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Wednesday, December 20, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Sisters salutes... LETTERS Continued from page 14 It is vital to the health of all Oregonians and the economy of our state to vote “yes” on Measure 101. Please take the time! Wendie Vermillion s PHOTO BY OUTLAWS PHOTOGRAPHY Kiki Dolson wrote: Thank you to every- one who donated to Furry Friends Foundation for our annual holiday pet food drive. We are truly thankful for this community and it‚Äôs spirit of giving. We distributed pet food, toys, coats and treats for 346 pets this past Saturday, including 110 cats, 15 kit- tens, 190 dogs, two puppies, three guinea pigs, five para- keets, two cockatiels, two doves, two parrots, six rab- bits, four chickens and even five goldfish. This was made possible by the donations and support of Sisters Feed & Supply, Sisters Bi-Mart, and Mud Bay pet store and Petsmart in Bend. Thank you to the local nonprofit Heartwarmers for their huge donation of hand- made chew toys. We are also grateful for continued sup- port of American Nutrition with their donated three pal- lets of pet food and the gen- erous yearly donation from NylaBone. Thank you to Teresa Mahnken for inputing all the family information for our database this year. With the help of Saturday volunteers Vern and Monica Rendon, Sam and Carolyn Davis, Valerie Fercho- Tillery, Sally Blust, Daca Thomas, Jeanie Ogden, Adrienne Graham, Jeannie Sandecki, Teddy and Dan Crippen, Kennedy Smith, Alexa Asson, KC Dolson and Sabitri Dolson distribu- tion made for another suc- cessful year. Furry Friends Foundation is still accepting much needed year-end dona- tions. They can be mailed to P.O. Box 1175, Sisters, OR 97759 or dropped off at our new location in the Sisters Art Works Building, 204 W. Adams, Ste. 109 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. s To the Editor: The congressional Republicans and their propaganda machine Fox News want you to believe that all politicians (but mostly Democrats) are corrupt and the press is biased against them. Craig Rullman’s “The monkey’s fist” (The Nugget, December 6) is a perfect example of this. He reminds us of what Nancy Pelosi said in March 2010 about the Affordable Care Act, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” Mr. Rullman uses this out-of-context quote as shorthand for the sup- posed dodgy process through which the ACA was passed and the “elitist mentality” of our government. He doesn’t mention the fact that the bill had been publicly available and pub- licly debated for months when she made that comment. After the initial writing of the ACA in July 2009, the House added 160 Republican amend- ments to it. The Senate Health Committee then Dr. Thomas R. Rheuben General, Cosmetic, Implant and Family Dentistry ~ Over 22 years Serving Sisters ~ We are preferred providers for Delta Dental PPO and Premier, MODA, Advantage, Pacifi c Source, Cigna and the V.A. 541-549-0109 | s 304 W. Adams Ave. | Sisters SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24 TH Christmas Eve Services 9:00am & 10:45am Candle Light Service 4:45 PM Join us for light refreshments at 4:00 PM 4 4 2 Tr i n i t y Wa y, S i s t e r s , O R 977 5 9 | ( 5 41 ) 5 4 9 - 418 4 | i n f o @ w e s t s i d e s i s t e r s . o r g | w w w. w e s t s i d e s i s t e r s . o r g 19 spent nearly 60 hours working on the bill. The Senate Finance Committee held 53 meetings, considered 130 amendments and held 79 roll- call votes. There were 44 hearings and pub- lic events about the plan in the Senate alone. Compare that process with the GOP’s tax bill, considered the most sweeping rewrite of the U.S. tax code in three decades. It was made public, even to most Republicans, just hours before it was to be voted on. Instead of being angry about Ms. Pelosi’s comment, as Mr. Rullman says we should, we should feel encouraged and heartened by that entire process and all the hard work done by our representatives making ACA the law. We should expect our politicians and media to tell the truth, and we should hold them accountable when they don’t. Notice that when Democrats are caught doing wrong, they’re asked to step down. When the press makes a mistake, as did ABC’s Brian Ross, the error was acknowledged and Ross was suspended four weeks without pay. Contrast that to Fox News, a fake news agency that lies daily with no apology and is rarely held accountable. Democracy doesn’t work in a culture of cyn- icism, lies and without accountability. As citi- zens of this democracy we have an obligation to be informed, discover the truth and be more discerning when it comes to our news sources. Terry Weygandt
