GOVERNOR: Right to be angry

Governor Little has been able to walk the tightrope of business, livelihoods and citizens’ health since March 2020. We are one of few states in the nation to not be wallowing in debt, business closures AND COVID-19.

Folks who are trying to shackle his powers under lightning-fast actions against a pandemic — Souza and Vick of our area and the campaigning Lieutenant Governor, to name a few — are playing politics.

Our nation is the most industrialized nation in the world and we also have the highest COVID-19 morbidity percentiles in the world. Singular leadership at the top in nations like South Korea, New Zealand and even China has curtailed deaths and long haul illness that is unfolding in our populace.

Every day I interface with survivors in my business — many having permanent health damage to the heart, lungs, onset diabetes, etc.; as well as memory fog and energy dips and rolls.

Putting control in the hands of multiple talking heads rather than one decisive leader is evidence that politics is still at play in a health battle. Panhandle Health, informed leadership at the top of our state and strong participation by Kootenai Health is valued and critical. Just THINKING and OPINING this to be over will NOT get us all out from COVID-19 incarceration.

Smart leaders in small numbers will get this ship back on course, not a tug-of-war in the political arena.

LYNN FLEMING

Coeur d’Alene