It’s bad for Arkansas

Just as we were thinking state government couldn’t get worse, along comes Sarah Sanders announcing she is running for governor because she is tired of Arkansas competing at the bottom rung. She said she is nationalizing her election pitch and defeating the “radical left” is her goal, when in fact, the “radical right” is what needs to be defeated because they are the ones passing so many stupid laws. She needs to “pitch” to the large majority of Republicans in state government.

Her radical goal is to change Arkansas. She is all for abolishing state taxes. I hate to see what she would put in place to offset state taxes. I believe cutting out state income tax would be stupid, would cinch Arkansas to being 50th in the country, and would undo what Arkansas has accomplished in the last century. It seems Sanders, like her old boss, Trump, is a big authoritarian liar. Her daddy should have taught her to lie is a sin.

We do not need more inept leaders like Sanders in Arkansas. The past several years of lawmakers are the worst I have ever witnessed and she would only encourage them to carry on with their nonsense.

Citizens of this state need to elect a governor and Senate and House members who “think” about the consequences of their “thinking” before they pass legislation. Things which immediately come to mind are bad election laws, masking, and especially abortion laws which do not make exceptions for rape and incest.

To produce a greater group of “thinkers,” it would be helpful to first remove legislators from their role in redistricting (gerrymandering). One party should not dictate redistricting. A bipartisan group would really need to “think” what’s best for all Arkansans, which Republican U.S. House and Senate members do not do and neither would Sanders and Republican state legislators.

LOUISE HENDERSON

Hot Springs Village