At the tender age of 75, I can't recall a single Government project that worked as touted and wasn't ultimately awash with controversy. NASA and Social Security included!

- Jon Halsey

• Council hears first reading of ordinance to annex Anderson's Pizza so the restaurant can get licensed to sell alcoholic beverages.
• Everyone invited to participate in Downtown Days coming up this weekend.
• Barbara Armitage of Square Meals Cafe appeared to say thank you to the Council for supporting their Square Meals program to feed students. Reports cafe surpassed every goal they set. Cafe hit thousand meal mark in mid-June, over 2,400 for years

Highway 55N has been the scene of several accidents in the past. I cannot see the advantage to this new way of marking the lanes. It causes confusion, which I fear will cause more accidents. There is an old saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." It wasn't. It is. It needs fixing! - Betty Coop

All respect to Mr. Fudge for his comments, but his offering of Cassius's line is incomplete. In telling Brutus that their woes could not or should not be blamed on "the stars," he was speaking of Caesar's bullying, world-bestriding ways, and the whole line is this: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves, that we are underlings."

As I sit here in the family waiting room outside of the Kentucky Children's Hospital's pediatric intensive care unit, I am intensely wary of any moves to designate opposing sides in an issue - the issue of these lanes and their design - where clearly nobody wants anything but improved safety for all users of the public roads. But other things are equally clear. Poor road design DOES lead to accidents, and no matter how completely or incompletely we choose to quote Shakespeare, we, the users of the roads, are the underlings to those who made - years ago now - the political decisions to (under)fund and go forward with this project as implemented. - Christopher Rowe

I can agree that a highway with turning lanes would have been preferable in so many ways but to blame engineers for accidents caused by inattention and inexperience exacerbated by excessive speeding, changing lanes without signaling, passing on shoulders and a blatant disregard for the safety and well-being of one's fellow man is, in my opinion, reflective of "our blame everyone else for our own shortcomings" culture. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves..." -Billy Joe Fudge

Was on my way to Campbellsville last week when this same thing nearly happened. A 4-wheel drive truck passed me and attempted to overtake what was ahead. Guess they got quite a surprise to come up on someone sitting at a dead stop in the passing lane waiting for oncoming traffic to clear for a left turn onto whatever side road. Makes you wonder if whomever at the Transportation Department designed this did not take the side roads and left hand turns into consideration. Is it too late for a do-over before a fatality? --Linda Cook

I believe this is already the second collision accident at the Ky 55 and Keltner Rd intersection since the recent Hwy 55 improvements began last month. I don't understand why with the new road signs and pavement markings drivers are so reluctant to accept new road changes and pay particular attention to no passing zones and maintaining assured clear distances. - Robert Cumming

Dreams hinting future,
some take them seriously,
others laugh at them.