Letters

Mike Fagan's solution to service animals and his logic are mind-boggling ("Using a fake service animal could cost you $500," Nov. 23).

When I was 8 years old, I wrote a poem after attending church one Sunday:

While a recent Spokesman-Review article criticized the I-1634 campaign for its television advertisements, the truth is that voters passed this measure because they understood the loophole in state law allowing a "privilege tax" to be placed on any product at any time, posing a real threat to the price of groceries.

I am appalled that scientists do not take into account, in their analysis of the global warming phenomena, the effect of airliners. It is estimated that there are approximately 10,000 jets flying over the earth at any one time of the day or night. Each aircraft has two or more engines spewing out hot gases in the upper troposphere.

S-R progressive writer Shawn Vestal has another clickbait article. The technique is to misrepresent the consequences to obscure the facts. Simply, you get all the worst-case ramifications. They play upon your fear of the unknown. Plus hundreds of end-of-world movies. His article is just the latest one-sided story the S-R has published on climate change. Lucy, I think there is an agenda.

Congratulations President T! By amassing the power of the United States at the southern border you are holding at bay the few thousand men, women and children who fled violence and terror and walked hundreds of miles in the hope of realizing the Dream that America is/was. Good job!

Stated in Gonzaga's mission is a clear-cut commitment to diversity and student development, though it has now become abundantly clear that commitment does not pertain to intellectual diversity.

There is an especially vicious, dark side to the new law intended to nab so-called "fake service dogs." My husband is a 100 percent service-connected disabled veteran, as is his brother, whom we help.

If you have been lucky enough to pass by the new Christmas light show that Mark Peterson and all his volunteers have constructed for the children at Sacred Heart Hospital, you know the dedication these workers have provided.

Spokane veterans get screwed again. The pre-election promise of a 24/7 urgent care clinic at Mann-Grandstaff in 2019 is now a "maybe" for 2020, depending on some IT miracle from Cerner Software.

Regarding the article by Robert Samuelson, "Myth of Stagnant Incomes" (Nov. 21), comparing pay raises of rich and poor. His charts listed the poorest received a 32 percent raise, while the richest a 15 percent raise. Seems a good deal for the poor, until the raise is figured in. A 32 percent raise for poorest incomes - $25,300 - results in an $8,096 raise. A 15 percent raise for the richest results in a $27,945 raise - more than three times in dollars than the poor receive.

As a 13-year-old middle school student and a gamer I feel that video games provide a good balance of benefits when played in moderation, despite some of the

Shawn Vestal is one main reason I read the paper. I was appalled that someone (Kevin Healam) would suggest that he be replaced. The Spokesman was accused of bias towards the Left. I hardly think that's possible when printed beside Vestal's article is one by Sue Lani Madsen or an editorial by Marc A. Thiessen. Why would the Spokesman present news differently because they "knew their readership demographics"? That would be bias.

In response to Sandra Christensen's letter regarding farmers ("The farmers' hypocrisy," Nov. 16), I would invite her to read the second paragraph of Sue Lani Madsen's column on Nov. 24, "Let's be thankful from the ground up."

Those opposing Initiative 1639 based on the Constitution are selective in their demands. Somehow it is against the Second Amendment to deny long guns to people under the legal drinking age, but it is perfectly acceptable to deny such people access to hand guns. For that matter, they want all legal adults to have access to semiautomatic rifles but they do not demand allowing everyone access to fully automatic rifles or bazookas.

I have a simple solution for the voter registration controversy: Everyone should be registered nationally using their Social Security number.

Are Americans serious about saving the environment?

When I was working in the ER, an ambulance brought in three gunshot victims. All hell broke loose as we struggled to help. The 28-year-old police officer died, blood pouring from his chest and mouth. A young woman was hit in the pelvis, causing lifelong damage. A young man was barely alive, a 9 mm bullet hole all the way through his head.

So glad to read Nina Culver's well-written article about a champion horse and rider ("Riding away with national championship," Nov. 22). It was so nice to read something other than a bunch of folks chasing around a ball. There are many of us out here who just skip the sports section because it's the same old thing, and while there are many readers who live only for sports, it's refreshing to see something else in the paper that touches at least one other exciting sport. Thank you!