‘No bones’
On July 17, 2019, Donald Trump said, “I don’t have a racist bone in my body.” There are a number of other bones he does not have in his body, for instance truthful bones, integrity bones, honesty bones, empathy bones, humane bones, respectful bones, diplomatic bones, smart bones, etc., etc. etc.
The only bone he really has is that completely solid one between his ears.
Gary Fields
Hood River

Second chance
The Oregon League of Conservation Voters (OLCV) puts out an annual “score card” that tallies our state legislators’ record on environmentally-significant votes.
The 2019 scorecard has just been released and Sen. Chuck Thomsen’s tally for 2019 is only 23 percent pro-environment, even worse than his lifetime score of 27 percent. But OLCV was kind enough to give “incompletes” to him and his colleagues who voted to send HB 2020, the Clean Energy Jobs bill, back to committee instead of allowing a vote on the bill itself to take place.
Fortunately for Sen. Thomsen, this gives him an opportunity to redeem his silence on climate action with a more courageous, enlightened, responsible approach in upcoming climate votes.
I hope he’ll take this opportunity. It will give him a better environmental score and us a better future.
Sen. Thomsen’s disappearing stunt last session has not been forgotten by those of us he is supposed to represent.
Whether or not he chooses to run again, I hope he stands for Oregon’s values instead of holding the party line.
Susan Lannak
Hood River