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Thursday, May 9,2019 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page A-5 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR our kids (hedge fund manager)and 60live in pain so bad that his other of our largest corpora- life is no more than a life of tions that paid no income pain. People; this man went not tax? .I don't want my kids to " to war for his country and b ecomesiaves~rour largest ~~e~mffhe I[.]tt:~ I ll]l(:ll]lLld, foreign lender, communist deserves to be treated like a China. human, not a bank accmmt. Our government has sold Dave Daggett out more men and women Editor, the Journal Shelton that deserve to be taken care Our kids are inl~eriting a of stop living on what-ifs and slave country. An old proverb take care of our vets. says "the rich rule over the Kudos and poor, and the borrower is Randy Deibert slave to the lender." Amidst Shelton this week's news of our boom- ing economy and low unem- ployment rates, let's keep in to fire chief A response to mind that it comes at a cost to our kids. According to the Tim McKern Congressional Budget Of- fice (CBO) the economy has Editor, the Journal recently grown at the fastest Several months ago, I "-[rog' letter rate during this economic re- wrote a letter to editor after covery, having my commercial insur- Editor, the Journal However, our national ance spike due to an increase A couple of letters caught $22 trillion debt has grown in fire risk assessment ap- my eye in last week~paper. even faster. It is up to 76.5% plied to Mason County by In "Little green frog and os- debt/GDP from when Trump Travelers Insurance. I wastrich," Earl Mallinger of Shel- took office at 75%. The CBO's told by the company that the ton made a valiant attempt analysis says that although risk had spiked to 9 in 2019 at writing a fable. While he tax cuts likely helped tem- after being a 6 (1-10) for 15 clearly doesn't like Donald porarily boost the economy, years. Chief McKern workedTrump, I thought his thesis, most of benefit went to the withTravelers to correct the or moral, was elusive. wealthy and our kids will system-wide problem and his The other (and more read- soon pay far it. efforts have led to a corrected able) effort was by Andrew In our state, we're better insurance cost. Many thanks! Maker of Hoodsport under offbecause we have a require- the caption, "Donald Trump- ment for a balanced budget. Linda Newman is no patriot." I feel compelled Before we start feeling too Shelton to address the writer directly, smug though, the rich still - - so rule over the poor here: For Dear Mr. Maker, example, last year when I Take ~C I confess to being sur- made a campaign speech at a care gl prised at your letter. I have wealthy Democratic fundrais- always believed that most ing event, I told the audience OU r local vets high-ranking military officers that our current Washington possessed the maturity, expe- ta. structure enables rich Editor, the Journal rience and acumen sufficient folks to pay the least amount I have seen in the past cou- to make them resistant to of taxes while the needy pay ple months a man who went temporary delusions such the highest percentage of to war for his country being as the silly and debilitating their income toward taxes, treated like he was nothingTrump Derangement Syn- We needed a capital gains tax more than a retirement plandrome (TDS). I am sorry you on the super wealthy, which for his health care doctor,have succumbed, but insofar should go toward funding our This man is a good man withas your politics are affected, schools and lowering property no drug or alcohol problems: you should be pleased. taxes for average folks, he has been forced to live in We know liberals are try- I received several scowls pain so bad he wants to give lng to take control of our and we didn't raise a single up to be out of pain. country and culture. They dime at that event (Maria Is it right this man can't have already caused great Cantwell was wise and didn't get any kind of pain medica- harm to many institutions, mention the topic). Republi- tion otherthan a pain med such as our schools, enter- cans are no better who said a Naproxen that i~ known to tainment industry and much capital gains tax was simply cause several bad side effects, of the mainstream media~ a (much hated) income tax and told by his doctor that it Fortunately, however, our and that spending on services won't help his pain? In fact. Constitution and Bill of paragraph alone contains~a fallacy.) Were this an argu- ment in a lawsuit, I suspect it would be laughed out of court. Further. you might have been awarded a higher grade here had you chosen a better target for your invective, e.g the Obama administration rather than Donald Trump. It also wouldhave helped had you provided any support for your claims. As the late Clara Peller used to ask in those old Wendy s commercials, "Where's the beef?." Finally, I would be remiss not to thank you for your ser- vice. I, too, am a retired naval officer and came close to, but never attained, your lofty rank. I've met senior naval officers from many countries and spent my own 20-plus year career in the U.S. Navy. Since you did not tell us, I thought you would not