Letter: Finger-pointing chief should be held accountable

Dear Editor:

Drinking and driving is real admirable.

Quote: “It is nice to see our leadership struggle
because it makes them appear more human.”

Let us lower the standards and make excuses for someone who knew they had a problem with alcohol and chose to get behind a wheel. Someone who chose to run from the cops and someone who chose to refuse to take a breathalyzer test, and was lucky that he did not run over and kill someone.

The audacity of Lonechild in the public eye, pointing out other Native leaders and their so-called faults, as part of his campaign to get into FSIN, when he was hiding these charges.

Lonechild should tend to the virtue of responsibility and deal with the betrayal of the people’s trust.

Furthermore, I suspect that Lonechild had to provide an apology only because he couldn’t hide it any longer. What else could he be hiding or will hide from us?

Let this be a lesson in a now public matter.

I like the way people use drinking and driving as an excuse to build character in others. Drinking and driving is a serious matter and I believe in the laws set in place pertaining to it.

Drinking and driving laws need to be respected and it is why they are strictly enforced. These laws are there to protect lives. We cannot be too lenient.

I give my support to MADD, Mothers Against Drinking and Driving, and to the Canadian Police Association, Cops for Kids Safety program, an interactive school program designed to teach kids about safety on the streets (impaired driving).

May their efforts not be in vain.
Lauren Knustvik