Monthly Archives: May 2012

Don’t Reward Lawbreakers

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Betty Abbott, Troy

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News 5/3/12

Exercising one’s constitutional rights is one thing.  Breaking the law is quite another.  Our laws are put in place for a reason.  Arrests were made because some laws were broken.  When is it OK to reward people for breaking our laws?  Bottom line: It’s not.

As a paid official, I think Mayor Nancy Chaney would have better things to do with taxpayers’ money than to reward people for breaking our laws (Opinion, April 18, 20).

I hope our young people are not led to believe this is an appropriate way to accomplish a goal.

Breaking the law should never be rewarded – no matter what your agenda.

No exceptions.

Ignoring the Obvious

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Garrett Clevenger, Moscow

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News 5/3/12

In Moscow City Councilman Dan Carscallen’s April 20 letter to the editor, he states, “In this day and age, any job is a good job.”

That sentiment is what’s destroying so many things.  Does he really believe that any job is a good job?

Would Carscallen think that if his daughter came home and said, “I just got a job satisfying a growing demand.  I’m a stripper.”

I think many people struggle with their jobs because, while they may be making money, they feel their job is not a good job.

The real problem with his statement, though, is a person’s job justifies harm they may be doing. Continue reading →

Breaking the Law Earns an Award

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Don Meyer, Moscow

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News 5/1/12

The April 26 and 27 letters to the editor by Jackie Voorhees and Jeanne McHale show me how really out of touch with reality they are.  They chastise Dan Carscallen for daring to voice his opposition to Mayor Nancy Chaney’s Earth Day awards to your tar sands protest group.

No one has ever said your group didn’t have a right to peacefully protest.  But on many occasions, members of your group regularly disobeyed the lawful directives given you by the police.  A sit-down in the street is not peaceful when the police told you to stay on the sidewalk. Continue reading →