object if someone asked, "Inwho's navy did you serve?" Also, I would suggest you use cau- tion when stating your legal bona tides so as to impress your readers. Remember, Michael Avenatti .is also an attorney, Robert E. Graham Shelton An open letter to Sen. Sheldon Editor, the Journal Dear Sen. Sheldon, [ read with intense interest the article in the Shelton-Ma- son County Journal concern- ing Sen. Sh~ton explaining the use of fabricated story, "How financial records were used in a scheme to kidnap and hold a woman hostage for ransom in Mexico." This occurred in a debate about amending the now, "State. mandated public access to politician's financiatrecords." The amendment was adopted, it appears with the help of this fabrication, or as some would call a lie. How clever of May 4issue0ftheShe/t0n-Mas0n Coun Journa/ inc0rre ly stated. in the 2019:21 inaccurate." It does sound so much better than "I lied," which admits knowledge of it not being the truth. But of course, you knew what you meant. You then stated, "This is an example of what some people can do with public in- formation. The amendment was adopted and we'll see if it stays in the final bill, but we don't know right now." It must feel very enabling to be able to steer the accep- tance of such an important amendment with just a story, even though it wasn't true. Everyone can understand your impatience with the re- porter, saying, "I think We're done with it. There are plenty of other things that are far more important to work on right now." There you have it, so -dedicated that you won't let a "misspoke" with a false story that changed the public's right to know how truthful and honest our legislators are, keep you from going right ahead with other things, as if this never happened. But there is one more troublesome question. It is legal, if you (misspeak) or lie as some might call it, a gr~at big lie, greatly helped to pass this amendment to take away the public right to'view politi- cian's financial information? There are a couple of old say- ings, that some might say aP- ply; "Trust and verify," And, should be curtailed with no it doesn't help anything but Rights are still intact. I dis- you to use this untrue story "Putting the fox in charge of increases ~n taxes for~heriz :1~, help him into-aTgrave, agreewith your entire hateful to help have this amendmc~rit - t,he~herrhouse~." Partly because the capital I watch the hell this man letter, but we are still a free change accepted to remove gains tax failed, Washington has to go through. He has country, so write on! this unnecessary access to businesses and most regular never abused any drug of any If your letter was a mini-politicians' financial informa- folks will now pay more taxes kind and has great insurance, essay on a test in Logic 101, tion. But, you must admit to balance our state budget. Why can't he be given some-a survey course for university that it was made mandatory Things will get worse for the thing to give him some relief freshmen, it would likely because ofthe very good pos- national debt because the so he can heal? I know people have received an "F" along- sibility of abuse and nobody super-rich indeed rule. get addicted to pills, but used with the dreaded teacher'swas aware of it happening. During these prosperous properly, and only when note, "See me." Your writ-But of course, except you. times, shouldn't the U.S. stop needed under doctor's orders, ing reveals passion and good But I must admit it was a being a borrower instead giv- they help. grammar, but mostly we little confusing on two points. ing even more-tax breaks to He has a choice to live in encounter contradictions, The statement, "The reporter Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Elon pain or self-medicate. He misused terms, and many, showed me what I said on Musk (Tesla), Dan Loeb won't break the law, but will many questions. (Your first the senate floor, and I was You should be warned though, that you will prob- ably be inundated with let- ters, and maybe even calls, -with questions, and possibly saying they just don't believe it was a simple "misspoke" mistake. Some may even call it lying. Patricia Vandehey Shelton see LETTERS, page A-6 S. is ghty continued from page A- 1 speller - I have to be extra hatten". instead of "Manhat- at spelling. And Sue gave wary when I'm rushed. I've tan"; "guagmire" instead ofme further reason to im- misspellings, I dismiss what embarrassed myself a few "quagmire"; "healt" insteadprove. the person is trying to ex-times in 25 years of work of"health"; and "Round "I'm bothered by misspell- press. Why should I believeat daily newspapers by Mound" instead of"Grand ings," she said, adding that they put enough effort into~nisspelling words in head-Mound." when she reads the newspa- thinking when they put so lines - the most glaring Avoiding embarrass- little effort into spelling? location for a misspelling. I ment is a mighty motivator I'm not a naturally good remember them all: "Man- for me, so I've gotten better with a pen. Gulp. Uh, have you ever marked up one of my stories? "I'm sure I have," Sue said. Yikes. per, she checks every article she reads for spelling and Contact Kirk Ericson at grammar and marks it up kirk@masoncounty.com + +