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Wednesday, September 11, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
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are other new representatives in Congress. I can
think of 3 who served honorably in our military and
are Purple Heart recipients as well:
" Jim Baird, Republican from Indiana, lost his
left arm in Vietnam.
" Brian Mast, Republican from Florida, lost both
legs in Afghanistan.
" Dan Crenshaw, Republican from Texas, lost his
right eye in Afghanistan.
Jim Baird, oldest of the three for example, has an
amazing record easily searched on Google. The con-
trast in experience and character from those in the
Squad is telling. It highlights the extreme left bias
in press coverage of those representing American
values and best suited for determining America9s
future direction.
Jeff Mackey
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To the Editor:
The planning commission and the city council
are all volunteer positions. I want to thank them for
their service. The city has a paid planning staff that
basically controls what happens in Sisters. They
advise and sometimes dictate to the planning com-
mission and city council as to what they will do. A
classic example is the McKenzie Meadows/Village
at Cold Springs decision.
It is time for the city manager, the paid planning
staff, the planning commission and city council to
take responsibility and make decisions that are in
the best interest of the citizens and local businesses
in Sisters. It is time for them to address the pro-
posed Dollar General Store! Is building the Dollar
General store right next door to Bi-Mart in the best
interest of Bi-Mart? I do not think so! Bi-Mart has
been in Sisters over 10 years, and the employees
that are also owners live in the area. Bi-Mart sup-
ports local nonprofits, they put up posters to support
events, they donate food to the Sisters Food Bank
and much more.
Dollar General is a very large, 15,000 stores,
over $4 billion in annual sales and growing. They
have thousands of employees. This company has
no connection to Sisters. They are only interested
in selling and making money. Have they talked to
anybody about community support? Do we need a
large corporate box-type store in Sisters? Are they
using any local contractors or bringing in out-of-
state workers? That is not supporting business in
Sisters! We have the contractors and people to do
this project.
Is it in the best interest of the citizens that will
have to fight more traffic? Remember, the city has
approved the additional traffic from the 500-plus
Hayden homes, the 40-plus units from Housing
Works, all the new Habitat homes and high school
traffic. Look at the mess of trying to enter the round-
about now. This will be a serious problem
Remember <BUY LOCAL.= The Dollar General
is not buying local. All the profits will go back to
corporate in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Do we really
need Dollar General? I don9t think so.
Doug Wills
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To the Editor:
Hooray, hoping to get a Dollar General in Sisters,
I think it would be a boon for all.
I am sure they wouldn9t be a deterrent for
Bi-Mart; but it would be wonderful to have another
place to shop that isn9t so expensive! AND rumor
has it Winco is coming to Bend, another boon!
We both are born and raised in Bend/Sisters,
as well as siblings, kids, cousins. We live close to
Sisters and shop frequently in the community; so
not transplants wanting more! Enjoy.
Gary & Jeri Johnson
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To the Editor:
Rian Schermerhorn9s September 4 editorial
in The Nugget <Truth or narratives?= urges us
to stop using false narratives and that to do so is
irresponsible and adds to the growing divisiveness
throughout the country. Rian encourages us to seek
the truth and do the research with an objective mind.
As an example Mr. Schermerhorn uses to make
his point, he refers to Laura West9s excellent August
28 letter to the editor. In it Ms. West wrote about
Trump9s <denigration of Mexican immigrants as
rapists.= Mr. Schermerhorn believes it9s a false
narrative because Ms. West left out the part where
Trump said: <Most are honest, hardworking people
just looking for a better life.= Although maybe she
left that out because he never actually said it. He
did say, <Some, I assume, are good people.= (Ms.
West also didn9t mention Trump9s comment, <These
aren9t people. These are animals,= which, of course,
Rian also left out of the narrative.)
Mr. Schermerhorn continues to pick and choose
the narrative to fit his views. He cites crime statis-
tics on immigration from The Texas Department
of Public Safety in order to prove Trump was right
(and therefore not a racist?) when he said <They9re
bringing drugs. They9re bringing crime. They9re
rapists.= Mr. Schermerhorn, in all his research and
with his objective mind, must not have seen the
article titled, <Is the Texas DPS Skewing its Border
Security Stats - Again?= Or the article <For the Last
Time, Here9s the Real Link Between Immigration
and Crime= showing that where immigration grew
violent crimes decreased, and another study that
found of the 10 cities that received the most refu-
gees in the last 10 years there were significant drops
in crime.
Trump is a racist, Mr. Schermerhorn. Your
attempt to justify and normalize Trump9s vile com-
ments and truly vicious actions against people of
color and anyone who disagrees with him is irre-
sponsible. You seem to have fallen for the radical
far-right9s agenda, particularly Fox News. I suggest
you take your own advice when searching for the
truth because in your own words: <it helps no one to
simply spew rhetoric and false narratives.=
Terry Weygandt
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