Millions of taxpayer dollars are paid out to settle wrongful conduct and/or death claims from police budget. Just like doctors must have malpractice insurance, I propose that police also carry liability insurance individually.

Undercover of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, there is a concerted, coordinated, and well-funded campaign to overthrow our form of government. It really hasn’t been about George Floyd for some time. The demonstrations and violence you have seen are designed to promote a socialist or even a communist system. Sadly, a large portion of the Democratic establishment is going along, apparently hoping for short term election gain.

Friday, March 13, 2020 is a day that I will never forget. It is the day that I was informed that I had to prep my students for six weeks of distance learning that begins on Monday. 48 hours to gather all of the materials that each student will need and learn these brand new, never before used ways to organize, present the lessons and gather completed work. I know it wasn't perfect, or even ideal, but we did it. I know that as a parent there were times that it was confusing, very frustrating and overwhelming. I want to remind you that we only had 48 hours to prepare and learn.

I suspect that Trump would approve of any mail-in vote that is for him. He says that absentee ballots, like he and Pence and a lot of other White House staff use, are somehow good, but other vote by mail methods are bad. But an absentee ballot is indistinguishable from a mail-in ballot; that's exactly what it is.

Joe Heller’s “toon” for August 4th succinctly shows part of the great debate in Congress surrounding the next relief package. (Spokesman-Review, August 4, 2020)

The guest opinion on August 2 regarding the pandemic shutdown of Slidewaters in Chelan ("Slidewaters owners: Our outrage is genuine") makes a number of statements that are wrong.