Trump’s tax returns; Marshall Fire anniversary

James O’Neill: Trump’s taxes: Editorial about IRS ignores committee’s responsibility Reprinting the St. Louis Post Dispatch Editorial “Decision to release Trump’s tax

returns doesn’t pass the smell test” in Friday’s Daily Camera was a poor choice. While I too was skeptical of the Democrat lead House Ways and Means Committee’s initial

justification, it turned out their review uncovered significant failings by the IRS to audit Trump’s returns as required as well as omissions in his required financial

disclosures. Perhaps the committee got lucky, but the facts are that his returns were valuable in revealing omissions and failures to comply with intended protections to the people

of the United States. The published editorial ignores that the Ways and Means Committee has a responsibility to determine whether tax laws are being implemented and carried out

efficiently and in accordance with Congressional intent. Their review resulted in significant findings and legislative recommendations including stronger requirements for

disclosures from future candidates and enforcement of the existing requirement that the IRS audit presidential returns which the IRS failed to do for the first two years of

Trump’s presidency. The review and subsequent legislative recommendations are exactly why existing law gives Congress the right to access any individual’s tax information.

Attaching these tax returns to the minutes of the Committee’s legislative meeting is an expected procedure for a fair a transparent legislative activity. The editorial staff of

the Daily Camera should consider that offering a balanced view of differing opinions is not accomplished by blindly reprinting misinformation that omits facts, but by striving to

publish unbiased information that is true and complete. I do not need to spend $40 a month to have Fox News-type trash left on my driveway. I expect to receive factual, editorially

curated information that I can trust. That is why I subscribe and will continue to support our local paper. James O’Neill, Lafayette Christina Lynn-Craig: Marshall Fire:

‘Alex’s Tuxedo’ Some things were meant to be. But this? Your tuxedo (which you hated) but wore so many times —a uniform for making music in ivory towers. When you left (so

suddenly)I could not let it go.One of the few things still hanging in your closetYour tuxedo (demurely waiting to be called uponin its zippered plastic bag). And then a firewhich

took a thousand homes.Took our friends’ homeand all inside it. Tentatively, I inquire if he would have needof some of your nice clothes —An alpaca sweater, winter coats, hiking