Tea Parties better than ACORN

To the editor:

The Frontiersman continues to show it’s inadequacies with the Aug. 4 editorial. In the next to the last paragraph, the editor challenges the Tea Party Patriots about registering voters. If this paper actually covered the event they would know that voter registration was available along with voter information from any group that takes the time to be present.

Voting is a right and a privilege in this country. Individuals are responsible for registering and voting and there are many people who help those that need assistance.

Unlike ACORN, Tea Party Patriots are not paid to register voters and do not seek to register people who are already registered.

These are truly non-partisan events, we do not all agree on how, but all agree that government needs to change. We can not continue to grow deficits that our grandchildren and soon our great-grandchildren will have to pay. 

It is time for everyone in this county, starting at the top with our President and Congress and continuing down through unions and organizations to the local people, to tighten their belts and make deep cuts now.

In Alaska we could be the example to the rest of the country if we wanted to. We need to refuse all stimulus money, tell our federal government we are going to pull our own weight and not ask for or take money for Alaska projects and set a budget within our state income (without new taxes). The time has come to stop living on OPM (Other People’s Money). We need to live up to the saying, “Alaska Is What America Was!” 

We need to be 21st Century pioneers. We need to take care of ourselves and neighbors at the local level first.

Pam and

Kenton Lodwick

Palmer