Our community could be much better, 'if'

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Bellingham and Whatcom County are nice places to live. They could be so much better:

? If the city and county councils believed in property rights; taxing wasn't the only answer; people mattered more than the government, and freedom was more import than control.

? If the people were smart enough to see through local media bias and elect intelligent people, or better, those with common sense.

? If people returned their shopping carts; men took off their hats in fine restaurants; someone under 60 knew how to count back change, cyclists obeyed the law, and young people would offer seniors their seats.

? If people voluntarily gave more than they took and produced more than they consumed.

? If local educators educated instead of indoctrinated, graded honestly and failed failing students; high school graduates could do simple third-grade arithmetic without a calculator; knew rudimentary history and geography; and knew it was a Republican president who freed the slaves and congressional Republicans, over the objections of Democrats, who passed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.

So many more "ifs."

One bright spot: I met a student who when asked "What is the difference between ignorance and apathy," correctly answered, "I don't know and I don't care."

Bill Schoonover

Bellingham

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