Thanks to Treppiedi

I want to thank Rocky Treppiedi for his many years of dedicated service to the city of Spokane. He was the consummate professional in all of my experiences with him.

Gene Ziegler

Spokane Police Department (Retired)

Spokane Valley

No respect for Clark

Doug Clark’s article on April 17 is full of opinions based on a vendetta he has had with Rocky Treppiedi for years. The venomous tone is quite obvious. The metaphors used give more insight into Clark’s character than Rocky’s. Clark needs to read Paul Turner’s article in the same paper that “good guys and gals in TV Westerns conducted clinics in how to behave with courage, modesty, and compassion.”

Rocky has those Matt Dillon qualities that Clark obviously does not seem to have. Clark needs a Western clinic in how to behave in our newspaper. His vile tone makes one not want to give credence to anything he writes. After this article, we have no respect for anything Clark has to say.

We buy the newspaper to read facts and opinions based on fact, not the vendetta-type of journalism that Clark focuses on. (Anyone wonder why subscriptions are down?) His choice of metaphors meant as an insult toward Rocky, actually insults Clark himself. At least, Rocky (stubborn or tenacious?) has the respect of those people who actually know him!

John and Mary Pegg

Spokane

Colson repented and served

What a pleasant surprise to see an article in the April 22 Spokesman-Review about Prison Fellowship founder Charles Colson. Many people remember him as a Watergate figure. He later ministered to the incarcerated and their families. For 35 years, he visited prisons every Easter, giving prisoners a message of restitution, redemption and hope in the midst of hopelessness.

I heard him speak at the Spokane County Fairgrounds a few years ago. The price of admission was a doll or toy to be given to a child of a prisoner for Christmas in the name of the parent. Many have heard of Angel Tree. There was a drawing for all the books he had written, and I was the fortunate recipient.

In 2006, I met Chuck again in Landsdowne, Va., at a gathering of Centurions - 100 people selected to participate at a Wilberforce weekend. Wilberforce was a British member of Parliament whose efforts abolished slavery in the British Empire. Chuck’s frequent question: “Can freedom survive without virtue?”

Like the Apostle Paul, Colson was a powerful man who fell off his high horse, repented, and had a changed life. His Lord greeted him: “Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of your master.”

Donna Kuhn

Spokane

Writing on the wall

Is it just me, or is there an increase in the amount of graffiti in Spokane? I see it everywhere and it makes our city look horrible.

Patti Livingstone

Spokane