Ashleigh Adams Catasauqua Middle School 850 Pine St. Catasauqua, PA 18032 December 22, 2008 President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, Hello! My name is Ashleigh Adams and | am in eighth grade. | attend Catasauqua Middle School. | am so pleased and proud that you are becoming our new president, and | would like to see a couple great changes that I think a lot of people would love to see as well! | have an older brother in Iraq and | would love to see him come home as soon as possible! | would like to see you bring my soldier home safe and happy. | would also like to see safer streets. | am always scared to walk outside by myself in certain cities. | am also scared when | am by myself at night! | would love to see better police out on the streets and more cameras on the streets, so we can catch the criminals. | would also like to see taxes get lowered fast! They are way too high. My father is paying more than one thousand dollars for taxes! | think that this is crazy and a waste of money! | know you may not be able to fix this problem of mine, but | would LOVE to stop or lower the racism and how much people hate people around the world. | do not know how you may be able to fix that, but please try. Another thing I would like you to consider is the workers who make kids toys for ages six and under need to make the toys safer for children. A lot of kids are dying or hurting themselves. Many children are choking themselves or hurting themselves, because they do not know how to use or play with the toys properly. Well, thank you so much for taking your time to read this, Good luck! Sincerely, Ody” Ashleigh Adams