Opinion

Thirty years ago, when I was still a music critic, I received a letter from a lady who informed me in no uncertain terms that I didn’t know what I was talking about.

Why do we waste money on elections. Voters said no to fluoride in our water system many times but that won't stop the City Counsel. We voted and said we want the new stadium at Joe Albi, now it seems that will not happen.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on how we approach education on a global scale.

There is a lot of controversy surrounding the changing of North Central High School’s mascot. There is a bigger issue at hand. The people that were here before the Europeans are not actually “Indian.” Columbus landed his ship in the Bahamas. He saw people with brown-toned skin so he assumed he was in India. Subsequently, he referred to the locals as Indians.

The voters decided to give our money to Spokane Public Schools to replace the Joe Albi stadium at Joe Albi stadium. That was very clear.

Imagine reporting a loved one missing to local authorities and not being offered any help. Being told by detectives your niece fits the profile of a stressed-out, partying young mother, and there is no need to worry. This reality is common for Native American families impacted by a criminal justice system that has valued other women’s lives over Native American women throughout history. Native families are often left to form their search parties, relying only on their tribal communities for help.

Despite the recent "breakthrough" COVID infections -- which were expected, as we have seen with most vaccines -- we need to remember vaccines clearly prevent serious illness and mortality.

In response to Mr. McKean's letter from April 23 ("Past time for normalcy"): The assertion there is no reason for shutdowns and restrictions ignores some glaring facts. Your "immunity rate" includes people who have been infected and recovered. Yet, those people are not immune to the virus and many have been reinfected and then died.

If a foreign power created a virus to unleash upon us, they would design one easily controlled in their nation, and one that would take advantage of America’s, uhm, peculiarities.

I would like to congratulate Arielle Dreher and the Spokesman Review for an excellent piece – “Leading from the Heart” in the SR of April 28.

A day doesn’t pass without an article either denigrating the police or promising new legislation to prevent them from doing their jobs. I will remind you that job is to protect law abiding citizens and their property.

Imagine you are headed to the Albi stadium for a Friday night football game . The facility is top-notch, with great amenities. After the game, you head to the parking lot and leave. There’s a bit of traffic -- school buses, cars and some heading to a nearby bus stop. No big deal.