Donna Vickodil – 5/6/07

This page was last updated on May 6, 2007.

Stop beating a dead horse; Donna Vickodil; Beaver County Times; May 6, 2007.

Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.

“Hear ye, hear ye. Aliquippa is a dead horse so stop beating it - from kids killing kids, beating their parents and being disrespectful to everyone around them, including animals.

“Where do you think they learn this? Huh? They have no fear of their parents (because they aren’t disciplined) and they have no fear of the law (because they get a slap on the wrist while the police try to be their buddies).

“Oh, don’t get me wrong I know there are some good kids, but they are way overshadowed by the bad.

“And it isn’t just kids. The adults are just as bad.

“Yes, I know. If I think Aliquippa is so bad, why don’t I move? Do you want to buy my house? I can’t even get fair market value for it.”

[RWC] The only point of this critique is to address this paragraph. Ms. Vickodil alleges she can’t get “fair market value” for her house. That’s not true. While Ms. Vickodil may not be able to get as much as she wants, or as much as she might get in another community, whatever she would get for her house in Aliquippa is the house’s fair market value in its current location. What’s fair market value for a house in one area isn’t usually the same as in another area.

“Believe me, if I could, I would be gone in 60 seconds - just like everything else left unattended in Aliquippa.”