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Page A—6 s Shelton—Mason County Journal A Thursday, July 30, 2020 LETTERS cont. from page A~5 BOCC cuts meetings by half, keeps pubficout Editor, the Journal At the July 20 briefing meeting the Board of Ma— son County (Ion‘unissioners chose to reduce the number of regularly scheduled meetings from four to two per month, No coherent explanation was {iven for the decision and there was no legitimate public health reason for it, since meetings have been held remotely since July 7. hrloreover, there was no le~ gitimate reason for commis— sioners to continue restricting iii—person public attendance at these meetings since public attendance has been at their discretion since July 7. Most. notably, at the same time. the commissioners were prohibiting public at— tendance at meetings they were extending invitations to the public for private conver- sations, which is a poor sub- stitute for comments meant to be included in the official record. HoWever you slice it, there‘s no getting around the fact that when you reduce the number of monthly meet— ings by half. you effectively reduce the number ofoppor— tunities for public comment by half, and in an election year. The governor’s Stay Home. Stay Healthy proclamation may have been ajustifiable reason to prohibit public at: tendance at meetings from March through June. but the recent (lecision to reduce the number of meetings and to continue prohibiting in— person public attendance at these n'ieetings is an abomi- nation ofthe commissioners own making. No discussion, no process, no public comment or an- nouncement. This is no way to run a county government. Take the first step toward the only form of selflgovern» ment authorized by Washing— ton’s constitution: Home Rule charter, simply is a better way to govern. Sign the petition. Signa~ ture gatherers will be sta tioned outside the Shelton . Post Office on Friday, July 311, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Follow the link below for more information about home rule charter form oflocal gov— ernment. htt p://mason webtveom/ download—home-rulc-charter— instructions—petition/ Tom Davis Shelton Democrats have no clue Editor, the Journal I saw my first “Biden for President" yard sign today. lt was around 14“ x 16” and, like Joe, a cardboard cutout. Because of this lone Hider) sign, passersby would notice even more the many "Trump— Pence" placards that sur— round it and dot the neigh~ borhood. ()b, and from a flagpole on a nearby neighbor’s upper deck, 1 spied a large "Trump" flag, and on the rails next to it, yet another “Trunip—Pence" sign. Also, let me thank the numerous people in stores around Shelton who flashed big smiles and said, “Me too!” when they saw and pointed to my “Trum p 2020” ball cap. Drivers on the freeway, clearly seeing the cap. gave thumbs—up on outstretched arms and several beeps as they passed. All Democrats, from the DNC bosses to the lone voter, still haven‘t the slightest clue, why multitudes ofAmericans heartily support and are ea~ ger to vote for Donald Trump. Hillary and her cronies still have no clue either. Polls today are absolutely worthless. This should be a fun elec- tion. Robert E. Graham Union The king has no clothes Editor, the Journal ()ne ofthe signature claims of King Donald has been his spectacular turn- around of the American economy. This is important, because His Majesty always claims that you‘ve never seen anything like it. Now, do you all remember what His Majesty promised? Well 1 do. In order to give his buddies a fat tax break, he promised us all a tremendous growth in the economy. He promised 4’}, 5% or even 0% sustained growth. So. what, did be de- liver? I wanted to know so I took the trouble to look it up. His actual performance for 2017 through 2019 was 2.5%. Now 1 cut him a break and excluded 2020. First quarter GDP was negative 5.1%. But 1 graded on a curve and threw out the pandemic figures. So, what was the awful performance of President ()bama? From 2010 through 2010,2271 annual GDP growth. For an equal period, 2014—2010, it Was 2.3%. Did Trump beat it? Well yes. By a whole 0.2% to 0.3%. Let us look at the comparison. ()bama took over an economy that was tanking. King Don— ald inherited an economy on a general upswing. But, as is typical oins Majesty, he comes in as a pinch runner at third and acts like he hit a triple. But you will notice that 2.5% is nowhere near 4%. And farther away from 5%. And farther yet from 6%. This is a typical pattern of King Donald. His Majesty claims there is a horrible problem that only he can solve. Then once he has thejob, he, claims that pretty much the same numbers are a great victory. He acts like a great economic genius when in fact his chief Journal Letter Policy The Janna/encourages original letters to the editor of local interest. Diverse and varied opinions are welcomed. We will not publish letters that are deemed libelous or scurrilous in nature. All letters must be signed and include the writer’s name, address and daytime phone number, which will be used for verification purposes only. All letters are subject to editing for length, grammar and clarity. To submit a letter, email news@masoncounty.com, drop it off at 227 W. Cota St, or mail it to PO. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584. accomplishment. was simply going with the flow. His Maj— esty would have us believe that he has given us chicken salad when he is giving us a much different chicken prod— uct. Andrew Makar Hoodsport Let them eat bread: A sweet COVlD-19 story Editor, the Journal COVID—l9 hit the ()lym— pic Bakery and Deli on East Pickering Road hard. As an essential business, the bak— ery was allowed to stay open. But customers were not out and about or assumed the bakery was closed. Day after day customers did not come to the bakery. Owner Neil lt‘reitas says he was within a hairsbreadth of having to close. But adds that “they would have had to carry me out of here by my toes before 1 would close the doors.” Through the dark days of the shutdown, Neil kept his long—time staff Ty and Harley and his new assis— tant Danny working regular hours. Every day they baked. They baked to meet the needs ol'the community. They sent, their baked goods to the hos— pital, to food banks, to fire departments and to churches. Neil says, “There were lots of people out there in real seri— ous need. Some couldn‘t come out; others were afraid to come out. But the community really stood up. People came forward to help distribute food to those in need. Lots of people from many different groups helped to get the job done.” As people realized that. the bakery was open for business, customers returned. Every— one wanted bread. Neil says that every (lay they baked as much bread as they could. “We sold lots of bread,” he says “but it was difficult to meet the demand because the supply chain began to break down. It became hard to get flour, sugar, and yeast and prices increased signifi- cantly." People even wanted to buy flour or a tiny bit of yeast from the bakery. The bakery and nearby Spencer Lake Bar and Grill started working together to try to get the supplies they needed and to keep costs down as much as possible. Happily, the supply chain is now pretty much back to normal and prices are. coming down. Hopefully, the worst of the crisis has passed. At the bakery, the lingering im- pression on the tough times is how many members of'the community pitched in to help at a time ofcritical need and the power of this type of re— sponse. Judith Judd Grapeview Englewood, Colorado Make your minds up: Communism or community Editor, the Journal The choices you make this November are the choices you will have to live with. The harsh reality is just this: 1. If you want your cities and states to burn then vote Democrat. _ 2. If you want to see inno- cent bystanders shot, includ- ing little baby boys and girls, then vote Democrat. ii. lf'lawless streets run- ning wild with looters, de— struction of businesses, and burning are OK with you, then by all means vote Demo— crat. 4. 1f major cities like Se- attle. Chicago and Portland are burned, small business destroyed, innocent babies, .‘l~year—olds, fi—iiioiitli-olds, 1~year-olds are shot by stray bullets. just flat murdered. Ifyou believe this is peaceful protest like their Democrat govornors and mayors do, then vote Democrat. Let the carnage continue and one of your own family may be next. 1 hope and pray it. does not. Pact: Name one Republi— can state with a Republican governor and one city with a Republican mayor, that has been shot up, burned, small businesses destroyed, very violent demonstrations with the American flag burning and police shot and killed. That’s right; you cannot be- cause there are none. This fall, choose community over communism and carnage. Vote Republican, not perfect but a solid alternative and safer. More l.)emocrats equals more violence. Just that- simple. P.V. LaPrath Jr. Shelton Plenty of questions for Republicans Editor, the Journal 1 have questions for all the Republicans. Why are you silent? The president of these United States advertising Cuban beans from the oval office? Did you see it on FOX? Mil- lions upon millions of all the rest of us did! Why are you silent when your president has so obvi- ously lost touch with reality? Why? Have you lost the capacity to think? Please insult me all you wish that still does not an— swer the questions I asked. 137,500 of your fellow citizens are dead. Gregory Dallum Grapeview Winners should write history Editor, the Journal This is just my take on this Whole tearing down of Confederate history. It is long overdue. What you see hap— pening today is the results of letting losers help write history. The Union Jack was not only defeated, but was also surrendered to the red, white and blue. Like Ger— many, Japan and others. they could not fly the flag that was used against the United States ofAmerica. But it did n’t take long for the Con- federate states to get back in the game by using our own Declaration of independence and the Constitution against our own values. Because they had the right to do so using our own amendments against us they erected their statues and made heroes of their los- ing generals and those they called war heroes. They sent men to Washington, D.(.J., and still do with those same values today. They have just become better at hiding them. The real dark side of this is they were alloWed to bring their own values when it came to white supremacy and the treatment of Black people. lt was tolerated at first because it. remained mostly in the South. It has now spread throughout the whole country. A good example would be Pearl Harbor. If Japan had won the war, Pearl Harbor would have been on Dec. 8 because that is what the (late was at that time. in their his- tory. Only winners are sup- posed to write history. All so called Southern heroes should be expunged from all our history. Slavery should be taughtto our children in the context that it happened. Nothing should be sugar coat— ed. If we don't learn from his- tory, then we are doomed to repeat it. Which we continue to do so, and will continue to do so, until we clean up this terrible era ofour history. It’s never too late to right a wrong. Blue dogging on the right side ofBlack Lives Mat~ terl Bert Mullen Shelton