Politics, social media and bones of contention

1. Governor Brad Little in his State of State address, said $50,000,000 of taxpayer dollars will go toward private schools. Our tax dollars should go to public schools, not private and/or religious schools. Schools to assist students facing ability and mental health challenges are one thing, but the public financing of private religious schools is unacceptable. Let the people who want those private religious schools finance them themselves, our tax dollars should support our local public schools, maintain them and revitalize them.

2. META (Mark Zuckerburg) will no longer fact-check whatever is posted to their site, and neither will X (Elon Musk). So, we have the continuation of lies and misrepresentations, in the so-called “modern age,” where anyone can now post whatever they want about anything or anyone and not be held accountable?

3. The continuation of the complete “Dumbing of America.” Whatever happened to the concepts of truth, justice and the American way? I guess that went out the window with the Lone Ranger.

4. Forrest Gump so aptly put it, “Stupid is as stupid does.”

5. How many of our county commissioners are members of Scott Herndon's BCRCC, and take orders or directions directly from him?

MICHAEL HARMELIN

Sandpoint