Thomas Brouwer, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, in Middletown, wrote a reply to an anti-self-defense letter published by the mother of a CWRU shoting victim. His letter to the editor published in the Middletown Journal.

Click the "Read More..." link below for an archived copy of the letter, and a link to the newspaper.

The Middletown Journal has an online poll on Taft's performance as Gov. Go HERE to vote.
Current results at 05:54 p.m. on Wed.

Excellent 1%
Good 0%
Fair 0%
Poor 24%
Ready for Recall 75%

Are the efforts of Bob Taft and the Ohio Highway Patrol putting this victim of hate at further risk?

Concrete wrapped in swastika thrown through window

MANSFIELD - Helen Avenue resident Ruth Schwan is considering investing in bulletproof glass.

Thursday night, just minutes before midnight, someone threw a piece of cement through her dining-room window. Wrapped around it was a piece of white paper with a swastika drawn on it.

Schwan, who is Jewish, said she doesn't come out of her house most of the time and doesn't bother anyone.

She said she's had problems in the neighborhood since she moved here in 1989.

"They burned crosses in my yard before, about 1993, and threw crap at the house and we have had verbal exchanges out here," she said. Someone also has painted swastikas on her fence a couple of times.

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