Letters to the editor, Sept. 23
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Graffiti disappointment
I’m writing this letter to say how disappointing it is that people can go around St. Ignatius and spray paint graffiti signs on the door to city hall, Silver Dollar bar, a propane tank and the door of the old bicycle shop. The graffiti is really bad for business, and is an eyesore to the people and citizens of St. Ignatius.
Whoever the person or persons that are responsible for the graffiti should repaint the city hall door white, the Silver Dollar side door gray, the propane tank white and the former bicycle shop door back to the color it was before it was redone with graffiti paint.
The people don’t want to live in a town that has graffiti signs on the businesses they shop at, they drink at or help support so the owners can give back to the community they live and work in.
How would you feel if someone came to your place of business or your home and spray painted graffiti signs on your door? You wouldn’t like it would you? Well think how Chief Fry felt when he saw the door to city hall and how the owners of the Silver Dollar must have felt when they saw the door to their business.
So instead of the owners of the Silver Dollar bar and Chief Fry having to repaint over the graffiti signs, why not have the person or persons who spray painted the buildings repaint the doors and the propane tank also?
Lynn Delecaris
St. Ignatius
Political races
Obviously, the surprise primary winners in some races are confounding the political arena. And for good reason. The last thing that the entrenched politicos expected was such a visible and demonstrative uprising signaling a repudiation of Washington politics as usual. And this is repudiation of greed, fear mongering, politics beholden to big money interests, putting re-election interests ahead of ‘we the people’s interests,’ and the habitual party fighting party regardless of what might be best for America.
Call it Tea Party awakening; call it Republican discontent, call it Democratic discontent, call it Libertarian resurgence, call it conservative, call it liberal, call it what you want. The point is, there is a fundamental and necessary uprising within the vast electorate in this great nation of ours which is saying something like this:
“You know, I don’t know exactly what is wrong, but something about the way our great system of government is being run is dead wrong! And I say, throw ‘em out. We need a new attitude; a new purpose; a new group of people running our government who have their ideas, ideals and moral compasses set right.”
Just watch and listen. But pay no attention to positions on moral issues. They are simply individual beliefs which have nothing to do with what our national governing body should be involved in. But pay attention to much of what is being said which is grabbing the attention of many. You will find them speaking about ‘a new America’, ‘a change in our political system fueled by greed’; ‘a bright future built upon cooperation rather than divisiveness’. We hear all sorts of attitudes and comments of this nature.
And these changes will not happen overnight, or within one election cycle, or perhaps even in one generation, but they will happen.
Bob McClellan
Polson resident
Salomon for HD-12
We are writing to strongly support the candidacy of Dan Salomon for HD-12. This year the contest is very clear-Dan Salomon, conservative Republican, or his opponent, a liberal Democrat incumbent. Please help to reaffirm Montana values: individual responsibilities and rights, small government and fiscal austerity. Please cast your ballot for Dan Salomon for HD-12.
John and Carol Cummings
Polson residents