Dear Editor,

 I am writing in response to the video The Shield posted where John  
 Blair, instructor of journalism here, was escorted out of  
 Congressman Larry Bucshon's town hall meeting at USI. I felt that the  
 reaction to Blair's statements was overblown; yes, he was  
 aggressive, but he was not threatening. There were no charges  
 however, and I'm thankful for that.

 I was most disturbed at Bucshon laughing at Blair's statements on  
 what the coal plants do to the health of our residents. Bucshon  
 didn't even seem interested in what Blair had to say. And if it's  
 true (I have no reason to believe otherwise at this point), if a  
 child in Evansville really is five times more likely than a child in  
 Fort Wayne to be hospitalized with asthma, he should care. He's an  
 Indiana congressman. He should be protecting us. And when faced with  
 a potentially dangerous situation, he laughs. Laughs! That's  
 disturbing. Even if people want to write it off as nervous laughter  
 because he didn't know what to say, he didn't respond to Blair at  
 all, even to say, “I need to look into this issue,” which to me says  
 he doesn't care enough about our health to even address the issue.

 Looks like "we" elected yet another rich guy who doesn't care about  
 us.

Crystal Steltenpohl