Letter: New citizen need not be offended by missing letter
Wednesday, March 22, 2000 | 9:48 a.m.
Now, we instead get a complaint from one of some 80 newly sworn-in citizens who felt slighted for not getting a letter (boo-hoo) from one of the four (peripherally remote to the achievement) members of Nevada's congressional delegation, noting that he had even gotten one from the president of the United States. Of course, Standish, who may indeed have actually met the president, is merely exercising his right to criticize in America, and he didn't even have to be a new citizen to do so.
But for anyone to take seriously a complaint of such a perceived slight by any elected official makes absolutely no sense. This doesn't mean, however, that such letters would not indeed be treasured in the event that the writer and the recipient actually knew one another. But their absence should never be subject to legitimate criticism. The most profound reaction should be: Gee whiz.
LEO D. TAFOLLA
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