Sullivan’s residency doesn’t matter

To the editor:

I find this garbage about Dan Sullivan being new to Alaska “Much Ado about Nothing.” We’ve been here more than 35 years; can’t really tell you how many, it doesn’t matter to me. I know we got here the week oil started flowing. Was that 1978 or 1979? Doesn’t matter to me, anyway. Why should it matter to anyone else? It requires too much research and subtraction for a meaningless figure. While here, I’ve met folks born and raised here who are worthless excuses for mankind...some, actually, very few. Some would starve if someone else didn’t feed them. I’ve also met folks that just arrived that I would trust my family and self to. Where someone happens to live does not their character make.

I believe two of our most beloved governors came here from elsewhere: Wally Hickel and Jay Hammond. In fact, my older sister retired from the high school Jay Hammond attended in Rensselaer, New York. Yes, I grew up in upstate New York. Haven’t lived there since 1967 or so. I just don’t keep count. Doesn’t matter.

It comes down to this: if something in your fridge is old and stale and rotten, you need to throw it out and replace it. A person shouldn’t be judged by how long they’ve been hanging around, they should be judged by what they accomplished while there. Works for me!

Duane Congdon

Palmer