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Honoring veterans Shelton-based Brothers United Inc. donated wreaths placed on the graves of veterans at the Shelton Cemetery. Journal photo Gordon Weeks Thursday, Jan. 19, Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 5 LETTERS, continued from page Fire 17 responds Editor, the Journal, Mason County Fire District No. 17, doing business as Hama Hama Fire, de- nounces the article that was printed in last 'week’s Shelton—Mason County J our— nal. The opinions shared were those of individuals and are not the opinions of our department. Such statements have no place in public service and have no benefit to anyone. We promise to strive to do better with any and allfilture communications. We want to ensure the constituents of V the local fire diStriCts, including but not limited to Mason 17, Hoodsport Fire and and Brinnon Fire, that if you need any of us, or all of us, we will be there! Signed this 16th day of January in a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Mason County Fire Protection District 17. Gary J anisch, board chair Pat O’Brien, commissioner Joel Carlson, commissioner Nadine Brown, fire chief Dear Mr. Duenkel, Editor, the Journal, Mr. Steve Duenkel , Auditor, Mason County Washington PO. Box 400 I Shelton, WA ‘ Dear Mr. Duenkel, . Congratulations on being elected and sworn in as auditor for Mason County, washington. y, For transparency sake, would like to ask how you will use your office to resolve the conundrum of your elec- , tion within a process whose legitimacy you so thoroughly and unswervingly questioned and disparaged during your campaign? Since you ran on'a platform of “elec— tion integrity,” what are your goals, ob- jectives and timeline to identify and re— solve any additional “voter anomalies” in the existing voter registration roles as identified in the Mason County Voter q Journal Letter PoliGY' . b The Journal encourages original letters tolthe‘editorof local interest. Diverse‘ahd yaried opinionsare Welcomed. wewill netfipublis‘tisiettfers that are deemediibebus or scurrilous in nature. All letters must be signed‘and include thei’iwrit‘e‘r's name, physicalrtéssland‘daytime phane nunjber,:whielrigiyillne for verification purposes only. All letters are subjectio editing for length, grammar and clarity. Taftstibmi a: "' dicta,,editprmasoncountypom is preferred. Elease dognatfisubmitletters via the Journal’s ‘You may also drop it‘off at W. Cota"St., o'r mail it to PO”; Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584,. ,l websue forms. Due to time constraints, the publication of handwritten or‘typed letters may be del‘ayedis Research Project’s “Voter Anomaly” report? How do you plan to keep them from reoccurring? How often will you inform the voters of Mason County of your efiorts to achieve them? Will you continue to use the questionable ser- vices and results of the Mason County Voter Research Project, some other authorized election integrity group or initiate your own from within the Audi- tor’s Ofi‘ice? you deign to respond to this letter, would request that you also submit your response to the Shelton—Mason County Journal for publication in its “Letters to Editor” as am also doing. IMHO, a nonresponse would consti- tute an admission that all your elec- tion integrity bravado wasjust that bravado. . Respectfully yours, Bill Pfender Shelton TO? the Promised Land Editor, the J carnal, Though we hear it said, “Don’t talk I politics or religion,” I’m pleased the Journal allows as readers to talk poli— tics and religion herein. r Last December, I submitted a letter titled “Blame the Bible,” about the Bible being homophobic. I quoted verses to support my claim that the Bible actu— ally says to “kill those men who slept with other men as with a woman.” Yeah. Kill. And that hideous narrative remains rampant among homophobes today.Then last week, Manna Hau- gen from Belfair mentioned my name, but her titled “Good Bible news” letter had nothing to do with my substanti- ated letter in reply seemingly to bolster the Bible, contrarily, as a good book instead. ' She submitted a biblical mention about God getting Israelisout of slav- cry, and with divine direction he com- missioned Moses to lead his estimated million people out of Egypt through * a bleak landscape between there and Canaan, a journey which apparently took “40 years” to reach the so-called Promised Land, a distance of 265 miles. 40 years? Now I always thought that that was an;,exaggeration, if ya wanna know theitruth, but the Bible then points to disobedience for the wandering delay. Apparently, God disapproves of them being obediently enslaved in Egypt, but then, aslthe story goes, is mad at them for being disobedient to him. Can you say double standard? Anyway, disobedience aside, at a speed of 2.8 mph, (my average walking speed as a 71—year-old man) it seems to me to be an unbelievably incredulous story, so I went to Google maps and put in the coordinates. Manna, I typed in Egypt to Jerusalem and found out that if I walked it, it would take me six to 10 days, and were there cars back then, it’s only an eight-hour drive-Not too arduous either way. , Well, OK, anyway, if true, I’m think- ing: With million humans wander- ing aimlessly, I would expect there’d be millions of artifacts evidencing them having once been there, oh, like camp— sites, cooking utensils, animal bones, broken sandals, altars and other stuff laying dense with remnants. has not been for the lack of trying, instead, doz— . ens of capable archaeological surveys of the Sinai Peninsula have resulted in nonexistent nothings for bolstering believability. I’m sorry Manna, believe what you will, but I’ve more trust in the promises of Gougle to lead me to a promised land than a Bible-God who demands obedience along the way. Darrell Barker Shelton , Democracy in action? Editor, the Journal, The Jan. 12th edition of the Shelton- ' Mason County Journal printed some letters stating the House conduct that resulted in McCarthy being elected speaker was an example of healthy de- bate and democracy in action. I think they missed the point, however. WhatI witnessed was a 2o-person extremist minority completely dominate the remaining GOP majOrity, most of whom like to call themselves moder- ates. That can onlymean those latter members are either'(a) so politically in- ept they could not overcome an extrem- ist minority, or (b) are themselves not truly moderate at all, and just want to falsely claim they are. really daesn’t matter which, because either way we now know the party controlling the House of Representatives is completely under the control of hyper-partisan extremists. Most voters value honestand factual debate among different elected par~ ties. Each party may be grounded in its own particular values, but each should seek solutions to real problems. We can only be appalled at the agenda that tri— umphed last week. . Stan Horton Shelton