Gitz stoking division

Shame on Bradley Gitz for stoking the political fires in this pandemic. No, the left is not cheering for the shutdown to continue. They are voicing the same concerns that the nation’s health professionals and scientists are airing—we are opening up the country before the pandemic is on a downward trend in an effort to goose the economy and improve the president’s election chances. Our federal government is making choices based on politics, and Republican governors are following suit.

Shame on your opinion editors for letting him blame the Democrats and the left-leaning media. I don’t watch Fox News because I don’t want to be subjected to right-wing propaganda. I read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette to keep up with state and local news, and as an ex-newspaper and magazine editor I’m happy to keep supporting your digital transformation. But if I read many more columns like that one, I’ll rethink my support.

BRUCE PLANTZ

Little Rock