Letters to the editor — May 22

• Published May 22, 2008

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Illegal actions should have consequences

A rally followed by violence in Olympia is disgusting and embarrassing to the capital city and the cities north and south of it!

The Olympia police truly is a sad bunch of officers. They need some serious training in crowd and riot control.

Hey, if force is needed, so be it!

When my father corrected me, I didn’t like it or agree with it at the time. But it sure made me think twice of the consequences the next time when I tried to sit after his actions!

This is a perfect example of how things have gotten out of control without any deterrents in family life and in the schools.

Corrective actions have to be in place for all concerned — parents, teachers and society. This has been waived and forgotten by do-gooders at Child Protection Services and other agencies.

I realize there are abuses in some cases, but in the large majority there’s not! You want us to be parents, but authorities elect to throw us in hoosegow for our corrective actions?

And they wonder why our youths are disrespectful and defiant. Duh, it doesn’t take a college degree to figure that answer out!

Martin Andrews, Lacey

Lacey is a city without a heart

I thank The Olympian for castigating the Lacey City Council for passing a shameful ordinance preventing churches from providing encampment space for the homeless, even though Olympia and Tumwater have opened their arms to the homeless.

One of the council members voting for the ordinance had the temerity to suggest that even if 40 could not be housed inside the church under the odious requirements of the ordinance — maybe three or four homeless could.

Lacey has now changed from the “Tree City” (as it becomes treeless under over development) to the “City Without a Heart.”

Charles M. Chambers, Lacey

Don’t add to the isthmus mistake

Developers come from a place foreign to me, from a profit-first culture that ignores community values. This latest dream of transforming Olympia from a modest community of outdoor lovers to an enclave of high rise condo dwellers, doesn’t reflect my hope for our town at all.