Comments on: Dereliction of Duty http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/12/dereliction-of-duty/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:56:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: S. Price http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/12/dereliction-of-duty/comment-page-1/#comment-442 S. Price Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:12:40 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=8075#comment-442 My mother found the article about the Jenicke's stealing the veteran's headstones and using them for their patio. She was horrified and showed the article to me. I felt nauseated. She and my father were both World War II U.S. Marines. It hit me especially hard because she was so ill at the time she learned of this, and she died last September. I can say that I am proud to have had her for my mother, and I buried her in a veteran's section by my dear U.S. Marine father from WWII. I am thinking of moving her and Dad out of the veterans section and taking the headstones and moving to a totally private place so such cold-hearted activity can not insult my parents. Something is REALLY perverted, hateful, COLD HEARTED, and bitter about people who do such things. They are to be pitied and avoided. My mother found the article about the Jenicke’s stealing the veteran’s headstones and using them for their patio. She was horrified and showed the article to me. I felt nauseated. She and my father were both World War II U.S. Marines. It hit me especially hard because she was so ill at the time she learned of this, and she died last September. I can say that I am proud to have had her for my mother, and I buried her in a veteran’s section by my dear U.S. Marine father from WWII. I am thinking of moving her and Dad out of the veterans section and taking the headstones and moving to a totally private place so such cold-hearted activity can not insult my parents. Something is REALLY perverted, hateful, COLD HEARTED, and bitter about people who do such things. They are to be pitied and avoided.

]]> By: Ray Davies, Jr. http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/12/dereliction-of-duty/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Ray Davies, Jr. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:36:21 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=8075#comment-422 As a veteran of WWII, I was disappointed to learn of the way in which these tombstones were treated. I wish to complement you on the excellent coverage of this story. As a veteran of WWII, I was disappointed to learn of the way in which these tombstones were treated. I wish to complement you on the excellent coverage of this story.

]]> By: John Southwick http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/12/dereliction-of-duty/comment-page-1/#comment-408 John Southwick Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:22:54 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=8075#comment-408 I have no understanding of how people can be so cold and thoughtless. I can only hope those patio gravestones will be returned. Thank you, Michael, for bringing this to our attention I have no understanding of how people can be so cold and thoughtless.
I can only hope those patio gravestones will be returned.
Thank you, Michael, for bringing this to our attention

]]> By: Francisco Juarez http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/12/dereliction-of-duty/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Francisco Juarez Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:25:56 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=8075#comment-407 How twisted things have become, that a young persons printed disgust over the disrespectful handling of Veteran grave stones elates Veteran advocates. Ironically, this WLA VA prides itself on its cemetary with new sod and its treatment for the dead Veterans. What the VA does not want to realize is the best way to honor a dead Veteran is to take care of the living Veteran. Living Veteran patients at the VA, WLA, facility are like living grave stones and leasing out the Veterans Garden to a non-Veteran, non-profit entity (as recent as a month ago) is the equivelent of discarding old grave stones for new sod. Feinstein, Waxman, Rosenthal and other electeds know about this "Land-grab" and stay silent ($$$$$$$$$). Thank you for caring enough to expose this. How twisted things have become, that a young persons printed disgust over the disrespectful handling of Veteran grave stones elates Veteran advocates.
Ironically, this WLA VA prides itself on its cemetary with new sod and its treatment for the dead Veterans. What the VA does not want to realize is the best way to honor a dead Veteran is to take care of the living Veteran. Living Veteran patients at the VA, WLA, facility are like living grave stones and leasing out the Veterans Garden to a non-Veteran, non-profit entity (as recent as a month ago) is the equivelent of discarding old grave stones for new sod.
Feinstein, Waxman, Rosenthal and other electeds know about this “Land-grab” and stay silent ($$$$$$$$$).
Thank you for caring enough to expose this.

]]> By: Bonnie Klea http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/12/dereliction-of-duty/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Bonnie Klea Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:45:28 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=8075#comment-404 This is another great story by Michael Collins. What an insult to those soldiers to have their original markers thrown in a nuclear waste dump, of all things. Probably saved a little money. But to pave a patio and walk on them--some heads should roll on this. This is another great story by Michael Collins. What an insult to those soldiers to have their original markers thrown in a nuclear waste dump, of all things. Probably saved a little money. But to pave a patio and walk on them–some heads should roll on this.

]]> By: Mike Moran http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/12/dereliction-of-duty/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Mike Moran Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:51:10 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=8075#comment-401 The VA needs to be monitered. This is just one example of the mismanagement of our tax money. OK, the granite marker for a grave is going to be replaced for whatever reason. However, that slab is 2 to 3 inches thick and I would think the surface could be re ground down the letterings 1/4 inch depth to erase the information and than re-used. It is called "re-cycling". Thank you for the reporting on this. The VA needs to be monitered. This is just one example of the mismanagement of our tax money.

OK, the granite marker for a grave is going to be replaced for whatever reason. However, that slab is 2 to 3 inches thick and I would think the surface could be re ground down the letterings 1/4 inch depth to erase the information and than re-used. It is called “re-cycling”.

Thank you for the reporting on this.

]]> By: Gretta http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/12/dereliction-of-duty/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Gretta Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:20:13 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=8075#comment-399 It's sad to see graveyards that are not taken care of. I don't understand why the gravestones were dumped. It’s sad to see graveyards that are not taken care of. I don’t understand why the gravestones were dumped.

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