DOING THE RIGHT THING

There were two letters to the editor of the Sunday Pasco Times, one from a Republican ecstatic about the non-vote on gun control and another Republican, both of whom attended the dinner honoring Marco Rubio. Rubio signed the stock of a rifle as he got a standing ovation from most of the Pasco County Commissioners.

It’s nice to know there’s someone attending a Republican Dinner who realizes the damage done by Politician’s beholden to the NRA. Are there any others of the Republican Party who feel that “It’s the Right Thing to Do” to vote for gun control, health insurance for all, raising taxes on the rich? That’s just on the national level. On the state level, do any of them feel “It’s the Right Thing to Do” to give raises to teachers, to stop lobbyists from controlling our state government, to stop trying to reform education by adding more charter schools (owned or partially owned by the same elected officials)? There are so many more issues both nationally, statewide and local that can be added to that long list

So far there are two people on the state level who come to mind, Mike Faisano and Jack Latvala. In reading about them and hearing them speak, I feel confident they’re trying to do the right thing.  But I’m not confident in ethical reform where the ethically challenged are the one’s put in charge of the hen house.

(this letter was edited before being printed in our newspaper. References to Rubio , the rifle, charter schools and our Commissioners were left out)