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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
Continued from page 2
lives and performing so many other vitally impor-
tant tasks each and every day. Their exceptional
work often goes unnoticed, but it is the heartbeat
that keeps our community alive.
David Adler
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To the Editor:
This is an open letter to the residents of Sun
Mountain Ranches.
Once again I find myself pleading with my
neighbors to help save Sun Mountain Ranches
Special Road District.
Without three board members (each serves a
three-year term), the District could be forced to be
disbanded.
Who will plow the roads when snow comes?
Where will your children catch the bus if the roads
deteriorate due to lack of maintenance? What about
the value you will lose on your home? Do you know
how your tax dollars are being spent?
The prevailing attitude seems to be: <someone
else will take care of it.= But <someone else= isn9t
always going to be there.
Unless you want this to happen you need to
become involved. I for one would hate to see all the
money and time we9ve put into this end up a waste.
Jo Kilmer
Secretary/Sun Mountain Ranches Special Road
District
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To the Editor:
It seems those of us who oppose the book
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<George= being required reading for fifth-graders
are being characterized as <book banners!= by those
who support it.
I would like to make it clear that this is categori-
cally untrue. I have not seen one person suggest the
banning of this book. To the contrary, most of us
believe no book should ever be banned.
We are simply requesting that our children not
be required to read a book that encourages (even
praises) the denying of one9s biological reality.
If it became required reading, it9s not like the
book would end up on the list by accident. Since the
majority of the world9s books don9t end up there,
it9s obvious that the ones that do are very carefully
selected in order to teach children certain values, or
for their literary merit. I9d venture a guess that those
who support this book would not want, for example,
the Bible on the list.
Our children can and will learn to be compas-
sionate individuals who are kind to those who are
different, without being required to read a book that
encourages denial of biological reality. The author9s
own bio states: <They are proud to have served on
the board of NOLOSE, a fat-positive, queer, femi-
nist organization dedicated to supporting radical fat
acceptance and culture.= Seriously? It isn9t even
grammatically correct to refer to oneself as <they.=
No. The people who are harming our children
are those who think such a book should be required
reading. Woe to you.
Jordan Pope
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To the Editor:
I don9t think it a coincidence that the two Sisters
Planning Commission members removed from
the Commission by the Sisters City Council voted
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against allowing Hayden Homes to renege on much
of its promise to build affordable homes.
The recent spreading of money around town by
Hayden Homes only serves to reinforce my opinion
as to who they really are.
Roger Detweiler
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their terms. They were not reappointed to their posi-
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To the Editor:
After reading Jeff Mackey9s letter to the
Editor in the March 13 Nugget, I was taken
aback by its hateful tone, its irrationality, and
its lack of facts. After reflecting on this, I real-
ized that the message he is really trying to con-
vey is how afraid he is. I think most people can
relate to that. These days, there is certainly a lot to
fear.
One big fear seems to be about what we stand to
lose, or what might be taken away; our safety and
security, our dignity and respect, a healthy natural
environment, a chance for a better life, our image
of how we think things should be, our children9s
future, etc.
We certainly need to work for change, but I won-
der what might happen if, instead of lashing out in
fear about what we think we might lose, we started
to think more about what we have to give. What we
have to give, after all, is one thing that can never
be taken away. That would be revolutionary. And it
could start here.
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