This is in response to an article by Benjamin Rothstein published in the Daily State News, titled “Electricity shutoff policy on Dover council’s radar.”

There has been much debate about House Substitute 2 for House Bill 350 after the Delaware House of Representatives passed the measure, which authorizes a state-appointed board to review budgets and take money from our local hospitals.

The capital city once again hosted thousands of race fans April 26-28, with various events culminating with the Würth 400. Dover Motor Speedway’s first major event was back in 1969, won by the legendary Richard Petty. In its five-and-a-half decades, how has the track changed? Is NASCAR more or less popular than when it began? Do you welcome the crowds during these weekends or are you happy to see the fans leave?

For the last decade, experts from Delaware and around the country have sounded the alarm that hospital prices in our state are unsustainable and out of control. As representatives of Delaware’s public sector workforce, we have seen the impact that rising health care costs have on working families we represent. Every year, more and more of their household budgets are absorbed by the cost of health care. This trend is both unsustainable and unfair to hardworking Delawareans.

I have an easy answer to the question Stan Sipple posed (“Would restricting sale of ammo decrease gun violence?”). No. Restricting the sale of ammunition would not result in the decrease of violent crime committed with firearms.

I continue to question the Cape Henlopen School District’s need for funds when it has spent money on two athletic fields behind the two new schools on Savannah Road and continues to spend money on those fields. As I walked by today, I noticed the district is now adding bleachers to those fields. I’ve never read what the total cost is for those two fields.