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