Felons shouldn’t hold public office

I respond to the Tuesday Dispatch article “All eyes on her,” about Franklin County Treasurer-elect Cheryl Brooks Sullivan, who has one felony, one probation violation and three bankruptcies.

She said she is not that person anymore. I say good for her for overcoming her past. My son also is an exfelon. He has had a hard time getting a decent job because of that. It has limited his options for careers because he can’t be bonded.

So how is it that someone can become an elected official handling millions of dollars and not be held to the same standards as my son? He hasn’t been in any trouble in 20 years, but it is still hanging over his head.

I don’t think BrooksSullivan should be allowed to hold an office while still being a felon. I do believe that a felony should be erased after the person has proven himself or herself to be reformed, and it shouldn’t take 20 years!

Sue Schmitter Orient

The community does not need to make the choice for our children’s education. Does it choose the car, phone or computer one should buy? Or do we have a vote on what refrigerator to put in our kitchen? Fortunately, we do not have to buy any of these products from a government-run agency.

Parents need to be able to choose what schools they can send their children to and let the education institutions compete for that choice. Who would be in favor of having a voucher that would give parents a diverse choice among competing educational institutions, and who is adamantly objecting to school choice? Ask the parents of children in the Columbus school district and ask the bureaucrats who run the district.

Imagine if we had the same progress in education as we had in our consumer products or vehicle manufacturing. Remember the rotary phone or the East German Trabant?

David Hopkins Delaware