Road and Bridge must focus on a job well done

To Bonner County Road and Bridge:

I've live in Bonner County for 74 yeas so I do know that the roads can be plowed without destroying the mailboxes.

I also know that it makes a person feel good to do good for his fellow man., I learned this while I was in the workforce and now while doing volunteer work several days a week.

All my life I never did make me feel good to see the deliberate destruction of a person's own or someone else's property.

I would just like to know what kind of job description requires the knocking down of mailboxes. Or is this just an extra boney?

We all have to drive by this destruction many times and so far I fail to get a thrill out of seeing this great happening.

Is this something that the Road and Bridge can look at and say, "We are proud of this work?"

Speed kills, Slow down. You'll do a better job. Use up some of the time you waste winging the snow back, when you know that before the next big one that the weather will do this job quite nicely for free.

Don't tell me that I don't know anything about road work. We country kids started at an early age while walking to and from school. You know the rest — going barefoot uphill both ways? Nevertheless, we ditched the water of the roads and kept the culverts open and flowing. So I've been apprised of what it takes to maintain a good road for many years.

No doubt that heavy snow and slush flying at 45 mph could knock over an ordinary mailbox. But two years ago, it took more than snow and slush to nip off a sold railroad tie and fling it into the bush. Poor old whiskey bottle mailbox (an old landmark) lays out there deader than a doornail.

There is a great difference between earning a paycheck and getting a job done. I believe it's still called work ethics. Here's hoping you can take some advice and, when we all drive past your work, we can feel good about a job well done and wages well earned.

FRANKIE ROBERSON

Sagle