraud and deception. They should be enforced.
Randy Pederson |
December 8, 1998 Dear Editor: The deaths of Jason Lanning and Kurt Anaka are a terrible
blow to this community. None of us can rest easy knowing that a modern-day witch is
praying on our children. This is just another example of the breakdown of morals that is
possible when Godless parents let their children wander the malls at all hours of the day
and night. Every one of us can recognize the work of the devil if we only will.
June Haversham |
Dear Orange County Readers: "Eadem mutata resurgo." Most of
you, including Annabelle Thompson, are delving into mysteries that are better left to the
cognoscenti. The Fibonacci sequences have been with us since Fibonacci convinced
the world to change from Roman numerals to Arabic numbers. The wisdom of these
relationships was known by the ancient Egyptians and used by the ancient Greeks. One
challenges fate, plays with these certainties --at one's peril, to be sure. To
employ the sacred, mystical numbers to win football games is folly. I change, but I
reappear again.
MichaelAngelo Wetherby
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January 14, 1999 Dear Editor: I see where they are going to re-open that den of trouble
in the mall--the Bet Your Life witchcraft and numbers swindle.
What does it take? Are you telling me that thousands of kids can be fleeced, two boys can
get cut up, the police can allege fraud, and we let this go by with a shrug and a demand
that we get back our rights to be fooled and murdered? Is there no end to human stupidity?
We must take action. Those who will not remember history are bound to repeat it.
John Lanning |
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