Some folks want: new schools, new fire stations, new airport, new industry on the North Spit, new museums, theaters, and more taxes to fund these projects. Where is the talk and action for law and order?

The rule of law, and to be safe and secure in self, in possessions and in our home, just some of the building blocks in forming our nation and society of the good old U.S. of A., United States of America. An article in the newspaper (The World, March 24), reminds the citizens of the cities and territories of Coos County of the high crime rate of house break-ins and drug-related other crime. Then another edition (The World, April 3), provided a locator map showing where, in the cities, car break-ins and burglaries are easily accomplished and few arrests made.

They again and again, layout the blueprint to the criminals of the USA, do your business in Coos County. Residents there no longer have the will, the resolve or resources to fight crime. There is no money for law enforcement officers, half the jail has been closed and many crimes will not receive responses and depend on officer in the area or on duty. Many areas do not even have 24/7 coverage. An officer has to respond from his home, if home. The cities and territories are dependent upon the district attorney for prosecution of crimes.

The district attorney is dictating a financial view of law and order. While $8 million from the timber sales sit in county coffers. Another $4.35 million in 2008 and again in 2009 will arrive from the MasTec settlement. What are the county commissioners doing? Managing money?

The first and number one priority of government is providing its citizens an orderly secure environment in which we all can live and prosper. The community then can have schools for the children, fire departments and libraries, while the rest of us can leave our homes and property, go to work and all prosper in the framework of the society. That’s how we live in the USA.

In Mexico, Costa Rica or Asia, you find armed guards at homes, where owners can afford them and leave to go to work. The banks have armed guards, in and outside. So, why would anyone vote, or re-vote for a person in an elected office that did not have as his number one priority, law and order, his constituents being secure in self, in possessions and in the homes. That person seeking office or in office would be working his fingers to the bone, to ensure that crime was under control, the resources were available and being used to secure law and order, so their constituents, can leave and return safely to their homes.

Is the newspaper merely pointing out a problem, or is it rejoicing from its liberal point of view? How far along have we gotten to our Third World status? Why does it paint our county as a criminal haven, when Coos County pays $76,000 in penalties to another governmental agency, Bureau of Land Management, while timber dollars sit in the county coffers? And $16 million are wasted to remove the greatest tourist attraction of our time, paid to a Florida company. Yet, have you heard one politician, current or running for office, devoting their tireless efforts to secure funding for law and order in our county?