The Pledge means something

The Bonners Ferry City Council members who voted for the annexation, along with city administrator Stephen Boorman, acting city attorney Will Herrington, former assistant city administrator David Sims are hypocrites as far as the annexation goes.

At the start of the council meetings, all of these people stand up and say the Pledge of Allegiance, then they sit down and forget about the solemn vow they just made. The Pledge ends “with liberty and justice for all” and this is the part that brings out their hypocrisy.

The meaning of liberty is “the right to choose, the freedom to think or act without being constrained by necessity or force.”

These people are forcing us, the people in the annexation zone, against our will, to be part of the city. No liberty there.

The meaning of justice is “fairness or reasonableness, especially in the way people are treated or decisions are made.”

They treat us as though we don’t exist and their decision to go ahead and annex us assumes we didn’t choose to live where we do and how we want to live. No justice there.

I recommend either they stop saying the Pledge of Allegiance or to actually embrace what the Pledge stands for, believe in liberty and justice, stop forcing us, show us fairness and end the forced annexation plan.

Squeak Karlac

Bonners Ferry