Letters to the editor June 21
Vaccine passports
To keep us safe and well, our benevolent government is going to require us to have a “vaccine passport.” We are told it will only be required on international flights.
Yeah, right!
Let’s say I want to fly to Anchorage. I go to the departure gate and a man in a fancy new uniform says, “Show me your vaccine passport.”
I tell him, “I’m only going to Alaska. It’s part of the United States.”
He says, “Yes, but you will fly over Canadian territory. That makes it an international flight. Your papers, please.”
Denied access to Alaska, I cash in my ticket and go to the airport restaurant for lunch. At the door another man in a fancy uniform says, “You have to show me your vaccine passport before you can go in.”
I say, “This is a restaurant, not a flight gate.”
“Yes, but some international passengers are in there. Your papers, please.”
Denied access to a restaurant, I go outside to take the bus. Blocking the door to the bus, a woman in a fancy uniform says, “May I see your vaccine passport?”
I say, “This is a bus, not an airplane.”
She says, “Yes, but some international passengers are aboard. Your papers, please.”
My only choice now is to take a taxi. I open the door and the driver says, “I need to see your vaccine passport.”
And I say, “This is a taxi, not an airplane.”
“Yes, but I’m a Canadian citizen. So this is an international vehicle. Your papers, please.”
This tyranny is already happening in the People’s Republic of New York. Check it out!
—Dale F. Perry, Polson
The damage done
While I’m not sure how others feel, I find it very revealing that Mark Blasdel, Wylie Galt and the other legislative leaders found it necessary to write press releases in an attempt to justify the actions of this year’s legislative session.
While they indicate that some of their actions were an attempt to nullify government over-reach, the legacy of this session is one of extreme state government over-reach. These citizen legislators took it upon themselves to usurp the powers of local professionals in any number of ways. Their attacks on the University System, local city councils, the federal government, our health care system, and the judicial system all represent a warped ideology unbecoming of officials in a representative government. They then adopted a budget which cuts services to those citizens they are supposed to represent. Unfortunately the damage that was done to the citizens of the state will be felt for years to come.
It is my hope that the voters in this state will use more wisdom in choosing legislators for upcoming sessions.
—Roger Brewer, Kalispell