Dear Editor,
T.J. Smith is correct, we need to find the root cause of addictions, the drugs, alcohol and sexual pleasures, a lot has to do with finances. Those making money off people who are coping with little money. Our children want to fit in, be cool and with the popular people. Our society has made material possessions and wealth a status symbol. When you fail to meet the expectations of yourself or what others think, shame and depression take over, you need a pick me up. The border has little to do with drugs and human exploitation; closing the border will mean finding another way to supply those in need.
Elections are won by percentages, candidate B got 56 % so they win. Tabulator machines count dark ovals, votes, not ballots. In a precinct of 1500, say 489 vote for candidate A, 385 vote for candidate B, and candidate C gets 256 votes; 480 ballots were not voted. Of the people who voted 641 did not vote for candidate A, plus who knows how the other 400 or so would have voted. On the ballot each race has different numbers as to those voted and blank spots. Not only make your vote count, make your ballot count, fill in an oval in every race, even a blank line and/or write none of the above.
Lauris Byxbe
Pompeys Pillar
