Letters to the Editor

Letter response

Editor, the Journal,

Recently I wrote a letter about Senate Bill 5427. This bill, regardless of protestations to the contrary, will be used to silence critics. Milton Friedman, the great American economist said, “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” Many programs with great intentions end up as political terrorism.An example is the COVID shutdown of Washington. Gov. Jay Inslee said he did it for our health and safety; instead it put many businesses out of business and many people out of work. He restricted o...