‘Party on!’ when safety is the prom-night goal

Thank goodness for post-prom parties and all the “bribes” Brooke Gunning stated for these teenagers (“Out-of-control after-prom parties,” June 6).

There is no price tag that can compare to a young life saved from a reckless accident that could happen coming or going from a party. As Gunning stated, these parties are put together by “wish lists” and donations. I applaud the parents at every school who volunteer to help with this huge undertaking each year.

Hope Hamblin
Phoenix

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Police only doing their job by stopping Rev. Neal

I just finished reading the June 6 article “Clergy outraged by minister’s arrest call for change in police policy” concerning the arrest of Rev. Charles Neal because he was driving a car that did not have a front license plate.

Some people are calling the Police Department “out of control” and say the police “lack respect for people.” I don’t understand how the police, performing their job and stopping a driver who is breaking the law, are out of control. Neal was in the wrong. If it is true that his wife was left helpless standing on a city street, that was wrong.

I think it’s wonderful that Neal has helped Baltimore’s young people, but he broke the law and as such should have been at least stopped and ticketed. It seems to me that it doesn’t matter where you are headed, whether to church or to the mall, driving without a front license plate is illegal, and, if caught, you need to face the consequences. Perhaps that’s the best lesson he can teach the youths he counsels.

By the way, Stephen Janis (who reported the story) fails to tell readers one important piece of information — how did Rev. Neal come to have only one license plate?

Catherine Kelly
Glen Burnie

Looks like a rate-hike rip-off to me

Information contained in my June BGE bill states the following: “Effective July 1, 2006, your Price to Compare is 11.03 cents ($0.1103) per kWh.” According to my calculations, this represents a 128 percent increase — and not a 72 percent increase — from my May statement’s Price to Compare of 4.82 cents ($.0482) per kWh.

What’s going on? Are others experiencing the same kind of increase? If so, I think it is unconscionable that BGE, Constellation Energy and the PSC are trying to dupe us into thinking that the increase is 72 percent.

I certainly hope the General Assembly is aware of this situation and will address it in the proposed Special Session.

Dominic Aiello
Pasadena

Wrecking ball did not rock original Hammerjacks

Dan Gainor’s statement that Hammerjacks’ “original location fell to a wrecking ball in 1997” is not true (“Rock ’n’ roll never forgets,” June 5).

The original location was on South Charles Street. Hammerjacks outgrew the old row house and moved to a warehouse on Howard Street.

Apparently, rock ’n’ roll can forget.

Kathy Farren
Overlea