Letters to the editor Feb. 14
Act of kindness
The other day my husband and I (both senior citizens) were struggling to move a large file cabinet up our steep front steps of our house. Suddenly a car pulls up in front and a young lady hops out, comes over and says “can I help you with that”?
Then another car stops on the opposite side of the street, a young man comes over and also offers to help. The two of them easily complete the task and went back to their respective cars.
We didn’t even have a chance to get their names but want to thank them for their random act of kindness. With so much negativity in the news today, this fills our hearts with joy!
—Connie and Frank Tetrault, Kalispell
Trump’s legacy
In response to Susan Taylor’s letter (A new MAGA party, Dec. 17), I will agree that President Trump has done a lot of good things, but they are overshadowed by other things.
For instance, his treatment of immigrants. I do agree that it needs work, but separating families, sending the parents back and keeping the children is deplorable.
On his handling of disputes with his staff: a good leader listens, agrees or disagrees, then sends them back to rethink, not fire them for saying something he didn’t like.
On the election: There was a big get-out-and-vote push and it was directed at the Blacks, Latinos and youth. The Blacks and Latinos are and have been mistreated for years. I would think that for that reason they might then to vote for the opposite leadership. I wonder if anyone took that into consideration.
Recounts were done and found nothing wrong. That should be enough to admit defeat. President Trump, I think, is not used to losing at anything.
As for your new party, everything you would do I believe is pretty much the same as what the Democrats try to do. Does that give your party a Socialist agenda?
—Sid Anderson, Kalispell
Finish the wall
Where in the Constitution does it say it’s OK for the new president to come into the swamp and start trashing all of the hard work accomplished by the previous administration? Let us not forget that all of the hard work accomplished by the Trump administration was financed by the U.S. taxpayers. President Trump should be congratulated for what his administration accomplished.
The hard work was done under fire by the hierarchy of the Democratic Party. The untold billions of dollars spent to implement the installation of the border wall are to be eaten by the alligators in the swamp. The border wall was an investment for the security of the American taxpayers, who financed the engineering and the labor and materials to build this wall. This wall was to slow down the illegal drugs pouring into our country. These are drugs that are turning the minds of a lot of our young people into drug addicts and eventually wind up on the welfare rolls.
President Biden can continue this onslaught on Trump’s hard won accomplishments with executive orders, however, I’m waiting in fear of what his plans for us might be? We must remember that there was a supreme effort put forward to get the wall built in the first place. This wall as it stands today, is the property of all the taxpayers, bought and paid for. If in fact President Biden thinks he’s in charge of the people’s wall, perhaps he should reconsider his position. President Biden said he was in favor of pulling all the people of the U.S. together. To discontinue construction will almost certainly divide the country further apart than ever.
Could it be dropping our guard on the border, we might be searching for more votes to substantiate the liberal cause? Come on, man.
—Jerry Fisher, Bigfork
Personal irresponsibility
After vigorously championing “personal responsibility” as applying to wearing or not wearing a face mask in the Capitol, Rep. Skees and others see no problem with state interference in the reproductive choices, privacy and sexual identity of individual persons.
Apparently the First Amendment right to free speech doesn’t carry any weight with them either. Shutting down oral testimony and requiring some who appear at committee hearings to submit their remarks in writing is highly unusual, if not just plain discriminatory.
Before exercising any more personal irresponsibility, all legislators would do well to read and abide by the federal and state constitutions.
—Margaret Davis, Lakeside
Local censor
I was amused reading the letter from Duane Egan from Columbia Falls a dew days ago. Wondering who set him up as the local censor?
Where was he when Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham from S.C. dropped the “F bomb” on nationwide TV and was not bleeped?
And I am not a Democrat.
—Gary T. House, Bigfork
Land access decisions
I finished reading Rep. Hertz deceitful justification for politicizing land access decisions via Senate Bill 115 (Daily Inter Lake, Jan. 31).
If you live in Montana and enjoy the plethora of recreational opportunities this state provides, remember that they are available only because of or ability to easily and cheaply access public (our) lands, both federal and state. Pay close attention this legislative session as there is a group of legislators and Executive Office holders (current Land Board), who would like nothing more than to erode additional recreational opportunities by making it extremely difficult for state agencies to improve or increase those opportunities via future easements or purchases.
This is the same group who at one time or another have opposed public access opportunities while subtly and misleadingly advocating for the transfer and eventual privatization of our public lands. Then we will really see what pay to play means.
—Bill McChesney, Stevensville