To the Editor:

Having been raised in the charming little town of Litchfield, I am quite familiar with small-town politics, but it appears a couple of Killingworth citizens have taken it to ridiculous, actually laughable, heights. Ms Baron blasting Mr Samperi for not having read Goodwin's mass-media publication, and then actually telling us what Lincoln would find acceptable in a particular political situation, sent me rollicking! How presumptuous and funny. Reading Goodwin hardly makes a scholar.

But, here is Killingworth, acreage between two major highways, I-80 and I-81, with no discernible center or sense of "country town". Traffic moves through this town at high speeds, including traffic on "country" roads. Some roads, such as Roast Meat Hill Road, which happens to be the road on which I regrettably live, has idiots driving at up to 60 mph. What is done? Nothing. Is there any concern about a neighborhood or quality of life for families living on these roads? No. And Roast Meat is only one of many such roads in this town with this problem. It is, indeed, the Wild West.

A traffic committee was formed more than one year ago. What is their finding? Hard to know. Utter silence isn't a response. Perhaps it will take a speeder hitting a child on a bicycle for this traffic committee to come out of their deep sleep.

Many, many town residents are unhappy with the speeding situation. Why put up speed tracking boxes on telephone poles if no information is collected and acted upon regarding individual drivers who continuously whiz through here, some several times each day? Complaints by neighbors have been made. Neighbors have actually chased down speeders out of their frustration and fear for their children. Wild West, indeed.

Personally, I'm a one-issue resident. Whoever will take on this issue gets my vote -- and the vote of many others, I'm sure. So let go of Lincoln and get to the business of making this town provide quality of life for all citizens.

Joan Crossley Hinchcliffe