No-nonsense leader

Dear editor:

Letters to the Editor appearing during the last two weeks (Jan. 29 and Feb. 5) have been to a large extent critical of our newly elected governor and of the Legislature. My opinion is that Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a no-nonsense conservative and is exactly what Arkansas needs to move forward.

I am going to offer a different perspective from that in some of the letters, starting with Courtney Mckee’s Jan. 25 letter. Ms. Mckee does not seem to think that protection from “men in skirts” is a “real issue,” and that our Legislature should not try to legislate “our morality and our religion.” The real issues mentioned by Ms. Mckee include teen pregnancy, food insecurity, increasing poverty, and gun violence.

I submit that these problems are a direct result of the weakening of the family structure in America. Contributing to this weakening are government policies which subsidize single motherhood, promote acceptance of the LGBTQ+ lifestyles (of which men in skirts is only the least objectionable manifestation), and create division by promoting Critical Race Theory and the rest of the “woke” agenda. The dual idols of “wokeness” and climate change (See Gary Clingman’s letter) have replaced God, and we are subjected to more and more pressure to conform in their “worship.”

Then there is Ron Swanson’s letter that says that Arkansas is “a state that claims it hates immigrants!” Say what? I don’t know of one American who hates immigrants, but there are those of us who hate government policies that allow illegal immigrants to flood our country.

Lastly, there is Ken Cook’s letter, which applauds his indoctrination by his teachers. Did any of them indoctrinate him into believing that God might have made a mistake in the gender he was assigned at birth, and caution him into keeping such indoctrination from his parents? I think not! Mr. Cook has another letter regarding libraries, stating that Dan Sullivan should “legislate more money to help them meet their needs.” I know for sure that the Garland County does not need more money. They have a dedicated 0.5% sales tax!

To summarize, I applaud Gov. Sanders and the common-sense reforms she is implementing. Doing away with mask and injection mandates is another step in the right direction. Perhaps if those of us who support her will speak up more often, the progress will continue!

Ellen Varhalla Royal