Letter: FBI agent offers a view of hope
Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000 | 3:43 a.m.
The Aug. 27 column by Grant Ashley, special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas division, was most heartwarming. Repeating Ashley's opening paragraph: "We all want the best government possible -- one that is responsive and faithful to its legitimate mission. Whether local, state or federal, our governments are only as good as the people who serve in their many positions."
Why is it that those people are so much easier to find on the lower end of the pay scale? Is it just the sheer numbers that allow their statistical possibility? Or does dangling that carrot of a large salary, or as in the case of "Survivor," the million-dollar prize, cause responsible, faithful and legitimate behavior to not be an option. Ashley's willingness to write and publish his views gives us a little hope, and I thank him for that.
VICKI MILDICE
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