LETTERS: VIP INFORMATION WILL OFFSET ALL THE GROUSING

To the editor:

You are on target with your editorial about VIP Industries.

This story deserves your attention. If there are problems, what are some of the suggested solutions?

Programs that help the disadvantaged are sensitive to negative news.

Too many people get self-righteous and complain because someone else's life is being made a little more bearable. Witness the complaints last year about the young boy in the area whose parents had to fight for appropriate educational services for their disabled child.

Programs like this can only be financed by taxes, and they deserve a fair hearing so that perpetual grousers don't influence the financing of worthwhile projects.

BOB LUCAS

Cape Girardeau