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Beating bill pounds in the wrong message
I'd like to paint a picture - a domineering principal with a paddle in his hands, standing over a crying child. He has already hit the child four times and repeats, "I bet this will teach you not to talk back" as he winds up for a fifth blow. It sounds like something my grandmother would tell me about her school in the 1930s, along with walking seven miles to school in the snow. Many of us may think: "Hey, that was a long time ago. This could never happen to me É There are laws to protect me against stuff like that."
Flathead's athletic teams all are winners in the end
Armchair quarterbacks of the world: Listen up. I've heard the last joke about the struggling winter sports teams at FHS. I've listened to the last person whine about what's wrong with the program, the coach, the players, etc É I don't want to hear about the poor win-loss records of the Bravettes volleyball team or the Braves basketball team any more.
Take alcohol out of criminal hands
A terrific idea was thrown at me two weeks ago when I heard Sharon Snell, whose daughter Tiffany was killed by a drunk driver in October, 1996, wrote letters asking for support on a law she wishes to propose that would remove the privilege to buy alcohol after three DUI's.
It's the alcoholic, not the alcohol
A proposal by the parents of a recently deceased FHS student would, if it were ever to become law, force individuals convicted of a third DUI to forgo their privilege to buy alcohol. While I have no respect for those stupid enough to repeatedly get behind the wheel while drunk, the government's attempts to tell a person not to do ANY drug has never worked.