Don't be quick to judge
Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:14 AM PST
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Don’t be quick to judge
The Dec. 23 letter by Amy Childs oh so close to Christmas made me think of Scrooge. Who am I to judge? In the good book it says if you are without sin cast the first stone. Is anyone out here today without sin? I’ll be the first one to step up and say not I. I have sinned lately. Have you?
Childs thinks we should have to get a (urine analysis) now to be able to get food stamps. My question is: Who’s going to pay for these UA tests? Childs looked at this woman and saw she was skinny and red-eyed and assumed she was a tweeker. Who’s to say? Maybe this woman was having a bad day from having a chemo treatment. You lose weight, your eyes sink in and you look like a walking dead person. I don’t know this woman and I can’t judge her. My grandpa always said never assume anything unless you know the facts.
God, I hope the government does start with the UAs. I’ll be the first to step up with my lawyer.
I, for one, had to work three jobs to raise my two sons after my husband died. I did it alone and I didn’t have government help with my kids. I know it’s not easy and times are hard now. We all have to work together just to make it through. It is Christmas time now and I think we all need to check on our neighbors to see who can’t get out. See who needs help and who needs a lift to the store or just to see a smile.
Merry Christmas to all,
Sue Morrow
Kelso
Creatures of habit
What creatures of habit we are! When The Daily News first moved from an evening paper to a morning paper, I was dismayed. For awhile, I continued to read it in the evening.
Gradually I switched to reading it in the morning and now, when it is not delivered by 6 a.m., my whole routine is thrown off.
Dorothy Bain Hanson
Longview
Board fails ethics course
As a citizen of Longview, I am embarrassed with this school board’s self-indulgences with the recent rehiring of Gary Slyter.
If the school board intends to increase public confidence and improve ethics and integrity in public education, is this the high road? If the board endeavors to increase their marketability and relationship with the community, is this the best method? What message does the decision to hire a school board member for this position give to staff? The integrity of all the board members involved in this decision may be questionable when inspected in the bright light of their recent hiring decisions.
If one judges the board’s decisions to hire Slyter with only this criterion — does the decision increase public confidence — it will not pass muster. In my eyes and in those of many in this community, you have flunked this ethics course.
I ask voters to keep the current style of leadership in mind when making their decisions at the polls next election. Their action will not go unnoticed in our community. Our community deservers better and the elections may provide resolution where morals and Washington State RCW’s couldn’t.
Richard Geier
Longview
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