LETTER: Lottery solution


To those of you who would be opposed to “some type of tax to ensure the placement of a school resource officer in every elementary, middle and high school in Etowah County,” is this a hard-line stance against any type of new taxes?

I don’t want to pay more taxes either, but I would for this.

Is it that you are opposed to guns in our schools by anyone? I would be opposed, too, in a perfect world, but it’s not a perfect world.

Is it that you think that this is not the only solution to a very complex problem? If so, I agree, but it’s an obvious, quick method to get our children some protection while the bigger puzzle is being put together.

A common-sense funding solution would be to pass a state lottery and have some of the proceeds earmarked for school protection. It would be a way to fund school protection and not raise taxes?

Please don’t bore me with the pious rants about gambling. Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia all have lotteries and they are benefiting from a lot of Alabama money. I don’t pretend to speak for God, but I doubt He cares what state we buy our lottery tickets in.

Mike Christian



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