This is a reply to a letter by Howard Grant of Greenfield.
Why did you wait until the end of your letter of Feb. 20 to quote a slogan from a Louisiana grocery store about Heaven and Hell as rationale for a wall to be built on the “southern border.” I’m assuming that you don’t mean between Greenfield and Deerfield.
I live in Greenfield, in an apartment within walking distance to the center of town. I drive a nearly 15-year-old car, and I rarely lock the doors to either. And even though I work, pay my bills and my taxes, and have been an active church member for close to 20 years, I may still not be “the same kind of people (you) would want in (your) house.”
If you truly and sincerely believe that building “a big beautiful wall” will be a reasonable and effective answer to our nation’s troubles, why don’t you and your buds just high-tail it down there and spend your own precious time and money on it, and leave those of us who do not agree with your point of view in peace?!
Russell Pirkot
Greenfield