Garrett endorsement was obvious
Jerry Falwell Jr. appears quite defensive these days. While he is taking full credit for the election of Scott Garrett in the recent Liberty Journal, he wants us to believe he does not endorse candidates.
Even for someone like me who is not officially connected to Liberty, I received the Liberty newspaper unsolicited at my home.
It was perfectly clear who the preferred candidate was. Perhaps Falwell would have us ignore the multiple articles against Valentine in the Liberty paper, and not one sentence questioning Garrett’s character or record, or the lack thereof.
He would have us also believe that while high-fiving the Republican Speaker of the House (upon learning the news of Garrett’s win), schmoozing it up at Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell’s election party, and allowing former Republican Sen. George Allen a platform to endorse Republican Scott Garrett on his campus, that none of this constitutes any sort of “endorsement” of one candidate or party over the other.
Mr. Falwell, it’s simply too late and we know too much, courtesy of your own public boasting, to believe otherwise.
ROBERT KNODEL
Lynchburg
Crime prevention
On Nov. 24, the Retail Merchants Association held a Crime Prevention Training in the Community Room of the Lynchburg Library. We had more than 40 participants representing 19 businesses in Lynchburg and surrounding counties.
We are grateful to Cindy Kozerow, crime prevention specialist with the City of Lynchburg, and Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Doucette for facilitating the training for this event.
Their presentations focused on proactive steps merchants could take to reduce or eliminate the opportunity for shoplifting, employee theft, friendly losses (those extra perks an employee gives to friends) and trespassing, as well as why criminal prosecution is important to get the message out that crime will not be tolerated.
It is up to the retail storeowners and management to remove all risk-free opportunities and provide controls to eliminate many of the opportunities that shoplifters may see a potential target.
The City of Lynchburg Crime Prevention Department is available to do an on-site assessment of your business entity in order to determine vulnerability and offer suggestions for improvement. They can be reached at (434) 455-6145.
DEBBIE M. MONTGOMERY
Executive director
Retail Merchants Association
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